Here are the nominations for the 13th Annual VES Awards:
Congratulations to everyone!
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Stephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould - INTERSTELLAR
Paul Franklin, Kevin Elam, Ann Podlozny, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher - MALEFICENT
Carey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson - THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
Joe Letteri, David Conley, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, Steve Ingram - X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Richard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Lou Pecora, Anders Langlands, Cameron Waldbauer
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau, Isabelle Langlois - DIVERGENT
Jim Berney, Greg Baxter, Matt Dessero - THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Gabriel Sanchez, Jenny Foster, Simon Weisse, Jan Burda - THE IMITATION GAME
Stuart Bullen, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Simon Rowe - UNBROKEN
Bill George, Steve Gaub, Erin Dusseault, Dave Morley, Brian Cox
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- BIG HERO 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, Zach Parrish - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Bonnie Arnold, Dean DeBlois, Dave Walvoord, Simon Otto - RIO 2
Carlos Saldanha, Bruce Anderson, John C. Donkin, Kirk Garfield - THE BOXTROLLS
Travis Knight, Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, Brad Schiff - THE LEGO MOVIE
Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Jim Dodd, David Williams
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
- CONSTANTINE; A Feast of Friends
Kevin Blank, Elizabeth Castro, Yafei Wu, Chris LeDoux - GAME OF THRONES; The Children
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin - HEMLOCK GROVE
Matt Whelan, Chris Brown, Todd Masters, Johnathan Banta, Eric McAvoy - MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Gary D Amico, Kevin Lingenfelser, David Beedon - THE FLASH
Armen Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Jeremy Jozwick, Andranik Taranyan
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
- AMERICAN HORROR STORY; FREAK SHOW; Edward Mordrake, Part 2
Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Ball, Eric Roberts - BLACK SAILS, Episode 1
Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Paul Graff, George Murphy - CROSSBONES
Kevin Blank, Ron Pogue, Andy Weder, Niklas Jacobson, Mans Bjorklund - PENNY DREADFUL; Séance
James Cooper, Bill Halliday, Sarah McMurdo, Lorne Kwechansky - RIPPER STREET; Whitechapel Terminus
Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, Joe Courtis, John O’Connell
Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
- ALIEN: ISOLATION
Jude Bond, Al Hope, Howard Rayner, Oriol Sans Gomez - CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Salud, Demetrius Leal, Dave Blizard - INFAMOUS: SECOND SON
Matt Vainio, Horia Dociu, Jason Connell, Bill Rockenbeck - SUNSET OVERDRIVE
Jacinda Chew, Bryan Intihar, Grant Hollis
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
- CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE; Discover Your Power
Paul O’Shea, Michael Wigart, Andy Boyd, Jacob Montgomery, Benoit Mannequin - DESTINY; Become Legend
Eric Barba, Carla Attanasio, Greg Teegarden, Dan Akers - ESA; Ambition
Jakub Knapik, Tomasz Wachnik, Lukasz Sobisz, Michal Skrzypiec - GENERAL ELECTRIC; Childlike Imagination
Benjamin Walsh, Jennie Burnett, Brian Burke, Dominik Bauch - SSE; Maya
Neil Davies, Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel, Beth Vander
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
- HUBEI IN THE AIR
Andrew Roberts, Claudia Lachnitt, Yas Takata, Boris Schmidt, Sebastian Butenberg - RATATOUILLE: L’Aventure Totalement Torquee de Remy
Tony Apodaca, Marianne McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine - STAR JOURNEY
Adam Watkins, Viktorija Ogureckaja, Thilo Ewers, Omid Arzhang, Yas Takata - THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS
Chris Shaw, Rich Yeomans, Steven Godfrey, Peter Jopling, John Richardson - THE LOST TEMPLE
John Hughes, Walt Jones, Trent Young, Michael Smith
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; Caesar
Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani - DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; Koba
Daniel Barrett, Alessandro Bonora, Mark Edward Allen, Masaya Suzuki - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY; Rocket
Kevin Spruce, Rachel Williams, Laurie Brugger, Mark Wilson - MALEFICENT; Thistlewit
Darren Hendler, Matthias Wittmann, Jeremy Buttell, Elliot Rosenstein
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- BIG HERO 6; Baymax
Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2; Hiccup
Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park - RIO 2; Gabi
Jason Sadler, Ignacio Barrios, Drew Winey, Diana Diriwaechter - THE BOXTROLLS; Archibald Snatcher
Travis Knight, Jason Stalman, Michael Laubach, Kyle Williams
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
