The VES Awards were given out this weekend during the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) fifth annual gala event at the Kodak Grand Ballroom.
This year’s event, garnering the best attendance for these events so far, attracted more than eight hundred celebrities, visual effects and animation artists, dozens of nominees and members of the film, television and games industries.
“There was some amazing ‘snap, crackle and pop’ effects work on display last night,” said Eric Roth, Executive Director of the VES. “This past year — with technological and artistic advances aplenty — the ‘did you see that?’ bar was set higher than ever and this year’s crop of visual effects winners cleared it with room to spare.”
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson |
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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture Michael Owens, Matthew Butler, Bryan Grill, Julian Levi |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special Nightmares and Dreamscapes – Battleground Eric Grenaudier, Sam Nicholson, Mark Spatny, Adalberto Lopez |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series Battlestar Galactica – Episode 303b “Exodus” Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Alec McClymont, Brenda Campbell |
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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Adam Ealovega, Anthony Ocampo |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial Dan Lemmon, Eileen Moran, R. Christopher White, Paul Story |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video U2 and Green Day – The Saints are Coming Matt Winkel, Ben Looram, Wayne England, Graham Fyffe |
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Best Single Visual Effect of the Year Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest – Flying Dutchman Sequence John Knoll, Ned Gorman, Jakub Pistecky, Tom Fejes |
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Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game Christopher Sjoholm, Kat Kelly Hayduk, Rob Hilson, Celia Jepson |
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project Alan Markowitz, Dan Maas, Jeremy Nicolaides, Johnathan Banta |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest – Davy Jones Steve Walton, Jung-Seung Hong, Marc Chu, James Tooley |
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Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture Larry The Cable Guy, Mike Krummhoefener, Tom Sanocki, Nancy Kat0 |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video David Hulin, Seth Gollub, Andy Walker, Jenny Bichsel |
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest Chris Stoski, Susumu Yukuhiro, Jack Mongovan, Greg Salter |
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video Dave Bowman, Jimmy Kidell, Russell Horth, Gurel Mehmet |
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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, Charlie Bailey, Carl Miller |
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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program Battlestar Galactica – Season 2, Episode 218 “Resurrection Ship, Part 2” Steve Graves, Jose Perez, Mark Shimer, Chris Zapara |
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Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man’s Chest Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Jeff Sutherland, Tory Mercer |
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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video Laure Lacroix, Lyse Beck, Steve McGillen, Matt Holland |
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Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture Chris Corbould, Peter Notley, Ian Lowe, Roy Quinn |
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