12th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

12th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 12, 2014

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

The 12th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 12, 2014, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2013. Patton Oswalt was the host.[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
Gravity – Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride
  • – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton
  • Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill
  • Pacific Rim – John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel
  • Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
FrozenChris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, Lino Di Salvo Smaug – Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois
  • Gravity – Ryan – Max Solomon, Mathieu Vig, Michael Brunet, David Shirk
  • Oz the Great and Powerful – China Girl – Troy Saliba, In-Ah Roediger, Carolyn Vale, Kevin Souls
  • Pacific Rim – Kaiju-Leatherback – Jakub Pistecky, Frank Gravatt, Cyrus Jam, Chris Havreberg
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Frozen Bringing the Snow Queen to Life – Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, Chad Stubblefield, Wayne Unten
  • Epic – Bomba – Thom Roberts, Haven Gordon Cousins, Tim Bower, Daniel Lima
  • Epic – Mary Katherine - Jeff Gabor, Dylan C. Maxwell, Sang Jun Lee, Chris Pagoria
  • The Croods – Eep – Line Andersen, Won Young Byun, Koji Morihiro, Chris De St. Jeor
Gravity Exterior – Paul Beilby, Kyle Mcculloch, Stuart Penn, Ian Comley
  • Elysium – Torus – Votch Levi, Joshua Ong, Barry Poon
  • Gravity – Interior – Harry Bardak, Nathan Walster, Jonathan Fawkner, Claire Michaud
  • Iron Man 3 – Shipyard – John Stevenson-Galvin, Greg Notzelman, Paul Harris, Justin Stockton
  • Pacific Rim – Virtual Hong Kong – Johan Thorngren, Jeremy Bloch, David Meny, Polly Ing
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Frozen Elsa's Ice Palace – Virgilio John Aquino, Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, David Womersley
  • The Croods – The Maze – Jonathan Harman, Violette Sacre-Shaik, Benjamin Venancie, Philippe Brochu
  • Epic – Pod Patch – Aaron Ross, Travis Price, Jake Panian, Antelmo Villarreal
  • Monsters University – Campus – Robert Kondo, Eric Andraos, Dale Ruffolo, Peter Sumanaseni
Gravity – Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard Mcbride, Dale Newton
  • – Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Tico Cabezas
  • Iron Man 3 – Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez
  • Man of Steel – Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis
  • Pacific Rim – Hong Kong Ocean Brawl – Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion PictureOutstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Gravity – ISS Exterior – Ben Lambert, Paul Beilby, Chris Lawrence, Andy Nicholson
  • Pacific Rim – David Fogler, Alex Jaeger, Aaron Wilson, David Behrens
  • Star Trek Into Darkness – Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, Thomas Fejes
  • The Lone Ranger – Colby Locomotive – Rene Garcia, Steve Walton, Brian Paik, Gerald Gutschmidt
Gravity – Parachute and ISS Destruction – Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Horacio Mendoza, Juan-Luis Sanchez
  • – Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger
  • Man of Steel – Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet
  • Pacific Rim – Fluid Simulation & Destruction - Ryan Hopkins, Michael Balog, Patrick Conran, Rick Hankins
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Frozen Elsa's Blizzard – Eric W. Araujo, Marc Bryant, Dong Joo Byun, Tim Molinder Gravity – Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar
  • Elysium – Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott
  • – Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston
  • Iron Man 3 – Barrel of Monkeys – Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin
  • Iron Man 3 – House Attack – Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones Valar Dohaeris – Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Sven Martin
  • Almost Human – Jay Worth, Robert Habros, Michael Cliett, David Beedon
  • Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Derek Ledbetter, Heather Mcauliff
  • Inseparable – Chernobyl – Egor Olesov, Egor Borschevsky, Dmitry Ovcharenko, Mykhailo Datsyk
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Pilot – Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, David Altenau, H Haden Hammond
Banshee Pilot – Armen Kevorkian, Mark Skowronski, Jeremy Jozwik, Ricardo Ramirez
  • The BorgiasRelics – Wojciech Zielinski, Neishaw Ali, Bill Halliday, Jp Giamos
  • Da Vinci's Demons – The Lovers – Kevin Blank, Simon Frame, Ante Dekovic, Oliver Arnold
  • Hawaii Five-0Ho'onani Makuakane – Armen Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan
  • Mob City – A Guy Walks into a Bar – Jason Sperling, Michael Morreale, Valeri Pfahning, Mike Enriquez
  • Moonfleet – Episode 2 – Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, John O’Connell, Joe Courtis
Outstanding Visual Effects in a CommercialOutstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
PETA

