Avatar, fresh from its Golden Globe best picture win, grabbed 11 nominations from the Visual Effects Society (VES), while the animated Coraline nabbed four. Weta Digital topped vfx studios with nine nominations.

Blue-ribbon VES panels in Burbank, San Francisco and London, chose the nominees on Saturday, encompassing 20 categories in film, animation, TV, commercials and videogames.

The eighth annual VES Awards will take place Feb. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

James Cameron, meanwhile, will be honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, and Pixar/Disney's Ed Catmull will receive the George Melies Award for his pioneering accomplishments.

The complete list is as follows:

*Visual effects in a visual effects driven feature motion picture*

"2012"

Volker Engel, visual effects supervisor

Josh Jaggars, visual effects producer

Marc Weigert, visual effects supervisor

"Avatar"

Richard Baneham, animation supervisor

Joyce Cox, VFX producer

Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor

Eileen Moran, overall VFX producer

"District 9"

Stefanie Boose, VFX producer

Dan Kaufman, VFX supervisor

Peter Muyzers, on-set VFX plate supervisor

James Stewart, creature supervisor

"Star Trek"

Burt Dalton, special effects supervisor

Russell Earl, visual effects supervisor

Roger Guyett, visual effects supervisor

Shari Hanson, visual effects producer

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

Scott Benza, Animation Director

Wayne Billheimer, visual effects producer

Scott Farrar, visual effects supervisor

John Frazier, special effects supervisor

*Supporting visual effects in a feature motion picture*

"Angels & Demons"

Angus Bickerton, VFX supervisor

Mark Breakspear, VFX supervisor

Ryan Cook, VFX supervisor

Barrie Hemsley, VFX producer

"The Box"

Peter Cvijanovic, compositing supervisor

Mark Kolpak, visual effects producer

Olcun Tan, digital effects supervisor

Thomas Tannenberger, visual effects supervisor

"Invictus"

Geoff Hancock, VFX supervisor

Dennis Hoffman, head of poroduction

Cyndi Ochs, VFX producer

Michael Owens, VFX supervisor

"The Road"

Mark O. Forker, VFX supervisor

Paul Graff, VFX supervisor - crazy horse effects

Ed Mendez, compositing supervisor

Phillip Moses, VFX producer

"Sherlock Holmes"

Dan Barrow, VFX producer

Jonathan Fawkner, VFX supervisor

Chas Jarrett, VFX supervisor

David Vickery, VFX supervisor

*Animation in an animated feature motion picture*

"Nine"

Ken Duncan, animation supervisor

Jinko Gotoh, co-producer

Daryl Graham, supervising animator

Joe Ksander, animation director

"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"

Mike Ford, CG supervisor

Chris Juen, co-producer

Alan Hawkins, supervising animator

Pete Nash, animation director

"Coraline"

Claire Jennings, animation producer

Henry Selick, animation director

"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"

Galen Chu, supervising animator

Jeff Gabor, senior animator

Anthony Nisi, animation production supervisor

Melvin Tan, senior animator

"Up"

Gary Bruins, effects supervisor

Pete Docter, director

Steve May, supervising technical director

Jonas Rivera, producer

*Visual effects in a broadcast miniseries, movie or a special*

"Alice" (Night 2)

Sebastien Bergeron, DFX supervisor

Les Quinn, CG supervisor

Lisa Sepp-Wilson, VFX producer

Lee Wilson, VFX supervisor

"Ben 10: Alien Swarm" (Montage)

Evan Jacobs, visual effects supervisor

Sean McPherson, visual effects supervisor

Andrew Orloff, visual effects supervisor

"Disney Prep and Landing" (Gadgets, Globes, and Other Garish Gizmos)

David Hutchins, EFX animator

Scott Kersavage, VFX supervisor

Dorothy McKim, VFX producer

Kee Suong, EFX animator

"Infestation"

Dan DeEntremont, animator

PJ Foley, VFX producer

James May, technical director

Efram Potelle, VFX supervisor

"Skellig"

Sara Bennett, compositing supervisor

Jean-Claude Deguara, senior animation supervisor

David Houghton, visual effects supervisor