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Year: 2008 (81st) Academy Awards

Category: Visual Effects

Film Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Winner: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

Presenter: Will Smith

Date & Venue: February 22, 2009; Kodak Theatre

ERIC BARBA:
Oh my God. On behalf of myself, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron, I'd like to thank the Academy for this incredible honor. I'd also like to thank Edson Williams and his team at Lola Visual Effects and Nathan McGuinness and his team at Asylum as well as all the other visual effects teams that worked so hard on this film. I'd like to thank our amazing team at Digital Domain, my mentor Ed Ulbrich, my wonderful producer Lisa Beroud, the woman who is my biggest supporter, my wife Roma. Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin for trusting we could actually pull this off. Brad Pitt for an amazing performance. And of course David Fincher for giving us all the opportunity to work on this film. To my kids, Cole and Nicolette, I'd just like to say: Work hard, do good work and never give up. Thank you.

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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