| Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
|
Pete Docter |
WALL-E |
| 2008 |
|
Andrew Stanton |
WALL-E |
|
Jim Reardon |
WALL-E |
| 2007 |
|
Guillermo del Toro |
Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2006 |
|
Hayao Miyazaki |
Howl's Moving Castle |
|
Cindy Davis Hewitt |
Howl's Moving Castle |
|
Donald H. Hewitt |
Howl's Moving Castle |
| 2005 |
|
Joss Whedon |
Serenity |
| 2004 |
|
Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
|
J. R. R. Tolkien |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
|
Philippa Boyens |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
|
Fran Walsh |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2003 |
|
Philippa Boyens |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
|
|
Fran Walsh |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
|
|
Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
|
Stephen Sinclair |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
|
|
J. R. R. Tolkien |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2002 |
|
Philippa Boyens |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
|
|
Fran Walsh |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
|
|
Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
|
|
J. R. R. Tolkien |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2001 |
|
Kuo Jung Tsai |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
|
James Schamus |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
|
Wang Hui-Ling |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
|
Wang Dulu |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2000 |
|
Robert Gordon |
Galaxy Quest |
|
David Howard |
Galaxy Quest |
| 1999 |
|
M. Night Shyamalan |
The Sixth Sense |
| 1977 |
|
George Lucas |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
(Nebula Special Award) |
| 1976 |
|
|
|
| 1975 |
|
Gene Wilder |
Young Frankenstein |
|
Mel Brooks |
Young Frankenstein |
|
Mary Shelley |
Young Frankenstein |
| 1974 |
|
Woody Allen |
Sleeper |
| 1973 |
|
Stanley R. Greenberg |
Soylent Green |
|
Harry Harrison |
Soylent Green |
