VES Awards
The VES Awards are a distinction given by the Visual Effects Society (VES) for outstanding work on visual effects . Since 2002 films , series , advertising and computer games as well as the artists who have worked on them have been awarded annually in different categories .
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Outstanding visual effects in a photorealistic feature film
The main category Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature was originally called Best Visual Effects in an (Visual) Effects Driven Motion Picture and changed to its current name in 2015.
The award goes to photo-realistic feature films (i.e. no animation films ) in which visual effects are visible, essential and an important part of the plot.
| year | Excellent film | Excellent people |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao, Emma Norton |
| 2005 | King Kong | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson |
| 2007 | Transformers | Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, Scott Benza |
| 2008 | The strange case of Benjamin Button | Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud |
| 2009 | Avatar - Departure for Pandora | Joe Letteri, Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran, Richard Baneham |
| 2010 | Inception | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer |
| 2011 | Planet of the Apes: Prevolution | Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Kurt Williams |
| 2012 | Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger | Donald R. Elliott, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer |
| 2013 | Gravity | Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould, Richard McBride |
| 2014 | Planet of the Apes: Revolution | Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Hannah Bianchini, Dan Lemmon, Matt Kutcher |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, JD Schwalm |
Outstanding visual effects as support in a photorealistic feature film
The Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature award honors invisible or almost invisible visual effects in feature films. These serve to support the film and the plot and should remain unrecognizable to the untrained eye. The current award winner is Deepwater Horizon .
| year | Excellent film | Excellent people |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The attack | Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro |
| 2003 | Last samurai | Jeffrey A. Okun, Thomas Boland, Bill Mesa, Ray McIntyre, Jr. |
| 2004 | Aviator | Rob Legato, Ron Ames Matthew Gratzner, Pete Travers |
| 2005 | Kingdom of heaven | Wes Sewell, Victoria Alonso, Tom Wood, Gary Brozenich |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Michael Owens, Matthew Butler, Bryan Grill, Julian Levi |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Wagoner, Michael Fu |
| 2008 | The foreign son | Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Jonathan Fawkner, Chas Jarrett, David Vickery, Dan Barrow |
| 2010 | Hereafter - the life after | Michael Owens, Joel Mendias, Bryan Grill, Danielle Plantec |
| 2011 | Hugo Cabret | Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, Rob Legato, Karen Murphy |
| 2012 | The Impossible | Felix Bergés, Sandra Hermida, Pau Costa Moeller |
| 2013 | Lone Ranger | Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness) | Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Jake Braver, Isabelle Langlois |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Rich McBride, Ivy Agregan, Jason Smith, Nicolas Chevallier, Cameron Waldbauer |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Craig Hammack, Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Jason Snell, John Galloway, Burt Dalton |
Outstanding animated characters in a photorealistic feature film
| year | Excellent film / character | Excellent people |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Steven Hornby, Andy Serkis, Matthias Menz, Greg Butler |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Hippogriff | Michael Eames, David Lomax, Felix Balbas, Pablo Grillo |
| 2005 | King Kong / Kong | Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, Guy Williams |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 / Davy Jones | Steve Walton, Jung-Seung Hong, Marc Chu, James Tooley |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End / Davy Jones | Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser |
| 2008 | The strange case of Benjamin Button / Benjamin Button | Steve Preeg, Matthias Wittmann, Tom St. Amand, David McLean |
| 2009 | Avatar - Departure to Pandora / Neytiri | Joe Letteri, Andrew R. Jones, Jeff Unay, Zoe Saldana |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 / Dobby | Mathieu Vig, Ben Lambert, Laurie Brugger, Marine Poirson |
| 2011 | Planet of the Apes: Prevolution / Caesar | Daniel Barrett, Florian Fernandez, Matthew Muntean, Eric Reynolds |
| 2012 | Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger / Richard Parker | Erik De Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug / Smaug | Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois |
| 2014 | Planet of the Apes: Revolution / Caesar | Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani |
| 2015 | The Revenant / The Bear | Matt Shumway, Gaelle Morand, Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book / King Louie | Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Jack Tema, Andrei Coval |
Outstanding visual effects in a photorealistic series
The Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode category was originally called Best Visual Effects in a Television Series / Broadcast Program and was renamed in 2014.
| year | Excellent television series / episode | Excellent people |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Firefly - Der Aufbruch der Serenity / Serenity (episode 1x01) | Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan |
| 2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The End of Time (episode 7x22) | Loni Peristere, Patti Gannon, Ronald Thornton, Chris Zapara |
| 2004 | Star Trek: Enterprise / Storm Front - Part 2 (Episode 4x02) | Ronald Moore, Daniel Curry, David Takemura, Fred Pienkos |
| 2005 | Rome / The Stolen Eagle (episode 1x01) | Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Duncan Kinnaird, Joe Pavlo |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica / Exodus - Part 2 (Episode 3x04) | Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Alec McClymont, Brenda Campbell |
| 2007 | Fight for Life / Episode 1x04 | Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi, Matt Chandler |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica / BSG Space Battle | Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Doug Drexler, Kyle Toucher |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica / Episode 4x19 | Michael Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Jesse Toves, Dave Morton |
| 2010 | Caprica | Michael Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Davey Morton, Jesse Mesa Toves |
| 2011 | Terra Nova | Kevin Blank, Colin Brady, Adica Manis, Jason Zimmerman |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones / Valar Morghulis (episode 2x10) | Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Sven Martin, Juri Stanossek |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones / Valar Dohaeris (episode 3x01) | Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Sven Martin |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones / The Children (Episode 4x10) | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones / The Dance of Dragons (episode 5x09) | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Eric Carney, Derek Spears, Stuart Brisdon |
| 2016 | Game of Thrones / The Battle of the Bastards (episode 6x09) | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Matthew Rouleau, Sam Conway |
Web links
Official website of the award: https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 15th Annual VES Awards. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Previous VES Awards. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 17, 2015 ; accessed on March 12, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
