11th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

11th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 5, 2013

----Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Life of Pi

The 11th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Beverly Hills, California at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 5, 2013, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2012.[1] [2]

Winners and nominees

(winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

VES Visionary Award:

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Life of PiDonald R. Elliott, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer The Impossible – Felix Bergés, Sandra Hermida, Pau Costa Moeller
  • Argo – Matt Dessero, Gregory McMurry, Tom Smith, Michele Vallillo
  • Flight – Kevin Ballie, Michael Lantieri, Chris Stoski, Ryan Tudhope
  • Rust and Bone – Béatrice Bauwens, Cédric Fayolle, Nicolas Rey, Stéphane Thibert
  • Zero Dark Thirty – Geoff Anderson, Chris Harvey, Jeremy Hattingh, Richard Stutsman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion PictureOutstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
BraveMark Andrews, Steve May, Katherine Sarafian, Bill Wise Life of Pi – Richard ParkerErik De Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan
  • The Avengers – The Hulk – Marc Chu, John Doublestein, Cyrus Jam, Jason Smith
  • – Goblin King – Jung Min Chang, James Jacobs, David Clayton, Guillaume Francois
  • Gollum – Gino Acevedo, Alessandro Bonora, Jeff Capogreco, Kevin Estey
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
BraveMérida – Travis Hathaway, Olivier Soares, Peter Sumanaseni, Brian Tindall The AvengersMidtown ManhattanRichard Bluff, Barry Williams, David Meny, Andy Proctor
  • – Goblin Caverns – Ryan Arcus, Simon Jung, Alastair Maher, Anthony M. Patti
  • Life of Pi – Open Ocean – Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones
  • Prometheus – LV-233 – Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Brave – The Forest – Tim Best, Steve Pilcher, Inigo Quilez, Andrew Whittock – Matt Aitken, Victor Huang, Christian Rivers, R. Christopher White
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion PictureOutstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
The AvengersHelicarrier – Rene Garcia, Bruce Holcomb, Polly Ing, Aaron Wilson Life of Pi – Storm of God – Hary Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe
  • Battleship – Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel
  • – Areito Echevarria, Chet Leavai, Garry Runke, Francois Sugny
  • Life of Pi – Ocean – Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scott Townsend, Miles Vignol
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Brave – Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Michael K. O'Brien, Bill Watral
  • ParaNorman – Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity – Michael Cordova, Grant Laker, Susanna Luck, Peter Vickery
  • ParaNorman – Practical Volumetrics – Aidan Fraser, Joe Gorski, Eric Kuehne, Andrew Nawrot
  • Rise of the Guardians – Last Stand – Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Wood
Life of Pi – Storm of God – Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher
  • The Avengers -Hulk Punch – Chris Balog, Peter Demarest, Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis
  • – Jean-Luc Azzis, Steven McGillen, Christoph Salzmann, Charles Tait
  • Prometheus – Engineers & the Orrery – Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Game of ThronesValar Morghulis – Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Sven Martin, Juri Stanossek Boardwalk EmpireEpisode 308 – John Bair, Parker Chehak, Paul Graff, Lesley Robson-Foster
Outstanding Visual Effects in a CommercialOutstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
  • Nike -Biomorph – Rafael Colon, Aladino Debert, David Liu, Nicola Wiseman
  • Call of Duty – Surprise – Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi, Christina Thompson
  • Lady Gaga – Fame – Kait Boehm, Juan Gomez, Kurt Lawson, Greg Teegarden
  • Norfolk Southern – City of Possibilities – Chris Bernier, Kyle Cody, Jeff Lopez, Boo Wong
  • Pepsi – Crowd Surfing – Martin Aufinger, Russell Dodgson, Abby Orchard, Chris Redding
Game of Thrones – Training the Dragons – Irfan Celik, Florian Friedman, Ingo Schachner, Chris Stenner
  • Hallmark – Motherbird – Vince Baertsoen, Kevin Ives, Laurent Makowski, Joshua Merck
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! – Ted – James W. Brown, Brad Fox, Ross Nakamura, Jeffrey Woo
  • Sinbad – Episode 1 – Andy Guest, James Moxon, James Reid, Greg Spencer
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or CommercialOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Game of Thrones – Pyke – Rene Borst, Thilo Ewers, Adam Figielski, Jonas Stuckenbrock
  • Call of Duty – Eclipse: Surprise – Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Gawain Liddiard, Robert Sethi
  • 5 Gum – RPM: Choose Your Energy – Kaan Atilla, Kevin Gillen, Isaac Irvin, Brandon Lester
  • Sinbad – James Moxon, Lyndall Spagnoletti, Greg Spencer
ZombiU – Dominique Boidin, Léon Bérelle, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère
  • Call of Duty – Eclipse: Surprise – Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi
  • Halo 4Forward Unto Dawn – Steven Chen, Phil Dakin, Paul Stodolny
  • Toyota – Real Deal – Adam Berg, Niles Heckman, Ronald Herbst, Vernon Wilbert
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
Guinness – Cloud – Tom Bussell, Neil Davies
  • Last Resort – Captain – Matt Von Brock, Bruce Coy, Junaid Farooq, Aldo Ruggiero
  • Nike -Biomorph – Aladino Debert, Eric Ebling, Ken Mitchel Jones
  • Nissan Altima – Wouldn't it be Cool – Tim Borgmann, Forcada, Aron Hjartarson, Shayne Ryan
Game of Thrones -Episode 210: White Walker Army – Falk Boje, Esther Engel, Alexey Kuchinsky, Klaus Wuchta
  • Hell on WheelsBlood Moon – Antonio Chang, Jason Fotter, Eric Hayden, Josh Miyaji
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn – Nathan Abbot, Shelley Campbell, Chris Morley, Christopher Paizis
  • Last Resort – Captain – Matt Von Brock, Jason Fotter, Aldo Ruggiero, Brian Williams
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Chevy −2012 Silverado – Dominik Bauch, Nicholas Kim, Benjamin Walsh
  • Call of Duty – Eclipse: Surprise – Chris Knight, Becky Porter, Jake Maymudes, Tayler Smith
  • Nike -Game on, World – Daniel Marsh, Paul O'Shea
  • Norfolk Southern – City of Possibilities – Tom Bardwell, Chris Bernier, Kyle Cody, Erin Nash

Other categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video GameOutstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
– Jason Blundell, Barry Whitney, Colin Whitney
  • – Peter Asberg, Peter Clark, Nathan Fisher, Julie McGurren
  • Dishonored – Viktor Antonov, Sebastien Mitton, Jean-Luc Monnet, Julien Roby
  • Forza Horizon – Michel Bastien, Terrance Newell, Gareth Richards, Andrew Sage
  • Halo 4 – Mike Cronin, Brien Goodrich, Kenneth Scott
– Heather Drummons, Joel Friesch, Brooke Breton, Chris Bailey
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Natalis – Daniel Brkovic, David Kirchner, Jan–Marcel Kuehn, Tom Festl
  • Globosome – Sascha Geddert, Johannes Peter, Patrick Schuler, Philipp Wolf
  • Rollin' Safari – Kyra Buschor, Anna Habermehl, Constantin Päplow, Thomas Hartmann
  • Voile Noir – Michael Balthazart, Raphaël Gaudin, Clément Granjon De Lepiney, Quentin Sauvinet

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11th Annual VES Awards. visual effects society. January 1, 2018.
  2. News: VES Awards: ‘Life Of Pi’ Wins 4 Including Feature, ‘Brave’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Other Big Winners . . February 5, 2013. March 2, 2013.