19th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

19th Visual Effects Society Awards

April 6, 2021

----Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
The Midnight Sky----Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
The MandalorianThe Marshal

The 19th Visual Effects Society Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Visual Effects Society. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2021,[1] and the ceremony took place on April 6, 2021.

Nominees

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

VES Award for Creative Excellence

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal FeatureOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, David Watkins Mank – Wei Zheng, Peter Mavromates, Simon Carr, James Pastorius
  • Da 5 Bloods – Randall Balsmeyer, James Cooper, Watcharachai "Sam" Panichsuk
  • Extraction – Marko Forker, Lynzi Grant, Craig Wentworth, Olivier Sarda
  • News of the World – Roni Rodrigues, Dayaliyah Lopez, Ian Fellows, Andrew Morley, Brandon K. McLaughlin
  • Welcome to Chechnya – Ryan Laney, Eugen Bräunig, Maxwell Anderson, Johnny Han, Piers Dennis
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated FeatureOutstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
SoulPete Docter, Dana Murray, Michael Fong, Bill Watral The One and Only IvanIvanValentina Rosselli, Thomas Huizer, Andrea De Martis, William Bell
  • – Kangaroo – Claudius Urban, Sebastian Badea, Dorian Knapp, Ruth Wiegand
  • – Don Juan Diego – Eric Guaglione, Shuchi Singhal, Adrien Annesley, Mahmoud Ellithy
  • The Witches – Daisy – Jye Skinn, Sarah Fuller, Marco Iannaccone, Fredrik Sundqvist
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated FeatureOutstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Soul – Terry – Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas, Ron Zorman
  • Onward – Dad Pants – Kristopher Campbell, Jonas Jarvers, Rob Jensen, Jacob Kuenzel
  • Over the Moon – Chang'e – Siggi Orri Thorhannesson, Hyesok Kim, Javier Solsona, Alan Chen
  • – SpongeBob – Jacques Daigle, Guillaume Dufief, Adrien Montero, Liam Hill
MulanImperial City – Jeremy Fort, Matt Fitzgerald, Ben Walker, Adrian Vercoe
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated FeatureOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
Soul – You Seminar – Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, Frank Tai
  • Onward – Swamp Gas – Eric Andraos, Laura Grieve, Nick Pitera, Michael Rutter
  • Trolls World Tour – Techno Reef – Luke Heathcock, Zachary Glynn, Marina Ilic, Michael Trull
  • Trolls World Tour – Volcano Rock City – Brian LaFrance, Sara Cembalisty, Christopher Sprunger, Ruben Perez
Soul – Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated ProjectOutstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
The Midnight Sky – Aether – Michael Balthazart, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, John-Peter Li, Simon Aluze Project Power – Yin Lai Jimmy Leung, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl, Pierpaolo Navarini, Michelle Lee
  • Bloodshot – Omar Meradi, Jeremy Poupin, Sylvain Robert, Deak Ferrand
  • Greyhound – Mike Nixon, Nicholas Papworth, Jeremy Smith, Yashdeep Sawant
  • Monster Hunter – Vimal Mallireddy, Warren Lawtey, Tom O’Bready, Dominik Haase
  • Mulan – Theo Vandernoot, Sandra Balej, James Carson, Yuri Rudakov
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated FeatureOutstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
Soul – Alexis Angelidis, Keith Daniel Klohn, Aimei Kutt, Melissa Tseng
  • Onward – Dave Hale, Jonah Blue Laird, Stephen Marshall, Ricardo Nadu
  • Over the Moon – Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger, Jennifer Lasrado
  • Trolls World Tour – Stephen Wood, Carl Hooper, Spencer Knapp, Nick Augello
  • The Willoughbys – Helén Ahlberg, Kyle McQueen, Russell Smith, Raehyeon Kim
Project Power – Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau
  • Greyhound – Chris Gooch, Tiago Santos, Stu Bruzek, Sneha Amin
  • Mulan – Christoph Salzmann, Beck Veitch, Joerg Bruemmer, Indah Maretha
  • Underwater – Sreejith Venugopalan, Ruslan Borysov, Susil Sabat, Andreas Andersson
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Fear the Walking DeadBury Her Next to Jasper's Leg – Frank Iudica, Scott Roark, Daniel J. Yates

