He won an Academy Award for Engineering Effects for the film Wings at the 1st Academy Awards.
Academy Awards | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | Royal Academy of Music | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Phillips Exeter Academy | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | 1st United States Congress | National Academy of Engineering | Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts | Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Academy of Fine Arts | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | British Academy | Academy Award for Best Picture | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work in The Magic Flame, The Devil Dancer and Sadie Thompson.