Visual Effects Society Explained

Visual Effects Society
Abbreviation:	VES
Formation:	^[1]

The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in film, television, commercials, music videos, and video games. It has about 4,000 members in 42 countries.^[2] Since 2002 it has produced the Visual Effects Society Awards which honor the best work of the previous year in various categories.

The VES List of the Most Influential Visual Effects films

In 2007, the Visual Effects Society unveiled their list of the 50 most influential films in visual effects.^[3] Due to ties, there were actually 51 films in the list. The films were:

• 1. Star Wars (1977)
• 2. Blade Runner (1982)
• 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• (tie) The Matrix (1999)
• 5. Jurassic Park (1993)
• 6. Tron (1982)
• 7. King Kong (1933)
• 8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• 9. Alien (1979)
• 10. The Abyss (1989)
• 11. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• 12. Metropolis (1927)
• 13. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
• 14. (1991)
• 15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• 16. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• 17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• 18. Titanic (1997)
• 19. (2001)
• 20. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
• (tie) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• 22. Toy Story (1995)
• 23. (2006)
• 24. The Ten Commandments (1956)
• 25. The War of the Worlds (1953)
• (tie) Forrest Gump (1994)
• (tie) Citizen Kane (1941)
• (tie) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
• (tie) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• 30. The Terminator (1984)
• 31. Aliens (1986)
• 32. Mary Poppins (1964)
• 33. (2003)
• 34. Forbidden Planet (1956)
• 35. Babe (1995)
• 36. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• (tie) (2002)
• 38. King Kong (2005)
• 39. Planet of the Apes (1968)
• 40. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
• 41. Jaws (1975)
• 42. Ghostbusters (1984)
• 43. Sin City (2005)
• 44. Superman (1978)
• 45. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• 46. The Lost World (1925)
• (tie) Return of the Jedi (1983)
• 48. What Dreams May Come (1998)
• 49. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• 50. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1958)
• (tie) The Fifth Element (1997)

In 2017, an additional 21 films were added to the list:^[4]

• 300 (2007)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Avatar (2009)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• District 9 (2009)
• Ex Machina (2015)
• Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
• Godzilla (1954)
• Gravity (2013)
• Inception (2010)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Life of Pi (2012)
• (2015)
• The Mask (1994)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• The Thing (1982)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Transformers (2007)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

See also

• VFX Union

External links

• • VES Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Rushfield. Richard. An Image to Maintain. May 22, 2013. Los Angeles Times. February 17, 2006.
2. Web site: About the VES. admin. 16 June 2014. www.visualeffectssociety.com. 5 March 2019.
3. Web site: The Visual Effects Society Unveils "50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time" . 11 May 2007 . studiodaily.com . 10 July 2014.
4. Web site: Visual Effects Society Lists 70 Most Influential VFX Films: Sci-Fi Rules, Superheroes Lag. Deadline. September 12, 2017. Erik. Pedersen. November 10, 2017.