The Visible Results Society has introduced the winners for the 21th Annual VES Awards!
Congratulations and good luck to everybody!
At this time, the Visible Results Society (VES), the trade’s world skilled honorary society, held the 21st Annual VES Awards, the celebrated yearly celebration that acknowledges excellent visible results artistry and innovation in movie, animation, tv, commercials, video video games and particular venues.
Trade visitors gathered on the Beverly Hilton Resort to have fun VFX expertise in 25 awards classes and particular honorees. Avatar: The Method of Water was named the photoreal function winner, garnering 9 awards. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was named high animated movie, profitable three awards. The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Energy was named finest photoreal episode, profitable three awards. Frito-Lay: Push It topped the industrial subject.
Comic/actor Patton Oswalt returned as host for the tenth time. Academy Award- profitable filmmaker James Cameron introduced the VES Lifetime Achievement award to acclaimed producer Gale Anne Hurd. The Society’s present and former Board Chairs introduced the VES Board of Administrators Award to former Government Director Eric Roth; the group included Lisa Cooke, present VES Chair; Jim Morris, VES, President of Pixar Animation and founding VES Chair; and former Chairs Jeffrey A. Okun, VES; Mike Chambers, VES; Carl Rosendahl, VES; and Jeff Barnes. Award presenters included: Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson, Academy-Award-winning filmmaker Domee Shi; actors Tig Notaro, Jay Pharoah, Tyler Posey, Randall Park, Angela Sarafyan, Bashir Salahuddin, Josh McDermitt and Danny Pudi. Dara Treseder, Autodesk’s Chief Advertising and marketing Officer, introduced the VES-Autodesk Pupil Award.
“As we have fun the 21st Annual VES Awards, we’re honored to maintain shining a light-weight on exceptional visible results artistry and innovation,” mentioned VES Chair Lisa Cooke. “In all of our colleagues honored tonight, we see finest in school work that elevates the artwork of storytelling and exemplifies the spirit of adaptation and ingenuity — abilities which have stored audiences engaged and uplifted, now, greater than ever. The VES Awards is the one venue that showcases and honors these excellent world artists throughout a variety of disciplines, and we’re extraordinarily pleased with all our winners and nominees!”
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
| Avatar: The Method of Water Richard Baneham Walter Garcia Joe Letteri Eric Saindon JD Schwalm |
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
13 Lives
Jason Billington
Thomas Horton
Denis Baudin
Michael Harrison
Brian Cox
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Aaron Weintraub
Jeffrey Schaper
Cameron Carson
Emma Gorbey
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy; Udûn
Jason Smith
Ron Ames
Nigel Sumner
Tom Proctor
Dean Clarke
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
5 Days at Memorial; Day Two
Eric Durst
Danny McNair
Matt Whelan
Goran Pavles
John MacGillivray
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Final of Us Half I
Erick Pangilinan
Evan Wells
Eben Cook dinner
Mary Jane Whiting
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
Frito-Lay; Push It
Tom Raynor
Sophie Harrison
Ben Cronin
Martino Madeddu
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT
ABBA Voyage
Ben Morris
Edward Randolph
Stephen Aplin
Ian Comley
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Method of Water; Kiri
Anneka Fris
Rebecca Louise Leybourne
Guillaume Francois
Jung Rock Hwang
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Pinocchio
Oliver Beale
Richard Pickersgill
Brian Leif Hansen
Kim Slate
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Umbrella Academy; Pogo
Aidan Martin
Hannah Dockerty
Olivier Beierlein
Miae Kang
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Method of Water; The Reef
Jessica Cowley
Joe W. Churchill
Justin Stockton
Alex Nowotny
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Within the Abdomen of a Sea Monster
Warren Lawtey
Anjum Sakharkar
Javier Gonzalez Alonso
Quinn Carvalho
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy; Adar; Númenor Metropolis
Dan Wheaton
Nico Delbecq
Dan Letarte
Julien Gauthier
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT
Avatar: The Method of Water
Richard Baneham
Dan Cox
Eric Reynolds
AJ Briones
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
Avatar: The Method of Water; The Sea Dragon
Sam Sharplin
Stephan Skorepa
Ian Baker
Guillaume Francois
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: The Method of Water; Water Simulations
Johnathan Nixon
David Moraton
Nicolas James Illingworth
David Caeiro Cebrian
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Puss in Boots: The Final Want
Derek Cheung
Michael Losure
Kiem Ching Ong
Jinguang Huang
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy; Udûn; Water and Magma
Rick Hankins
Aron Bonar
Branko Grujcic
Laurent Kermel
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
Avatar: The Method of Water; Water Integration
Sam Cole
Francois Sugny
Florian Schroeder
Jean Matthews
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE
Love, Demise and Robots; Night time of the Mini Useless
Tim Emeis
José Maximiano
Renaud Tissandié
Nacere Guerouaf
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL
Ladbrokes; Rocky
Greg Spencer
Theajo Dharan
Georgina Ford
Jonathan Westley
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
Avatar: The Method of Water; Present Machine and Wave Pool
JD Schwalm
Richard Schwalm
Nick Rand
Robert Spurlock
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT (AWARD SPONSORED BY AUTODESK)
A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea
Mario Bertsch
Max Pollmann
Lukas Löffler
Until Sander-Titgemeyer
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Avatar: The Method of Water; Water Toolset
Alexey Stomakhin
Steve Lesser
Sven Joel Wretborn
Douglas McHale
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