At the third annual ELAN Awards, LEFT 4 DEAD won four out of the nine videogame categories. IRON MAN won for best vfx film and WALL-E was chosen for best animated feature.
A full list of winners is as follows:
Video Game Nominees
Video Game Of The Year
LEFT 4 DEADValve
Best Console Game
FALLOUT 3Bethesda Softworks -- Todd Howard, Game Director; Emil Pagliarulo, Lead Designer & Writer; Gavin Carter, Lead Producer
LEFT 4 DEADValve
Best PC Game
LEFT 4 DEADValve
Best Casual/Arcade Game
MYSTERY CASE FILES: RETURN TO RAVENHEARSTBig Fish Games -- Pat Wylie, Adrian Woods, Chris Campbell, Producer
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE (Handheld)1st Playable Productios/Disney Interactive -- Tobi Saulnier, Founder & CEO, 1st Playable Productions; Zhenelle Falk, Producer/ Designer; Andrew Carroll, Lead Programmer; Ian McConahey Stead, Lead Artist
Best Sound in a Video Game Production
Mike Larson, Audio Director; Steve Jablonsky, Composer; Jamey Scott, Sound Designer; Joey Kuras, Sound DesignerGEARS OF WAR 2Epic Games, Microsoft
Best Art Direction
Istvan Pely, Lead ArtistFALLOUT 3Bethesda Softworks
Best Game Design
Gabe NewellLEFT 4 DEADValve
Outstanding Technical Innovation
Gabe NewellLEFT 4 DEADValve
Animation Nominees
Best Feature-Length Animated Production
WALL-EDisney/Pixar(Selected by children's votes)
Best Animated Television Production
ZEKE'S PADMy Pad Prod's/Avrill Stark Entertainment; Bardel Entertainment Inc./Flying Bark Productions -- Delna Bhesania, Producer; Liz Scully, Producer; Leonard Terhoch, Producer; Avrill Stark, Producer
Best Animated Short Subject
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WRATH OF THE LICH KING (intro cinematic)Blizzard Entertainment -- Jeff Chamberlain, Director; Phillip Hillenbrand, Producer
Best Director for an Animated Production
Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson and Cam LizotteWAPOS BAY: THE SERIESWapos Bay Studio National Film Board of Canada
Best Voice Over in an Animated Production (All genres)
Tom KennySPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTSNickelodeon
Best Character Animation
Graham MacDonald, Animation Director; Emma Gignac, Animation Director; Kim Buck, Animation Supervisor; Justin Sels, Animation SupervisorTOOT & PUDDLEMercury Filmworks/National Geographic Kids Entertainment
Best Art Direction
Zoe Evamy, Senior Art Director; Patricia Atchison, Art DirectorZEKE'S PADMy Pad Prod's/Avrill Stark Entertainment; Bardel Entertainment Inc./Flying Bark Productions
Visual Effects Nominees
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effect Driven Feature Film
IRON MANThe Embassy VFX, Inc./Ironworks Prod's, Marvel Studios/Paramount PicturesThe Embassy: Winston Helgason, Visual Effects Supervisor; Charlie Bradbury, Visual Effects Producer; Stephen Pepper, Compositing Supervisor; Michael Blackbourn, CG Lead
Best Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series, Miniseries or MOW
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLESBartleby Co. and The Halcyon Co. in assoc. with Warner Bros. TelevisionJim Lima, VFX Supervisor; Steve Galich, SFX Coordinator
Best Visual Effects in an Independent/Short Film
ROCK GARDEN: A LOVE STORYPix Ray VFX/Gloryous Production, 2.8 PicturesAndrew Szerszen, VFX Supervisor; Guy Gatenby, Lead Matte-Painter; Michael MacInnis, Lead Composer
Best Visual Effects Shot
MAX PAYNESpin VFX/20th Century FoxJeff Campbell, VFX Supervisor; Eric Doiron, Compositing Supervisor; Mark Schreiber, Lead Animator; Tim Sibley, Lead FX TD
Best Digital Environment
MAX PAYNESpin VFX/20th Century FoxJeff Campbell, VFX Supervisor; Eric Doiron, Compositing Supervisor;Mark Schreiber, Lead Animator; Tim Sibley, Lead FX TD
Best Animated Character
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIANMPC/Walt Disney and Walden MediaGreg Fisher, Animation Supervisor; Peta Bayley, Lead Animator; Julio del Rio Hernandez, Lead Animator; Tom Reed, Head of Rigging
Student Nominees
Best Student Video Game
DEGUIYU MASTERS OF DIGITAL MEDIACentre for Digital Media, GNW, (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Bryant DJ Davey, Xbox Director; Su Yon Sohn, Web Presence Director; Liam Kelly, Support
Best Student Animated Production
SNAREDAlgonquin College Animation Program (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Best Visual Effects in a Student Project
Winner: SPACE BARLost Boys Learning (Comox, British Columbia, Canada)George Kyparissous
