Winners in 25 categories will be announced January 29 at the 18th Annual gala awards ceremony being held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Alita: Battle Angel and The Lion King, with five nominations each, lead all feature film nominees for the 18th Annual VES Awards, being held January 29 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 tops the animated feature film contenders list with five nominations, while HBO’s Game of Thrones and Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian lead the broadcast field with six.
Nominees in 25 categories were selected by VES members via events hosted by 11 Sections, including Australia, the Bay Area, Germany, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington. As previously announced, the VES Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Academy, DGA and Emmy Award winning director-producer-screenwriter Martin Scorsese. The VES Visionary Award will be presented to acclaimed director-producer-screenwriter Roland Emmerich. And the VES Award for Creative excellence will be presented to acclaimed visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal. Award-winning actor-comedian-author Patton Oswalt will once again host the gala awards ceremony.
“The artistry, ingenuity and passion of visual effects practitioners around the world have come together to create truly remarkable imagery in a variety of media,” said Mike Chambers, VES Chair. “We are seeing best in class work that elevates the art of storytelling and engages the audience in new and innovative ways. The VES Awards is the only venue that showcases and honors these outstanding artists across a wide range of disciplines, and we are extremely proud of all our nominees!”
Diana Colella, VP Business Strategy & Marketing, Media & Entertainment, Autodesk, noted, “The Visual Effects Society Student Award recognizes the incredible work produced by up-and-coming talent from around the world. The passion, imagination, and artistry shown by the next generation of artists and storytellers is truly inspiring, and collaborating with the VES to recognize that talent is a huge honor.”
The nominees for the 18th Annual VES Awards are as follow:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- Richard Hollander
- Kevin Sherwood
- Eric Saindon
- Richard Baneham
- Bob Trevino
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
- Daniel DeLeeuw
- Jen Underdahl
- Russell Earl
- Matt Aitken
- Daniel Sudick
GEMINI MAN
- Bill Westenhofer
- Karen Murphy-Mundell
- Guy Williams
- Sheldon Stopsack
- Mark Hawker
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
- Roger Guyett
- Stacy Bissell
- Patrick Tubach
- Neal Scanlan
- Dominic Tuohy
THE LION KING
- Robert Legato
- Tom Peitzman
- Adam Valdez
- Andrew R. Jones
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
1917
- Guillaume Rocheron
- Sona Pak
- Greg Butler
- Vijay Selvam
- Dominic Tuohy
FORD V FERRARI
- Olivier Dumont
- Kathy Siegel
- Dave Morley
- Malte Sarnes
- Mark Byers
JOKER
- Edwin Rivera
- Brice Parker
- Mathew Giampa
- Bryan Godwin
- Jeff Brink
THE AERONAUTS
- Louis Morin
- Annie Godin
- Christian Kaestner
- Ara Khanikian
- Mike Dawson
THE IRISHMAN
- Pablo Helman
- Mitch Ferm
- Jill Brooks
- Leandro Estebecorena
- Jeff Brink
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
FROZEN 2
- Steve Goldberg
- Peter Del Vecho
- Mark Hammel
- Michael Giaimo
KLAUS
- Sergio Pablos
- Matthew Teevan
- Marcin Jakubowski
- Szymon Biernacki
MISSING LINK
- Brad Schiff
- Travis Knight
- Steve Emerson
- Benoit Dubuc
THE LEGO MOVIE 2
- David Burgess
- Tim Smith
- Mark Theriault
- John Rix
TOY STORY 4
- Josh Cooley
- Mark Nielsen
- Bob Moyer
- Gary Bruins
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
GAME OF THRONES: The Bells
- Joe Bauer
- Steve Kullback
- Ted Rae
- Mohsen Mousavi
- Sam Conway
HIS DARK MATERIALS: The Fight to the Death
- Russell Dodgson
- James Whitlam
- Shawn Hillier
- Robert Harrington
LADY AND THE TRAMP
- Robert Weaver
- Christopher Raimo
- Arslan Elver
- Michael Cozens
- Bruno Van Zeebroeck
LOST IN SPACE - Episode: Ninety-Seven
- Jabbar Raisani
- Terron Pratt
- Niklas Jacobson
- Juri Stanossek
- Paul Benjamin
STRANGER THINGS - Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum
- Paul Graff
- Tom Ford
- Michael Maher Jr.
