VES announces nominees for 10th Annual Awards

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games. Nominees were chosen on Saturday, January 7 by distinguished panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank and New York, FotoKem’s Spy in San Francisco, and other facilities in London, Sydney, Vancouver and Wellington, NZ.

“The standard of the creative work that is being considered this year is unbelievably high across all categories,” said Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society. “The judges faced a huge challenge because all of the work was so far above the norm. We’re honored to have the opportunity to focus the spotlight on the outstanding work that has contributed to some of the highest grossing films and broadcast projects of all time.”

As previously announced, Stan Lee will be honored with the VES 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award and Douglas Trumbull with the Georges Méliès Award.

The 10th Annual VES Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will air exclusively on ReelzChannel.

 

Framestore VFX from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2

Framestore VFX from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2

The full list of nominees for the 10th Annual VES Awards are as follows:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture

 Captain America: The First Avenger
Charlie Noble
Mark Soper
Christopher Townsend
Edson Williams
 
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke
Emma Norton
John Richardson
David Vickery

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Gary Brozenich
David Conley
Charlie Gibson
Ben Snow

 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dan Lemmon
Joe Letteri
Cyndi Ochs
Kurt Williams

 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Scott Benza
Wayne Billheimer
Matthew Butler
Scott Farrar

 

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture

 

Anonymous
Andre Cantarel
Volker Engel
Rony Soussan
Marc Weigert

 

Hugo
Ben Grossmann
Alex Henning
Rob Legato
Karen Murphy

 

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Laya Armian
Chas Jarrett
Seth Maury
Sirio Quintavalle

 

Source Code
Annie Godin
Louis Morin

 

War Horse
Duncan Burbidge
Ben Morris
Mike Mulholland
Chris Zeh

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

 

Arthur Christmas
Doug Ikeler
Chris Juen
Alan Short
Mandy Tankenson

 

Kung Fu Panda 2
Melissa Cobb
Alex Parkinson
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Raymond Zibach

 

Puss In Boots
Joe Aguilar
Guillaume Aretos
Ken Bielenberg
Chris Miller

 

Rango
Tim Alexander
Hal Hickel
Jacqui Lopez
Katie Lynch

 

The Adventures of Tintin
Jamie Beard
Joe Letteri
Meredith Meyer-Nichols
Eileen Moran

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie, or Special

 

Finding Life Beyond Earth
Simon Clarke
Hasraf Dulull
Vikas Gandhi
Francisco Lima

 

Gettysburg
J. David Everhart
Kent Johnson
Jon Rhinehardt
Jon Rosenthal

 

Inside the Human Body
Phil Dobree
Sophie Orde
Dan Upton

 

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
Kevin Deters
Dorothy McKim
John Murrah
Stevie Wermers

 

The Bomber
Dmitriy Kolesnik
Dmitriy Ovcharenko
Egor Olesov
Igor Gotsulyak

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

 

Falling Skies
Rob Biagi
Curt Miller
Andrew Orloff
Sean Tompkins

 

Fringe
Robert Habros
Andrew Orloff
Jay Worth
Chris Wright

 

Planet Dinosaur
Phil Dobree
Luke Dodd
Haz Dulull
Mark Sherwood

 

Terra Nova
Kevin Blank
Colin Brady
Adica Manis
Jason Zimmerman

 

Once Upon A Time
Nate Overstrom
Laura Jones
Andrew Orloff
Douglas Charles Ludwig

 

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

 

Boardwalk Empire – Georgia Peaches
Richard Friedlander
Robert Stromberg
David Taritero

 

Bones – Tornado Case
Christian Cardona
Buddy Gheen
Beau Janzen
Andy Simonson

 

Breaking Bad – Face Off
Bruce Branit
Werner Hahnlein
Gregory Nicotero
William Powloski

 

Game of Thrones – Winter is Coming
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor
Angela Barson
Ed Bruce
Adam McInnes

 

Pan Am – Pilot
Tavis Larkham
Chris Martin
Sam Nicholson
Matt Robken

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial

 

Dior J’adore
Pascal Giroux
Julien Meesters
Stephane Pivron
Manuel Souillac

 

