6th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

6th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 10, 2008

----Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Transformers

The 6th Visual Effects Society Awards, given on 10 February 2008 at the Kodak Grand Ballroom, honored the best visual effects in film and television in 2007. An edited version of the awards was later broadcast on HDNet on April 2, 2008.[1]

Winners and nominees

(Winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
TransformersScott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, Scott Benza Ratatouille – Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
Best Single Visual Effect of the YearOutstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture
Transformers - Desert Highway Sequence – Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson
  • 300 - Crazy Horse Sequence – Chris Watts, Gayle Busby, Kristy Millar
  • - Jack and Davey Duel – John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert, Philippe Rebours
  • Spider-Man 3 - The Birth of Sandman – Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom
  • Surf's Up - Riding the Visual Effects Tube – Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman
- Davey JonesHal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion PictureOutstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture
Ratatouille - ColetteJaneane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi, Paul Aichele Ratatouille - Food – Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling, Tolga Goktekin
  • Beowulf - Dragon Chase – Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle, Pericles Michielin
  • Ratatouille - Rapids – Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen, Eric Froemling, Tokga Goketkin
  • Shrek the Third - Effects – Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost
  • Surf's Up - Riding Waves - CG Style – Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman, Danny Dimian
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
- The Maelstrom – Frank Losasso Petterson, Paul Sharpe, Joakim Arnesson, David Meny
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - The Hall of Prophecy – David Vickery, Philippe LePrince, Trina Roy, Jolene McCaffrey
  • I Am Legend - Times Square Hunt – Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Glass, Daveed Schwartz
  • Rush Hour 3 – Barry Williams, Robert Weaver, Jay Cooper, Masahiko Tani
  • Sweeney Todd - The Old Bailey – Raf Morant, Julian Glass, Nakia McGlynn, Christine Wong
  • Zodiac - Washington and Cherry – Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw, Karl Denham
Transformers – Dave Fogler, Ron Woodall, Alex Jaeger, Brain Gernand
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Special Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Transformers – Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte
  • I Am Legend - Seaport Evacuation – Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
  • – Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hiller
  • - Death of Beckett – Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Ligenfelser
  • - Crusoe – Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates, Caterina Schiffers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton, Richard Farris, Stephen Hutchinson

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast SeriesOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Fight For Life - Episode 4 – Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi, Matt Chandler
  • Rome 2 - Episode 6 - Philipi – James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Duncan Kinnard, Gary Broznich
  • Drive - Episode 101 - The Starting Line - Driving Sequence – Raoul Yorke Bologini, Loni Peristere, Steve Meter, Chris Jones
  • Grey's Anatomy - Walk on Water - Ferryboat Crash – Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Valeri Pfahning, Mike Enriquez
  • Marie Antoinette - Miniseries – Richard Martin, Pierre Raymond, Sebastien Rioux, Nadine Homier
  • Pushing Daisies - Pilot Episode – Craig Weiss, Toni Pace Carstensen, Brian Vogt, Jimmy Berndt
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or SpecialOutstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
– Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Sean Jackson, Pierre Drolet Smirnoff - Sea - Bacardi Sun – William Bartlett, Scott Griffin, Dan Seddon, David Mellor
  • Bacardi - Bacardi Sun – Vittorio Giannini, Franck Lambertz, Robin Carlisle, Nico Cotta
  • BMW - Hydrogen – Simon Maddison, Dave Kelly, Mike Bain, Sam Cole
  • BMW - Road – Chris Fieldhouse, Jay Barton, Ron Herbst, Dave Stern
  • Zune - Ballad of Tina Pink – Luisa Murray, Laurent Ledru, Katrina Salicrup, Miles Essmiller
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music VideoOutstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video
The Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance - Fatlip Shots – Nicklas Andersson, Mike Mellor, Sylvain Marc, Florent DeLa Taille
  • AMP - Paper – Fred Raimondi, Chris De Santis, Angie Jones, Narbeth Mardirossian
  • - Grey Matter Sequence – Brent Young, Michael Smith
  • Doctor Who - Last of the Time Lords - Series 3 - Episode 13 – Nicolas Hernandez, Adam Burnett, Neil Roche, Jean-Claude Deguara
  • Primeval - Episode 6 - Predator Animation – Mathieu Vig, Antoine Birot, Simon Thistlethwaite, Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Propel - Stress Monster – Mitch Drain, Sean Faden, Matthew Hackett, Denis Gauthier
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - 002_5 – Phi Tran, Matthew Lee, Martin Hike, Andrew Roberts
  • Smallville - Metropolis City - Kaz Yoshida, Jack Matsumoto, Andrea Shear, Eli Jarra
  • Subaru - Peel Out – Graham Fyffe, Chris Nichols, Chris Bankoff, Daniel Buck
  • Tin Man - Night One – Les Quinn, Ken Lee, Andrew Domachowski, Jonah West
  • Ugly Betty - A League of Their Own – Chris Martin, Michael Cook, Cedric Tomacruz
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music VideoOutstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video
Halo 3 - Believe Campaign – Matthew Gratzner, Alan Scott, Seth Curlin, Greg BoettcherNike - Leave Nothing – James Allen, Rob Trent
  • Levis - Change – Tim Davies, Jason Schugardt, Yuichiro Yamashito
  • Smallville - Bizarro Flood – David Alexander, Kaz Yoshida, Geeta Basantani, Tony White
  • Smallville - Season 6, Episode 11: Justice – Rob Reinhart, Jake Matsumoto, Takashi Takeoka, Christina Spring
  • Tin Man - Night One – Todd Thibault, Philippe Thibault, Lionel Lim, Annabelle Kent

Other categories

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video GameOutstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game
Halo 3 - Halo 3 Footage – Marcus Lehto, Jonty Barnes, Stephen Scott, CJ Cowan
  • Crysis - Realtime Visuals – Michael Endres, Michael Khaimzon
  • Mass Effect - Game Sequence – Derek Watts, Casey Hudson
  • - Pro Street – Michael Mann, Wilson Tang, Eduardo Agostini, Carl Jarrett
  • Team Fortress 2 – Jason Mitchell, Moby Franke, Chris Green, Dhabih Eng
- Cinematic Intro – Jeff Chamberlain, Scott Abeyta
  • - GDI, NOD and Scrin Scenes – Richard Taylor, Matt Britton, Ben Hopkins, Tang Katai
  • – Tim Miller, Jerome Denjean, Al Shier
  • The Witcher Cinematic - Intro – Tomek Baginski, Marcin Kobleycki, Grzegorz Kukus, Maciek Jackiewicz
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Sea Monsters – Sean Phillips, Jack Geist, Robin Aristorenas, Mark Dubeau
  • - 38_011 – Mario Couturier, Vincent Roberge, Richard Bergeron, Martin L 'Heureux
  • Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor - Show Edit – Roger Gould, Liz Gazzano, Joe Garlington, Dan Colajacomo

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6th Annual VES Awards. Visual Effects Society. December 20, 2017.