The Visual Effects Society have announced the winners for the 18th Annual VES Awards!
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
THE LION KING
Robert Legato, Tom Peitzman, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones
// Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
THE IRISHMAN
Pablo Helman, Mitch Ferm, Jill Brooks, Leandro Estebecorena, Jeff Brink
// Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
MISSING LINK
Brad Schiff, Travis Knight, Steve Emerson, Benoit Dubuc
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
THE MANDALORIAN; The Child
Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Jason Porter, Hayden Jones, Roy Cancinon
// Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
CHERNOBYL; 1:23:45
Max Dennison, Lindsay McFarlane, Clare Cheetham, Paul Jones, Claudius Christian Rauch
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
Control
Janne Pulkkinen, Elmeri Raitanen, Matti Hämäläinen, James Tottman
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
Hennessy: The Seven Worlds
Carsten Keller, Selcuk Ergen, Kiril Mirkov, William Laban
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Jason Bayever, Patrick Kearney, Carol Norton, Bill George
// Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL; Alita
Michael Cozens, Mark Haenga, Olivier Lesaint, Dejan Momcilovic
// Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
MISSING LINK; Susan
Rachelle Lambden, Brenda Baumgarten, Morgan Hay, Benoit Dubuc
// Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project
STRANGER THINGS 3; Tom/Bruce Monster
Joseph Dubé-Arsenault, Antoine Barthod, Frederick Gagnon, Xavier Lafarge
// Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial
Cyberpunk 2077; Dex
Jonas Ekman, Jonas Skoog, Marek Madej, Grzegorz Chojnacki
// Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
THE LION KING; The Pridelands
Marco Rolandi, Luca Bonatti, Jules Bodenstein, Filippo Preti
// Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
TOY STORY 4; Antiques Mall
Hosuk Chang, Andrew Finley, Alison Leaf, Philip Shoebottom
// Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
GAME OF THRONES; The Iron Throne; Red Keep Plaza
Carlos Patrick DeLeon, Alonso Bocanegra Martinez, Marcela Silva, Benjamin Ross
// Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
THE LION KING
Robert Legato, Caleb Deschanel, Ben Grossmann, AJ Sciutto
// Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
THE MANDALORIAN; The Sin; The Razorcrest
Doug Chiang, Jay Machado, John Goodson, Landis Fields IV
// Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Don Wong, Thibault Gauriau, Goncalo Cababca, Francois-Maxence Desplanques
// Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
FROZEN 2
Erin V. Ramos, Scott Townsend, Thomas Wickes, Rattanin Sirinaruemarn
// Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
STRANGER THINGS 3; Melting Tom/Bruce
Nathan Arbuckle, Christian Gaumond, James Dong, Aleksandr Starkov
// Outstanding Compositing in a Feature
THE IRISHMAN
Nelson Sepulveda, Vincent Papaix, Benjamin O’Brien, Christopher Doerhoff
// Outstanding Compositing in an Episode
GAME OF THRONES; The Long Night; Dragon Ground Battle
Mark Richardson, Darren Christie, Nathan Abbott, Owen Longstaff
// Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Hennessy; The Seven Worlds
Rod Norman, Guillaume Weiss, Alexander Kulikov, Alessandro Granella
// Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project
THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE AGE OF RESISTANCE; She Knows All the Secrets
Sean Mathiesen, Jon Savage, Toby Froud, Phil Harvey
// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
THE BEAUTY
Marc Angele, Aleksandra Todorovic, Pascal Schelbli, Noel Winzen
Congratulations to everyone!
© Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2020