9th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

9th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 1, 2011

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

The 9th Visual Effects Society Awards, held on February 1, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2010. The show was hosted by Patton Oswalt and broadcast, in an edited version, on the ReelzChannel on February 19, 2011.[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
InceptionPaul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer Hereafter – Michael Owens, Joel Mendias, Bryan Grill, Danielle Plantec
  • Black Swan – Dan Schrecker, Colleen Bachman, Michael Capton, Brad Kalinoski
  • Green Zone – Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, Michael Capton, Matthew Plummer
  • Robin HoodRichard Stammers, Allen Maris, Jessica Norman, Max Wood
  • Salt – Robert Grasmere, Camille Cellucci, Mark Breakspear, Ivan Moran
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
How to Train Your DragonSimon Otto, Craig Ring, Bonnie Arnold
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
How to Train Your DragonToothless – Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, Brent Watkins
  • - Digger – Josh Murtack, James Cunliffe, Jessica Groom, Andrew Hunt
  • Megamind - Minion – David Cross, Rani Naamani, Dick Walsh, Adrian Tsang
  • Tangled - Rapunzel – Tony Smeed, Amy Smeed, Becky Bresee, Kira Lehtomaki
Inception - Hospital Fortress DestructionIan Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer
  • The Expendables - The Palace Explodes – Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, John Walker
  • Iron Man 2 - Hammer Military Drones – Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, John Walker
  • Shutter Island - Ward-C, Lighthouse – Matthew Gratzner, Scott Schneider, Adam Gelbart, Richard A. F. Ewan
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Inception - Paris Dreamscape – Bruno Baron, Dan Neal, Graham Page, Per Mork-Jensen
  • Iron Man 2 - Stark Expo – Giles Hancock, Richard Bluff, Todd Vaziri, Aaron McBride
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Sand Room – Alex Rothwell, Chris Zeh, Laurent Hugueniot, Kevin Jenkins
  • - Disc Game – Jonathan Litt, Juan S. Gomez, Kevin Sears, Sonja Burchard
How to Train Your Dragon – Andy Hayes, Laurent Kermel, Jason Mayer, Brett Miller
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Achievement in an Animated Short
Inception – Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier
  • Alice in Wonderland- Stolen Tarts – Aaron Kupferman, Lisa Deaner, Orde Stevanoski, Ruben Flores
  • Hereafter - Tsunami Sequence – Joseph Farrell, Nick Crew, Jamie Hallett, Christine Lo
  • – Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Kym Olsen, Sarajane Javelo Chase
Day & NightTeddy Newton, Kevin Reher, Michael Fu, Tom Gately