99% Human – Angus Kneale, Vince Baertsoen, Colin Blaney, Kyle Cody

Epic Night Out – Leighton Greer, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza, Chris Knight

Answer – James Atkinson, Rachel Mariscal, Scott Meadows, David Liu

Perfect Day – Charlotte Arnold, Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Olivier Mitonneau

PETA 98% Human – Vince Baertsoen, Alex Allain, Henning Koczy
  • Game of Thrones – Raising the Dragons – Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann
  • Smithwick's – Squirrel – Tom Bussell, Jorge Montiel, Tom Raynor, Leonardo Costa
  • Three, The Pony – Carsten Keller, Jake Mengers, Tim Van Hussen
  • Toy Story of Terror – Paul Aichele, Kiki Mei Kee Poh, Andrew Coats
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live-Action Commercial or Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones The Climb – Patrick Zentis, Mayur Patel, Nitin Singh, Tim Alexander

Answer – Greg Teegarden, Kevin Bouchez, Brian Creasey, Kurt Lawson

The Crew – Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère

A Dragon is Coming – Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
PETA

98% Human – Vince Baertsoen, Jimmy Gass, Dave Barosin

Perfect Day – Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Nick Couret, Hassan Taimur

Formula – Ed Laag, Eugene Gauran, Josh Hatton

Game of Thrones The Climb – Kirk Brillon, Steve Gordon, Geoff Sayer, Winston Lee
  • BansheePilot – Gevork Babityan, Andranik Taranyan, Matt Kelly, Matthieu Perin
  • Game of Thrones – The Conquering of Yunkai – Sean Faden, Greg Szafranski, Florian Friedmann, Travis Nobles
  • VikingsDispossessed – Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Marco Lee, Maria Gordon
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Call of Duty

Epic Night Out – Chris Knight, Daniel Thuresson, Nick Tayler, Dag Ivarsory

  • Jean-Paul Gaultier

The Sailor – Jerome Billet, Arnaud Leviez

Sensations – Laurent Creusot, Pierre Emmanuel Genin, David Roubah, Damien Canameras

Greatness Awaits – Kyle Cody, Dan Difelice

Perfect Day – Gavin Wellsman, John Mangia, Leonardo Costa, Kristen Johnson

Other categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video GameOutstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
– Mark Rubin, Richard Kriegler, David Johnson, Alessandro Nardini Space Shuttle Atlantis – Daren Ulmer, John Gross, Cedar Connor, Christian Bloch
  • Hayden Planetarium's Dark Universe – Vivian Trakinski, Jon Parker, Carter Emmart, Andreas Wetteborn
  • Mysteries of the Unseen World – Sean Phillips, Andy Yamada, Fred Pienkos, Matthew Sugars
  • Mystic Manor – Tim Landry, John Guerra, Mark Schirmer, Ken Horii
  • SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue! – Kate Crandall, Brent Young, Michael “Oz” Smith, Andrei Brovcenco
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Rugbybugs – Alexandra Stautmeister
  • Initium – Alexandre Dechel, Adrien Lambert, Emeric Larochette, James Ross-Greetham
  • Morphium – Linus Stetter
  • Runaway – Ludovic Fregé, Quentin Medda, Romain Chauliac, Yoann Gouraud
  • Where the Dream Begins – Dun Ma, Dan Wen Lei, Xuan Xia

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12th Annual VES Awards. visual effects society. January 3, 2018.
  2. News: S. Cohen. David. Visual Effects Society Awards: ‘Gravity’ Soars, ‘Frozen’ Sparkles. 14 February 2014. Variety. February 12, 2014.