- Martin Pelletier
- Andy Sowers
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
LIVING WITH YOURSELF: Nice Knowing You
- Jay Worth
- Jacqueline VandenBussche
- Chris Wright
- Tristan Zerafa
SEE: Godflame
- Adrian de Wet
- Eve Fizzinoglia
- Matthew Welford
- Pedro Sabrosa
- Tom Blacklock
THE CROWN: Aberfan
- Ben Turner
- Reece Ewing
- David Fleet
- Jonathan Wood
VIKINGS: What Happens in the Cave
- Dominic Remane
- Mike Borrett
- Ovidiu Cinazan
- Tom Morrison
- Paul Byrne
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Charles Chabert
- Chris Parise
- Attila Zalanyi
- Patrick Hagar
Control
- Janne Pulkkinen
- Elmeri Raitanen
- Matti Hämäläinen
- James Tottman
Gears 5
- Aryan Hanbeck
- Laura Kippax
- Greg Mitchell
- Stu Maxwell
Myth: A Frozen Tale
- Jeff Gipson
- Nicholas Russell
- Brittney Lee
- Jose Luis Gomez Diaz
Vader Immortal: Episode I
- Ben Snow
- Mike Doran
- Aaron McBride
- Steve Henricks
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
Anthem Conviction
- Viktor Muller
- Lenka Likarova
- Chris Harvey
- Petr Marek
BMW Legend
- Michael Gregory
- Christian Downes
- Tim Kafka
- Toya Drechsler
Hennessy: The Seven Worlds
- Carsten Keller
- Selcuk Ergen
- Kiril Mirkov
- William Laban
PlayStation: Feel The Power of Pro
- Sam Driscoll
- Clare Melia
- Gary Driver
- Stefan Susemihl
Purdey's: Hummingbird
- Jules Janaud
- Emma Cook
- Matthew Thomas
- Philip Child
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Avengers: Damage Control
- Michael Koperwas
- Shereif Fattouh
- Ian Bowie
- Kishore Vijay
- Curtis Hickman
Jurassic World: The Ride
- Hayden Landis
- Friend Wells
- Heath Kraynak
- Ellen Coss
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Asa Kalama
- Rob Huebner
- Khatsho Orfali
- Susan Greenhow
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Jason Bayever
- Patrick Kearney
- Carol Norton
- Bill George
Universal Sphere
- James Healy
- Morgan MacCuish
- Ben West
- Charlie Bayliss
Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL; Alita
- Michael Cozens
- Mark Haenga
- Olivier Lesaint
- Dejan Momcilovic
AVENGERS: ENDGAME; Smart Hulk
- Kevin Martel
- Ebrahim Jahromi
- Sven Jensen
- Robert Allman
GEMINI MAN; Junior
- Paul Story
- Stuart Adcock
- Emiliano Padovani
- Marco Revelant
THE LION KING; Scar
- Gabriel Arnold
- James Hood
- Julia Friedl
- Daniel Fortheringham
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
FROZEN 2: The Water Nøkk
- Svetla Radivoeva
- Marc Bryant
- Richard E. Lehmann
- Cameron Black
KLAUS: Jesper
- Yoshimishi Tamura
- Alfredo Cassano
- Maxime Delalande
- Jason Schwartzman
MISSING LINK: Susan
- Rachelle Lambden
- Brenda Baumgarten
- Morgan Hay
- Benoit Dubuc
TOY STORY 4: Bo Peep
- Radford Hurn
- Tanja Krampfert
- George Nguyen
- Becki Rocha Tower
Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project
LADY AND THE TRAMP: Tramp
- Thiago Martins
- Arslan Elver
- Stanislas Paillereau
- Martine Chartrand
STRANGER THINGS 3: Tom/Bruce Monster
- Joseph Dubé-Arsenault
- Antoine Barthod
- Frederick Gagnon
- Xavier Lafarge
THE MANDALORIAN: The Child; Mudhorn
- Terry Bannon
- Rudy Massar
- Hugo Leygnac
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: Pilot; Pogo