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast SeriesOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Caprica – Michael Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Davey Morton, Jesse Mesa Toves
  • The Event – Victor Scalise, Jason Spratt, Diego Galtieri, Mike Enriquez
  • No Ordinary Family – Andrew Orloff, Curt Miller, Paul Linden, Scott Tinter
  • Stargate Universe – Mark Savela, James Rorick, Craig Vanden Biggelaar, Adam de Bosch Kemper
  • V – Andrew Orloff, Nathan Overstrom, Karen Czukerberg, Roberto Biagi
Boardwalk Empire Robert Stromberg, Dave Taritero, Richard Friedlander, Paul Graff
  • Human Target – Andrew Orloff, Raoul Yorke Bologini, Nathan Overstrom, Charlene Eberle
  • Lost – Adam Avitabile, Melinka Thompson-Godoy, Michael Capton, Michael Degtjarewsky
  • Undercovers – Jay Worth, Andrew Waisler, Ron Thornton, Andrew Kramer
  • The Walking Dead – Sam Nicholson, Jason Sperling, Kent Johnson, Chris Martin
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or SpecialOutstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial
The Pacific – John Sullivan, David Taritero, William Mesa, Marco Requay
  • – Philip Dobree, Sophie Orde, Eloi Brunelle, Hasraf Dulull
  • Inside the Perfect Predator – Philip Dobree, Richard Costin, Sam Meisels
  • The Last Day of the Dinosaurs – Arnaud Brisebois, Louis Desrocher, Alain Lachance, Marc-Antoine Rousseau
  • – Dorothy McKim, Kyle Odermatt, Andy Harkness, Adolph Lusinsky
– Dan Glass, Dan Seddon, Matt Dessero, Stephanie Gilgar
  • Barclaycard - Rollercoaster – Angus Kneale, Ben Smith, Dan Williams, Ruben Vanderbroek
  • DirecTV - Ice Cream – Franck Lambertz, Andrew Bell, Mike Wynd, Ross Denner
  • Verizon - Towers – Robert Sethi, Arielle Davis, Chris Knight, Andre Desouza
  • Wrigley's 5 Gum - React – Robert Sethi, Chris Knight, Arielle Davis, Gawain Liddiard
Outstanding Animated CommercialOutstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Cadbury's Spots V Stripes – Jake Mengers, Julie Evans, Jorge Montiel Meurer, Michael Gregory
  • Andrex – Abby Orchard, Antoine Moulineau, Mike Mellor, Russell Dodgson
  • Dante's Inferno - Hell Awaits – Tim Miller, Kevin Margo, Lindsey Zaplas, Kirby Miller
  • Target - A Better Bullseye – Chris Riehl, Javier Jimenez, Daniel Zobrist, Charles Paek
  • World of Warcraft – Marc Messenger, Phillip Hillenbrand Jr., Michael Kelleher, Brian LaFrance
Citron C3 The Spacebox - Citro – Michael Nauzin, Anne Chatelian, Gregory Mougne, Cedric Nicolas
  • Cadbury - Freida Steer – Raphael Pimentel, Thana Siripopungul
  • Logitech - Robot – Tony Smeed, Chad Sellers, Patrick Osborne, John Wong
  • Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa - Lanny – Tony Smeed, Chad Sellers, Patrick Osborne, John Wong
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or CommercialOutstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
The Pacific - The Battle of Iwo Jima – Marco Recuay, Morgan McDermott, Nick Lund-Ulrich Boardwalk Empire - The Ivory Tower – J. John Corbett, Matthew Conner, Brendan Fitzgerald
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
The Pacific - Peleliu LandingJeremy Nelson, John P. Mesa, Dan Novy, Tyler Cote
  • Boardwalk Empire - Boardwalk Empire – Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Jesse Siglow, Merysa Nichols
  • Drench Cubehead – Matthew Unwin, Lisa Ryan, Michael Gregory
  • Travelers - Watering Hole – Franck Lamberts, Ryan Kowles

Other categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visual Effects in a Video GameOutstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer
– Marcus Lehto, Joseph Tung, Stephen Scott, CJ Cowan
  • Kinectimals – Jorg Neumann, Brian Moore, John Laws, Jonny Watts
  • Need for Speed – Henry LaBounta, Fiona Sperry, Johannes Soderqvist, Alex Fry
  • Starcraft II – Scott Goffman, Phillip Hillenbrand Jr., Nick Carpenter, James McCoy
World of Warcraft – Marc Messenger, Phillip Hillenbrand Jr.
  • – Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
  • – Dave Wilson, Corey Butler, Keith Luczywo, Seung Jae Lee
  • 2 – Tim Miller, Dave Wilson, Lindsey Zamplas, Brandon Riza
Outstanding Animated Character in a Video GameOutstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Starcraft II - Sarah Kerrigan – Fausto De Matini, Xin Wang, Glenn Ramos, Scott Lange
  • - Kat – Lee R. Wilson, Jason Robertson, David Hunt, Joe Spataro
  • Kinectimals - Cub – Joel Mongeon, Kenneth Lammers, Felix Ilsley, Andrew Matthews
– Matt Aitken, Kevin Sherwood, Eric Reynolds, R. Christopher White
  • City Of Ruins – Marcin Kobylecki, Piotr Sliwowski, Michal Gryn, Damian Nenow
  • Flight of the Dragon – Brent Young, Dina Benadon, Charlotte Huggins, Michael "Oz" Smith
  • Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey – Adam Howard, Richard Mann, Matt Hendershot, James Strauss
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
LOOM – Regina Welker, Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay
  • Das Tub – Rupert Ashton, Priyan Jayamaha, Jun Ying Xu, Kirsten Dale Pretorious
  • Nuisible(s) – Erick Hupin, Baptiste Ode, Philippe Puech, Pierre Nahoum
  • Time For Change – Rupert Ashton, Priyan Jayamaha, Jun Ying Xu, Kirsten Dale Pretorious

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 9th Annual VES Awards. visual effects society. December 22, 2017.
  2. Web site: Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of 9th Annual VES Awards. studiodaily.com. February 2, 2011. December 22, 2017. December 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043057/http://www.studiodaily.com/2011/02/visual-effects-society-announces-winners-of-9th-annual-ves-awards/. dead.