Jameson: Fire
Chris Bankoff
Dan Glass
Sascha M. Flick
Jeff Willette

 

Johnnie Walker: Rock Giant
Vincent Baertsoen
Camila de Biagi
Angus Kneale
Rob Petrie

 

Kia: Share Some Soul
Charles Abou Aad
Andy Boyd
Nordin Rahhali
Mike Wigart

 

Volkswagen: Hedgehog
Mhamed Elmezoued
Stephane Montel
Emilie Nicodex

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Commercial or Video Game Trailer

 

Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
Tom Bussell
Hugo Guerra
Rahel Makonnen
Jorge Montiel

 

Coca-Cola Siege
Russell Dodgson
Simon French
Diarmid Harrison-Murray
Sarah Hiddlestone

 

Diablo III: The Black Soulstone
Nicholas S. Carpenter
Graham Cunningham
Chris Thunig
Taka Yasuda

 

Prey 2
Heikki Anttila
Brandon Riza
Al Shier
Dave Wilson

 

Sony: 2 Worlds
Melanie Larue
David Liu
Richard Morton
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

 

Amazin’
Marc Rienzo
Eric Sanford
Lisa Zusmer Delprete

 

Humbugged! Rockettes to the Rescue
Troy Griffin
Jasmine Johnson
Greg Lyons
Glo Minaya

 

Star Tours: The Adventure Continues
Bill George
Jeanie King
Glen McIntosh
Marianne McLean

 

Transformers the Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle
Lori Arnold
Yanick Dusseault
Delio Tramontozzi
Jeff White

 

Typhoon 360
Peter Crosman
Seungyong Lee
Michael “oz” Smith
Brent Young

 

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Ukranian Ironbelly
Yasunobu Arahori
Tom Bracht
Gavin Harrison
Chris Lentz

 

Paul – Paul
Anders Beer
Julian Foddy
Jody Johnson
David Lowry

 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Caesar
Daniel Barrett
Florian Fernandez
Matthew Muntean
Eric Reynolds

 

The Thing – Edvard/Adam
Lyndon Barrois
Fred Chapman
Greg Massie
Marco Menco

 

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

 

Puss In Boots – Puss
Antonio Banderas
Ludovic Bouancheau
Laurent Caneiro
Olivier Staphylas

 

Rango – Rango
Frank Gravatt
Kevin Martel
Brian Paik
Steve Walton

 

Rio – Nigel
Diana Diriwaechter
Sang Jun Lee
Sergio Pablos
Aamir Tarin

 

The Adventures of Tintin – Tintin
Gino Acevedo
Gustav Ahren
Jamie Beard
Simon Clutterbuck

 

Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

 

Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
Tom Bussell
Jorge Montiel

 

Canal + – The Bear
Laurent Creusot
Guillaume Ho
Olivier Mitonneau
Michal Nauzin

 

Carls Jr. – Robot
Matt Heimlich
Fredd Hopp
Philip Ineno
Rob Ramsdell

 

Game of Thrones – Fire and Blood
Henry Badgett
Mark Brown
Rafael Morant
James Sutton

 

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

 

Anonymous – London
Andre Cantarel
Robert Freitag
Rony Soussan
Greg Strasz

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Hogwarts
Keziah Bailey
Stephen Ellis
Clement Gerard
Pietro Ponti

 

Thor – Heimdall’s Observatory
Pierre Buffin
Audrey Ferrara
Yoel Godo
Dominique Vidal

 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 155 Wacker Drive
Giles Hancock
John Hanson
Tom Martinek
Scott Younkin

 

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

 

Puss In Boots – The Cloud World
Guillaume Aretos
Greg Lev
Brett Miller
Peter Zaslav

 

Rango – Main Street Dirt
John Bell
Polly Ing
Martin Murphy
Russell Paul

 

The Adventures of Tintin – Bagghar
Hamish Beachman
Adam King
Wayne Stables
Mark Tait

 

The Adventures of Tintin – Docks
Matt Aitken
Jeff Capogreco
Jason Lazaroff
Alessandro Mozzato

 

The Adventures of Tintin – Pirate Battle
Phil Barrenger
Keith F. Miller
Alessandro Saponi
Christoph Sprenger