- Aidan Martin
- Craig Young
- Olivier Beierlein
- Laurent Herveic
Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial
Apex Legends: Meltdown; Mirage
- Chris Bayol
- John Fielding
- Derrick Sesson
- Nole Murphy
Churchill: Churchie
- Martino Madeddu
- Philippe Moine
- Clement Granjon
- Jon Wood
Cyberpunk 2077: Dex
- Jonas Ekman
- Jonas Skoog
- Marek Madej
- Grzegorz Chojnacki
John Lewis: Excitable Edgar; Edgar
- Tim van Hussen
- Diarmid Harrison-Murray
- Amir Bazzazi
- Michael Diprose
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
ALADDIN: Agrabah
- Daniel Schmid
- Falk Boje
- Stanislaw Marek
- Kevin George
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL: Iron City
- John Stevenson-Galvin
- Ryan Arcus
- Mathias Larserud
- Mark Tait
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN: Penn Station
- John Bair
- Vance Miller
- Sebastian Romero
- Steve Sullivan
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER: Pasaana Desert
- Daniele Bigi
- Steve Hardy
- John Seru
- Steven Denyer
THE LION KING: The Pridelands
- Marco Rolandi
- Luca Bonatti
- Jules Bodenstein
- Filippo Preti
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
FROZEN 2: Giants’ Gorge
- Samy Segura
- Jay V. Jackson
- Justin Cram
- Scott Townsend
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: The Hidden World
- Chris Grun
- Ronnie Cleland
- Ariel Chisholm
- Philippe Brochu
MISSING LINK: Passage to India Jungle
- Oliver Jones
- Phil Brotherton
- Nick Mariana
- Ralph Procida
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
LOST IN SPACE: Precipice; The Trench
- Philip Engström
- Benjamin Bernon
- Martin Bergquist
- Xuan Prada
THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE: The Endless Forest
- Sulé Bryan
- Charles Chorein
- Christian Waite
- Martyn Hawkins
THE MANDALORIAN: Nevarro Town
- Alex Murtaza
- Yanick Gaudreau
- Marco Tremblay
- Maryse Bouchard
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- Emile Ghorayeb
- Simon Jung
- Nick Epstein
- Mike Perry
THE LION KING
- Robert Legato
- Caleb Deschanel
- Ben Grossmann
- AJ Sciutto
THE MANDALORIAN; The Prisoner; The Roost
- Richard Bluff
- Jason Porter
- Landis Fields IV
- Baz Idione
TOY STORY 4
- Jean-Claude Kalache
- Patrick Lin
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
LOST IN SPACE: The Resolute
- Xuan Prada
- Jason Martin
- Jonathan Vårdstedt
- Eric Andersson
MISSING LINK: The Manchuria
- Todd Alan Harvey
- Dan Casey
- Katy Hughes
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE: Rocket Train
- Neil Taylor
- Casi Blume
- Ben McDougal
- Chris Kuhn
THE MANDALORIAN: The Sin; The Razorcrest
- Doug Chiang
- Jay Machado
- John Goodson
- Landis Fields IV
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
DUMBO: Bubble Elephants
- Sam Hancock
- Victor Glushchenko
- Andrew Savchenko
- Arthur Moody
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME: Molten Man
- Adam Gailey
- Jacob Santamaria
- Jacob Clark
- Stephanie Molk
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
- Don Wong
- Thibault Gauriau
- Goncalo Cababca
- Francois-Maxence Desplanques
THE LION KING
- David Schneider
- Samantha Hiscock
