13th Visual Effects Society Awards explained

13th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 4, 2015

----Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The 13th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 4, 2015, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2014. Patton Oswalt was the host.[1]

Winners and nominees

(winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

VES Visionary Award:

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesJoe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, Zach Parrish Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar - Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6Baymax – Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2Hiccup – Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park
  • Rio 2Gabi – Jason Sadler, Ignacio Barrios, Drew Winey, Diana Diriwaechter
  • The BoxtrollsArchibald Snatcher – Travis Knight, Jason Stalman, Michael Laubach, Kyle Williams
Interstellar - Tesseract - Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlem, Kristy Clark
  • - Triskelion - Johan Thorngren, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Luis Calero
  • Lucy - Times Square - Richard Bluff, Steve Bevins, Steve DeLuca, Tiffany Young
  • Noah - Antediluvian Earth - Grady Cofer, Dan Wheaton, Susumu Yukuhiro, Ben O'Brien
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal - Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Oasis - Sun Yoon, Liang-Yuan Wang, Ted Davis, Shannon Thomas
  • The Book of Life - Magical Land of the Remembered - Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters
  • The Boxtrolls - Boxtroll Cavern - Curt Enderle, Rob DeSue, Emily Greene, Jesse Gregg
- Kitchen Scene - Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Saponi, David Houghton Williams
  • Edge of Tomorrow - Beach and Paris Attacks - Albert Cheng, Jose Enrique Astacio Jr., Michael Havart, Dion Beebe
  • Interstellar - Tesseract - Faraz Hameed, Stephen Painter, Hoyte van Hoytema, Dorian Knapp
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media ProjectOutstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - San Fransokyo - Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu
  • The Boxtrolls - Mecha-Drill - Tom McClure, Oliver Jones, Raul Martinez
  • -Laketown - Leslie Chan, Alastair Mayer, Niklas Preston, Justin Stockton
  • - Knightship - Landis Fields, John Goodson, Anthony Rispoli, Dae Han
- Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen - Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin
  • - Helicarrier broadside and crash - Dan Pearson, Sheldon Serrao, Jose Burgos, Eric Jennings
  • Edge of Tomorrow - Destruction and Sand - Steve Avoujageli, Pawel Grochola, Atsushi Ikarashi, Paul Waggoner
  • - Jon allitt, David Caeiro, Ronnie Menahem
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion PictureOutstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Henrik Falt, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, John Kosnik Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli
  • Edge of Tomorrow - Beach - Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser
  • Interstellar - Water - Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles
  • - Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones - The Children - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin
  • Constantine - A Feast of Friends - Kevin Blank, Elizabeth Castro, Yafei Wu, Chris LeDoux
  • Hemlock Grove - Matt Whelan, Chris Brown, Todd Masters, Jonathan Banta, Eric McAvoy
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Gary D'Amico, Kevin Lingenfelser, David Beedon
  • The Flash - Armen Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Jeremy Jozwick, Andranik Taranyan
- Edward Mordrake, Part 2 - Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Bal, Eric Roberts
Outstanding Visual Effects in a CommercialOutstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video Game
SSE - Maya - Neil Davies, Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel, Beth Vander
  • - Discover Your Power - Paul O'Shea, Michael Wigart, Andy Boyd, Jacob Montgomery, Benoit Mannquin
  • Destiny - Become Legend - Eric Barba, Carla Attanasio, Greg Teegarden, Dan Akers
  • ESA - Ambition - Jakub Knapik, Tomasz Wachnik, Lukasz Sobisz, Michal Skrzypiec
  • General Electric - Childlike Imagination - Benjamin Walsh, Jennie Burnett, Brian Burke, Dominik Bauch
SSE - Maya - Jorge Montiel, Alex Hammond, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine
  • Freesat Freetime - Sheldon - Russell Dodgson, Grant Walker, Juan Sebastian Nino, Amar Chundavadra
  • Game of Thrones - Drogon - Philip Meyer, Thomas Kutschera, Igor Majdandzic, Mark Spindler
  • John Lewis - Monty the Penguin - Diarmid Harrison Murray, Tim Van Hussen, Amir Bazazi, Georgios Kyparissous
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video GameOutstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
Game of Thrones - Braavos Establisher - Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner
  • Coca-Cola - Snowy Forest - Tom Bardwell, Kevin Ives, Kyle Cody, Jimmy Gass
  • Penny Dreadful -Séance - Matthew Borrett, Lorne Kqechansky, Graham Day, Jason Gougeon
  • War Thunder - Battlefield - Andrey Bogdanov, Mikhail Datcik, Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Bogdanova
- Dominique Vidal, Isabelle Perin-Leduc, Sandrine Lurde, Alexandre Lerouge
  • Direct TV - Landing - Jeffrey Dates, Jimmy Gass, Iwan Zwarts, Ryan Coster
  • SSE - Maya - Alex Hammond, Peter Agg, Sam Driscoll, Jimmy Gass
  • Vikings - Invasion Storm Sequence - Jeremy Dineen, Eric Lacroix, Kyle Yoneda, Norman Ran
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast ProgramOutstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial
Game of Thrones - The Watchers on the Wall - Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn
  • - Edward Mordrake, Part 2 - Tommy Tran, JV Pike, Rob Lutz, Matt Lefferts
  • Game of Thrones - Wight Attack - Keegan Douglas, Okan Ataman, Brian Fortune, David Lopez
  • The Knick - Abigail's Nose - Vance Miller, Aaron Raff, John Bair, Rebecca Dunn
  • Vikings - Invasion - Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Doug Cook, Angel Li
SSE - Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco
  • Destiny - Become Legend - Dan Akers, Nitant Karnik, Matt Smith, Kym Olsen
  • Kia the Truth - Paul Lambert, Dan Akers, Carlos Morales, Holly Horter
  • Nike Hypervenom - Mirrors ft. Neymar Jr. - Dan Williams, Daniel Morris, Ilia Mokhtareizadeh, Greg Spencer

Other categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video GameOutstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
- Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Salud, Demetrius Leal, Dave Blizard
  • - Jude Bond, Al Hope, Howard Rayner, Oriol Sans Gomez
  • Infamous Second Son - Matt Vainio, Horia Dociu, Jason Connell, Bill Rockenbeck
  • Sunset Overdrive - Jacinda Chew, Bryan Intihar, Grant Hollis
- Tony Apodaca, Marianna McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine
  • Hubei in the Air - Andrew Roberts, Claudia Lachnitt, Yas Takata, Boris Schmidt, Sebastian Butenberg
  • Star Journey - Adam Watkins, Viktorija Ogureckaja, Thilo Ewers, Omid Arzhang, Yas Takata
  • Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort) - Chris Shaw, Rich Yeomans, Steven Godfrey, Peter Jopling, John Richardson
  • The Lost Temple - John Hughes, Walt Jones, Brent Young, Michael Smith
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Wrapped - Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Paolo Tamburrino
  • Deep Dance - Marco Erbich, Christoph Westphal, Vincent Langer
  • Dragon Clan - Yaui Fan, Sheng Xu
  • Murphy - Bruno LeVeque, Xavier Lafarge

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13th Annual VES Awards. visual effects society. January 3, 2018.