Each year, the VES Awards recognizes and honors the most outstanding visual effects of the year as well as the creative professionals responsible for creating them.
Award-winning VFX house delivers 1.5km-long International Space Station, a futuristic shuttle, spacesuits and digital doubles of Gerard Butler and Alexandra Maria Lara, and more for director Dean Devlin’s climate disaster spectacle.
Framestore reunites with Marvel Studios to deliver the climactic final act of ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ producing 459 shots of heavy-duty VFX and a host of fully-CG characters.
The veteran visual effects supervisor and 2nd unit director details Industrial Light & Magic’s work with J.J. Abram’s on his epic sci-fi adventure hit.
HALON Entertainment founder Daniel Gregoire set as chairman of the board.
Concept artist Ash Thorp releases a highlight reel of concepts and animations created for director Rupert Sanders’ live-action remake of the classic anime property starring Scarlett Johansson.
Halon previsualization/postvisualization supervisor Clint Reagan oversees key sequences for director James Mangold’s latest installment in the X-Men universe.
Santa Monica-based studio Halon Entertainment helps ‘The Great Wall’ director Zhang Yimou explore the storytelling possibilities of previsualization.
THE THIRD FLOOR founder continues to champion virtual production and lead the charge into virtual reality.
ILM chief creative officer and senior visual effects supervisor John Knoll -- nominated for an Oscar alongside VFX supervisor Mohen Leo, animation supervisor Hal Hickel, and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould -- details the challenges of bringing the continuing saga of the Skywalker family to the big screen.
Previs studio’s creative and technical visualization helps realize epic scenes for Emmy-winning episode, ‘The Battle of the Bastards.’
Animatirik’s performance capture system integrates CG assets from the film with live performances in real-time to help plan intricate fight scenes for the latest DC Universe installment.
Boutique VFX and animation studio taps Autodesk Maya and GPU-accelerated biased renderer Redshift to complete previs, design and animation for the new Volkswagen spot, ‘Graph.’
Deal expands Animatrik’s industry-leading performance capture and virtual production from Vancouver and Toronto into the United States.
New trailer features the song ‘Sledgehammer,’ Rihanna’s new single that will be included as part of the official ‘Star Trek Beyond’ soundtrack.
New version of markerless camera tracking and previs/animation solution for real-time visual effects & on-set visualization can now be used with game rendering engine Unity.
On-set virtual tracking equipment and visualization software utilized for previs and tracking on Universal’s ‘Warcraft’ feature directed by Duncan Jones.
New release of markerless camera tracking and previs/animation solution SolidTrack for real-time visual effects & on-set visualization for broadcast and film now includes rendering game engine Unity.
On-set virtual tracking equipment and visualization software utilized for previsualization and tracking on Disney’s ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass.’
New trailer showcases spectacular visuals created by VFX house Double Negative as well as the close looks at the film’s cast.
Noted animation, VFX, digital media and previs executive Christopher Bellaci named head of business development & sales for dedicated Virtual Reality division.
New version of markerless camera tracking and previs/animation solution for real-time visual effects & on-set visualization now includes the Unity game engine for rendering.
SolidAnim's on-set virtual tracking and visualization system SolidTrack helps previsualize visual effects for director Alex Proyas’ fantasy film featuring ancient Egyptian deities.
Blur Studios employs NVIDIA’s GPU-powered rendering solutions to provide cinema-quality previsualization shots of the action-packed 90-second opening sequence in Tim Miller’s ‘Deadpool.’
Essential previs filmmaking tool for professional animated storyboards expands 3D capabilities.