- FREESAT FREETIME; Sheldon
Russell Dodgson, Grant Walker, Juan Sebastian Nino, Amar Chundavadra - GAME OF THRONES; Drogon
Philip Meyer, Thomas Kutschera, Igor Majdandzic, Mark Spindler - JOHN LEWIS; Monty the Penguin
Diarmid Harrison Murray, Tim Van Hussen, Amir Bazazi, Georgios Kyparissous - SSE; Maya
Jorge Montiel, Alex Hammond, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER; Triskelion Headquarters
Johan Thorngren, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Luis Calero - INTERSTELLAR; Tesseract
Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlen, Kirsty Clark - LUCY; Times Square
Richard Bluff, Steve Bevins, Steve DeLuca, Tiffany Yung - NOAH; Antediluvian Earth
Grady Cofer, Dan Wheaton, Susumu Yukuhiro, Ben O’Brien
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- BIG HERO 6; Into the Portal
Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2; Oasis
Sun Yoon, Liang-Yuan Wang, Ted Davis, Shannon Thomas - THE BOOK OF LIFE; Magical Land of the Remembered
Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters - THE BOXTROLLS; Boxtroll Cavern
Curt Enderle, Rob DeSue, Emily Greene, Jesse Gregg
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
- COCA-COLA; Snowy Forest
Tom Bardwell, Kevin Ives, Kyle Cody, Jimmy Gass - GAME OF THRONES; Braavos Establisher
Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner - PENNY DREADFUL; Séance
Mathew Borrett, Lorne Kwechansky, Graham Day, Jason Gougeon - WAR THUNDER; Battlefield
Andrey Bogdanov, Mikhail Datcik, Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Bogdanova
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Saponi, David Houghton Williams - EDGE OF TOMORROW; Beach and Paris Attacks
Albert Cheng, Jose Enrique Astacio Jr., Michael Havart, Dion Beebe - INTERSTELLAR; Tesseract
Faraz Hameed, Stephen Painter, Hoyte van Hoytema, Dorian Knapp - X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST; Kitchen Scene
Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
- BIG HERO 6; City of San Fransokyo
Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu - THE BOXTROLLS; Mecha-Drill
Tom McClure, Oliver Jones, Raul Martinez - THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES; Laketown
Leslie Chan, Alastair Mayer, Niklas Preston, Justin Stockton - TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION; Knightship
Landis Fields, John Goodson, Anthony Rispoli, Dae Han
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash
Dan Pearson, Sheldon Serrao, Jose Burgos, Eric Jennings - EDGE OF TOMORROW; Destruction and Sand
Steve Avoujageli, Pawel Grochola, Atsushi Ikarashi, Paul Waggoner - THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
Jon Allitt, David Caeiro, Ronnie Menahem - X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen
Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- BIG HERO 6
Henrik Falt, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, John Kosnik - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2; The Battle
Spencer Knapp, Baptiste Van Opstal, Lucas Janin, Jason Mayer - THE BOXTROLLS
Kent Estep, Peter Stuart, Ralph Procida, Timur Khodzhaev - THE LEGO MOVIE
Carsten Kolve, Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Miles Green
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
- COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey
Dominique Vidal, Isabelle Perin-Leduc, Sandrine Lurde, Alexandre Leroug - DirecTV; Landing
Jeffrey Dates, Jimmy Gass, Iwan Zwarts, Ryan Coster - SSE; Maya
Alex Hammond, Peter Agg, Sam Driscoll, Jimmy Gass - VIKINGS; Invasion Storm Sequence
Jeremy Dineen, Eric Lacroix, Kyle Yoneda, Norman Ran
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli - EDGE OF TOMORROW; Beach
Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser - INTERSTELLAR; Water
Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles - THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
- AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW; Edward Mordrake, Part 2
Tommy Tran, JV Pike, Rob Lutz, Matt Lefferts - GAME OF THRONES; Wight Attack
Keegan Douglas, Okan Ataman, Brian Fortune, David Lopez - GAME OF THRONES; The Watchers on the Wall
Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn - THE KNICK; Abigail’s Nose
Vance Miller, Aaron Raff, John Bair, Rebecca Dunn - VIKINGS; Invasion
Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Doug Cook, Angel Li
Outstanding Compositing in a in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial
- DESTINY: Become Legend
Dan Akers, Nitant Karnik, Matt Smith, Kym Olsen - KIA: The Truth
Paul Lambert, Dan Akers, Carlos Morales, Holly Horter - NIKE Hypervenom “Mirrors ft. Neymar Jr.”
Dan Williams, Daniel Morris, Ilia Mokhtareizadeh, Greg Spencer - SSE
Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
- DEEP DANCE
Marco Erbrich, Christoph Westphal, Vincent Langer - DRAGON CLAN
Yahui Fan, Sheng Xu - MURPHY
Bruno LeVeque, Xavier Lafarge - WRAPPED
Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Paolo Tamburrino
© Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2015