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal EpisodeOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
The MandalorianThe Marshal – Joe Bauer, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Richard Bluff, Roy Cancino
  • Lovecraft Country – Jig-A-Bobo – Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin, Pietro Ponti, Francois Dumoulin
  • Su'Kal – Jason Michael Zimmerman, Aleksandra Kochoska, Ante Dekovic, Ivan Kondrup Jensen
  • – Rich McBride, Leslie Lerman, Nicolas Chevallier, Anders Beer, Tony Lazarowich
  • WestworldCrisis Theory – Jay Worth, Elizabeth Castro, Bruce Branit, Joe Wehmeyer, Mark Byers
The CrownGold Stick – Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Andrew Scrase, Jonathan Wood
  • I Know This Much Is True – Episode 1 – Eric Pascarelli, Keith Kolder, Ariel Altman
  • Mrs. America – Shirley – Janelle Croshaw, Kaylie Whitcher, Leonardo Silva, Zena Bielewicz, Michael Innanen
  • Survive – Ariel Altman, Rae Welty, Caius Wong, Carl Fong
  • VikingsBest Laid Plans – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Tom Morrison, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne
  • Warrior – Learn to Endure, Or Hire a Bodyguard – Jonathan Alenskas, Leah Orsini, Nate Overstrom, David Eschrich
Outstanding Visual Effects in a CommercialOutstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project
Walmart – Famous Visitors – Chris “Badger” Knight, Lori Talley, Yarin Mares, Matt Fuller
  • Arm & Hammer – Once Upon a Time – Kiril Mirkov, Solomon Tiigah, Vanessa Duquesnay, Prashanth Paramasivam
  • Burberry – Singin' In The Rain – Fabian Frank, Ryan Hancocks, Rob Richardson, Alex Lovejoy
  • Hornbach – It Seems Impossible Until You Do It – Ben Cronin, Tomek Zietkiewicz, Amir Bazzazi, Bruno Fukumothi
  • PlayStation – The Edge – Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Tom Igglesden, Alex Gabucci, Tom Raynor
  • Xbox – Us Dreamers – Dan Seddon, Elexis Stearn, Fabian Frank, Zhenya Vladi
The MandalorianThe Jedi; The Child – John Rosengrant, Peter Clarke, Scott Patton, Hal Hickel
Total – Maxime Masse, Hennadii Prykhodko, Luc Girard, Sophie Burie
Outstanding Animated Character in a CommercialOutstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Arm & Hammer – Once Upon a Time; Tuxedo Tom – Shiny Rajan, Silvia Bartoli, Matias Heker, Tiago Dias Mota
  • AFK Arena – Toilet Uzgahm – Chloe Dawe, Brad Noble, Tim van Hussen, Simon Legrand
  • Far Cry 6 – Legacy; Anton – Maxime Luere, Leon Berelle, Rémi Kozyra, Dominique Boidin
  • Legends of Runeterra – Breathe, Darius – Maxime Luere, Leon Berelle, Rémi Kozyra, Dominique Boidin
  • TK Maxx – The Lil Goat – Kiril Mirkov, Silvia Bartoli, Chris Welsby, David Bryan
The MandalorianThe Believer; Morak Jungle – Enrico Damm, Johanes Kurnia, Phi Tran, Tong Tran
  • Brave New World – New London – Guy Williams, Justin Gros-Désir, Markus Sterner, Ryan Clarke
  • Cyberpunk 2077 – Night City – Jakub Knapik, Lucjan Więcek
  • Lovecraft Country – Tulsa 1921 – Patrice Poissant, Pauline Lavelle, Mohamed Abdou Elhakim, Alan Lam
  • The MandalorianThe Siege, Nevarro Canyon – Kevin George, Aaron Barr, Piotr Tatar, Abel Milanés Betancourt
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time ProjectOutstanding Compositing in an Episode
Lovecraft Country – Strange Case; Chrysalis – Federica Foresti, Johan Gabrielsson, Hugo Medda, Andreas Krieg
  • PlayStation – The Edge – Tom Raynor, Andreu Lucio, Martin Aufinger, Platon Filimonov
  • Tales from the Loop – Loretta's House – Dominik Kirouac, Gaël Chopin, Sylvain Nouveau, Laurent Pancaccini
  • The MandalorianThe Marshal; Krayt Dragon – HuaiYuan Teh, Don Wong, Mathieu Chardonnet, Prashanth Bhagavan
Lovecraft Country – Strange Case; Crysalis – Viktor Andersson, Linus Lindblom, Mattias Sandelius, Crawford Reilly
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Burberry – Singin' In the Rain – Alex Lovejoy, Mithun Alex, David Filipe, Amresh Kumar
  • Perrier – Heat – Stéphane Pivron, Franck Lambertz, Harry Bardak, Christophe Courgeau
  • PlayStation – The Edge – Alex Gabucci, Rebecca Clay, Alex Grey, Alex Kulikov
  • Walmart – Famous Visitors – Chris “Badger” Knight, Ben Smith, Jake Albers, Franz Kol

Other categories

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time ProjectOutstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Ghost of Tsushima – Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Jasmin Patry, Joanna Wang The Bourne Stuntacular – Salvador Zalvidea, Tracey Gibbons, George Allan, Matthías Bjarnason, Scott Smith
  • Asteroid Hunters – Antoine Durr, Jini Durr, Bert Poole, Neishaw Ali
  • Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway – Ryan Donoghue, Becky Train, Blaine Kennison, Nick da Silva, Corban Prim
  • The March – Aruna Inversin, Peter Nelson, Kevin Williams, Sean Kealey
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Migrants – Antoine Dupriez, Hugo Caby, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
  • Time's Down – Valentin Soulard, François Brugalières, Nils Lemonnier, Yan Weitlauff, Jonathan Bacheter
  • Aral – Cédric Moens de Hase, Benoit Paya, Charles Morhain, Mathilde Dallamaggiore
  • Strands of Mind – Adrian Meyer, Laura Messner

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VES Awards Nominations: ‘Tenet’, ‘Midnight Sky’, ‘Extraction’, ‘Soul’ & ‘Mandalorian’ Among Titles In Visual Effects Hunt. Deadline. Erik. Pederson. March 2, 2021. March 2, 2021.