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VES Award Winners Celebrate Visual Effect Artistry |
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On February 16, The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the VES Awards celebrating visual effects artistry in film.
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the entertainment industry’s only society of visual effects professionals, celebrated the best visual effects artistry in film, television, commercial, music videos and games on February 16th at the 3rd Annual VES Awards. The VES Awards recognize outstanding visual effects in nineteen (19) categories.
Some highlights include Robert Zemeckis being honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the visual effects industry and to filmmaking as a whole. The honor was presented to him by Academy Award® winning visual effects artist Ken Ralston and long-time friend and collaborator Tom Hanks. Robert Abel was honored posthumously with the Georges Melies Award for his contributions to the visual effects industry and Don Shay received the Board of Directors Award for illuminating the field of visual effects through his role as publisher of Cinefex. The ceremony was presided over by VES Executive Director Eric Roth.
Here is the full list of the 3rd Annual VES Award winners.
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE ACTION BROADCAST PROGRAM
SPARTACUS – OPENING
Eric Grenaudier
Anthony Ocampo
Cedric Tomacruz
Michael Cook
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE
SPIDERMAN-2 – NYC STREET, NIGHT
Dan Abrams
David Emery
Andrew Nawrot
John Hart
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST PROGRAM
LOST, PILOT – PART 2
Kevin Blank
Mitch Suskin
Benoit Girard
Jerome Morin
OUTSTANDING VISUALS IN A VIDEO GAME
HALF-LIFE 2
Viktor Antonov
Randy Lundeen
Gary McTaggart
Dhabih Eng
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN SERVICE TO VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
Robert Spurlock
Richard Stutsman
Matthew Gratzner
R. Bruce Steinheimer
OUTSTANDING MODELS AND MINATURES IN A MOTION PICTURE
THE AVIATOR – XF11 CRASH
Matthew Gratzner
Scott Schneider
Adam Gelbart
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MUSIC VIDEO
BRITNEY SPEARS – “TOXIC”
Bert Yukich
Chris Watts
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A BROADCAST PROGRAM, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL
SPACE ODYSSEY – VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS
George Roper
Christian Manz
Sirio Quintavalle
Pedro Sabrosa
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A MOTION PICTURE
SPIDER-MAN 2 – TRAIN SEQUENCE
Colin Drobnis
Greg Derochie
Blaine Kennison
Kenny Lam
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION BROADCAST PROGRAM
STEPHEN KING’S KINGDOM HOSPITAL
William de Bosch Kemper
Brian Harder
Patrick Kalyn
Scott Paquin
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
THE INCREDIBLES – BOB PARR/MR. INCREDIBLE
Craig T. Nelson
Bill Wise
Bill Sheffler
Bolhem Bouchiba
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN – HIPPOGRIFF CHARACTER
Michael Eames
David Lomax
Felix Balbas
Pablo Grillo
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST SERIES
STAR TREK ENTERPRISE – STORM FRONT PART 2
Ronald Moore
Daniel Curry
David Takemura
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A BROADCAST MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
VIRTUAL HISTORY – THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL HITLER
Jim Radford
Tom Phillips
Simon Thomas
Loraine Cooper
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
CITROEN – “ALIVE WITH TECHNOLOGY”
Trevor Cawood
Neill Blomkamp
Simon Van de Lagemaat
Winston Helgason
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS FILM
SPIDER-MAN 2
Alfred Molina
BEST SINGLE VISUAL EFFECT OF THE YEAR
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW – TIDAL WAVE
Karen Goulekas
Mike Chambers
Chris Horvath
Matthew Butler
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
Rob Legato
Ron Ames
Matthew Gratzner
Pete Travers
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Roger Guyett
Tim Burke
Theresa Corrao
Emma Norton
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