 

Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

 

Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
Amaan Akram
Tom Bussell
Alex Hammond

 

Boardwalk Empire – Two Boats and a Lifeguard
Matthew Conner
Robert Stromberg

 

Game of Thrones – The Icewall
Markus Kuha
Dante Harbridge Robinson
Damien Mac
Fani Vassiadi

 

Pan Am – Pilot Worldport Terminal
Bill Arance
Martin Hilke
Diego Galtieri
Anthony Ocampo

 

Terra Nova – Terra Nova
Michael Bozulich
Eric Hance
Kevin Kipper
David Morton

 

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

 

Hugo
Martin Chamney
Rob Legato
Adam Watkins
Fabio Zangla

 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Thelvin Cabezas
Mike Perry
R. Christopher White
Erik Winquist

 

Thor
Xavier Allard
Pierre Buffin
Nicolas Chevallier

 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Michael Balog
Richard Bluff
Shawn Kelly
Jeff White

 

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

 

Arthur Christmas
Michael Ford
David Morehead
Emi Tahira

 

Cars 2
Mahyar Abousaeedi
Sharon Calahan
Jeremy Lasky
Jonathan Pytko

 

Rango
Colin Benoit
Philippe Rebours
Nelson Sepulveda
Nick Walker

 

The Adventures of Tintin
Matt Aitken
Matthias Menz
Keith F. Miller
Wayne Stables

 

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

 

Gears of War 3 – Dust to Dust
Niles Heckman
Richard Morton
Vernon Wilbert Jr.

 

Ghost Recon – Future Soldier “Camo Up”
David Liu

 

Mattel: Hot Wheels
Steve Beck
Robert Sethi
Feliz Urquiza

 

Once Upon A Time – Cinderella’s Courtyard
Stephen Jackson
Salyanne Massimini
Nathan Matsuda
Kevin Struckman

 

Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Hogwarts School Buildings
Steven Godfrey
Pietro Ponti
Tania Marie Richard
Andy Warren

 

Hugo – Train Crash
Scott Beverly
Allan Faucher
Forest P. Fischer
Matthew Gratzner

 

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Parking Garage
John Goodson
Russell Paul
Kristian Pedlow
Vick Schutz

 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Driller
Tim Brakensiek
Kelvin Chu
David Fogler
Rene Garcia

 

Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

 

Arrowhead Nature’s Fix
Carl Horner
Ian Hunter
Miyo Nakamura
Hayley O’Neil

 

Boardwalk Empire
Matthew Conner
Eran Dinur
David Reynolds
Szymon Weglarski

 

Falling Skies
Jon Chesson
Steve Graves
Michael Kirylo
Renaud Talon

 

Once Upon A Time
Michael Kirylo
Jeremy Michael Melton
Jason O. Monroe
Chris Strauss

 

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

 

Captain America: The First Avenger
Casey Allen
Trent Claus
Brian Hajek
Cliff Welsh

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Michele Benigna
Martin Ciastko
Thomas Dyg
Andy Robinson

 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Jean Luc Azzis
Quentin Hema
Simon Jung
Christoph Salzmann

 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Chris Balog
Ben O’Brien
Amy Shepard
Jeff Sutherland

 

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

 

Any World: Jeep Call of Duty MWF3
Jason Bergman
Steve Meyer
Peter Sidoriak

 

Boardwalk Empire – Gimcrack & Bunkum
Anton Dawson
Eran Dinur
Austin Meyers
David Reynolds

 

Channel 4 – Street Summer
Stirling Archibald
Anthony Bloor
Michael Gregory
Giacomo Mineo

 

DirecTV – Hot House
Franck Lambertz

 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

 

a.maize
Roman Kaelin
Falko Paeper
Florian Wittmann

 

Aquatic Bloom
Susie Hong
Bokyeong Kim

 

Defective Detective
Avner Geller
Stevie Lewis

 

Hai Hase
Florian Greth
Julia Reck

 

Renee the Movie
Syrena Edmonds
Zack Heimbegner
Brian Mullen
Nathaniel Skinner

 

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Tonio Freitag
Hannah Maria Heidrich
Sebastian Nozon

 

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