- Andy Feery
- Kostas Strevlos
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
ABOMINABLE
- Alex Timchenko
- Domin Lee
- Michael Losure
- Eric Warren
FROZEN 2
- Erin V. Ramos
- Scott Townsend
- Thomas Wickes
- Rattanin Sirinaruemarn
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: Water and Waterfalls
- Derek Cheung
- Baptiste Van Opstal
- Youxi Woo
- Jason Mayer
TOY STORY 4
- Alexis Angelidis
- Amit Baadkar
- Lyon Liew
- Michael Lorenzen
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
GAME OF THRONES: The Bells
- Marcel Kern
- Paul Fuller
- Ryo Sakaguchi
- Thomas Hartmann
Hennessy: The Seven Worlds
- Selcuk Ergen
- Radu Ciubotariu
- Andreu Lucio
- Vincent Ullmann
LOST IN SPACE; Precipice; Water Planet
- Juri Bryan
- Hugo Medda
- Kristian Olsson
- John Perrigo
STRANGER THINGS 3: Melting Tom/Bruce
- Nathan Arbuckle
- Christian Gaumond
- James Dong
- Aleksandr Starkov
THE MANDALORIAN: The Child; Mudhorn
- Xavier Martin Ramirez
- Ian Baxter
- Fabio Siino
- Andrea Rosa
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
- Adam Bradley
- Carlo Scaduto
- Hirofumi Takeda
- Ben Roberts
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
- Tim Walker
- Blake Winder
- Tobias Wiesner
- Joerg Bruemmer
CAPTAIN MARVEL; Young Nick Fury
- Trent Claus
- David Moreno Hernandez
- Jeremiah Sweeney
- Yuki Uehara
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
- Jeff Sutherland
- John Galloway
- Sam Bassett
- Charles Lai
THE IRISHMAN
- Nelson Sepulveda
- Vincent Papaix
- Benjamin O'Brien
- Christopher Doerhoff
Outstanding Compositing in an Episode
GAME OF THRONES: The Bells
- Sean Heuston
- Scott Joseph
- James Elster
- Corinne Teo
GAME OF THRONES: The Long Night; Dragon Ground Battle
- Mark Richardson
- Darren Christie
- Nathan Abbott
- Owen Longstaff
STRANGER THINGS 3: Starcourt Mall Battle
- Simon Lehembre
- Andrew Kowbell
- Karim El-Masry
- Miklos Mesterhazy
WATCHMEN: Pilot; Looking Glass
- Nathaniel Larouche
- Iyi Tubi
- Perunika Yorgova
- Mitchell Beaton
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
BMW Legend
- Toya Drechsler
- Vivek Tekale
- Guillaume Weiss
- Alexander Kulikov
Feeding America: I Am Hunger in America
- Dan Giraldo
- Marcelo Pasqualino
- Alexander Koester
Hennessy: The Seven Worlds
- Rod Norman
- Guillaume Weiss
- Alexander Kulikov
- Alessandro Granella
PlayStation: Feel the Power of Pro
- Gary Driver
- Stefan Susemihl
- Greg Spencer
- Theajo Dharan
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project
ALADDIN: Magic Carpet
- Mark Holt
- Jay Mallet
- Will Wyatt
- Dickon Mitchell
GAME OF THRONES: The Bells
- Sam Conway
- Terry Palmer
- Laurence Harvey
- Alastair Vardy
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
- Neil Corbould
- David Brighton
- Ray Ferguson
- Keith Dawson
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
DOWNFALL
- Matias Heker
- Stephen Moroz
- Bradley Cocksedge
LOVE AND FIFTY MEGATONS
- Denis Krez
- Josephine Roß
- Paulo Scatena
- Lukas Löffler
OEIL POUR OEIL
- Alan Guimont
- Thomas Boileau
- Malcom Hunt
- Robin Courtoise
THE BEAUTY
- Marc Angele
- Aleksandra Todorovic
- Pascal Schelbli
- Noel Winzen
Source: Visual Effects Society
