Lifetime Achievement Award
- George Lucas (2004)
- Robert Zemeckis (2005)
- Dennis Muren (2007)
- Steven Spielberg (2008)
- Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall (2009)
- James Cameron (2010)
- Ray Harryhausen (2011)
- Stan Lee (2012)
- Richard Edlund (2013)
Melies Award
- Bob Abel (2005)
- John Lasseter (2006)
- Phil Tippett (2009)
- Ed Catmull (2010)
- Douglas Trumbull (2012)
Visionary Award
- Christopher Nolan (2011)
- Ang Lee (2013)
BOD Award
- Tom Atkin (2004)
- Don Shay (2005)
- Jim Morris (2006)
Honorary Memberships
- Ray Harryhausen (1998)
- Albert Whitlock (1998)
- Linwood Dunn (1998)
- Peter Ellenshaw (1998)
- Douglas Trumbull (2002)
- George Lucas (2007)
- John Dykstra (2007)
- George Miller (2009)
- Matthew Yuricich (2010)
Lifetime Memberships
- Ray Harryhausen (2007)
- Dennis Muren (2007)
- Jim Morris (2007)
- Harrison Ellenshaw (2007)
- Bill Taylor (2007)
- Douglas Trumbull (2009)
Founders Award
- Jonathan Erland (2006)
- Harrison Ellenshaw (2007)
- Ray Feeney (2008)
- Bill Taylor (2009)
- Jim Morris (2010)
- Mark Stetson (2011)
- Carl Rosendahl (2012)
VES Fellows
- Dennis Muren (2010)
- Doug Trumbull (2010)
- Jonathan Erland (2010)
- Ed Catmull (2012)
- Richard Edlund (2012)
- Ray Feeney (2012)
- Carl Rosendahl (2012)
- Mark Stetson (2012)
- Bill Taylor (2012)
- Phil Tippett (2012)
