Today’s announcement by the Academy Awards® of the nominees for the 90th Oscars, taking place March 4th, 2018 in Los Angeles, wraps up the nomination period for some of the most distinguished industry awards. Rodeo FX is honored to be recognized for its work on Game of Thrones, Fear the Walking Dead, and for its contributions to Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Rodeo FX received the following nominations:

The Visual Effects Society’s 16th Annual VES Awards

  • Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project Category

Game of Thrones; Eastwatch

  • Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project Category

Game of Thrones; The Dragon and the Wolf; Wall Destruction

  • Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode Category

Game of Thrones; Eastwatch

  • Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode Category

Fear The Walking Dead; Sleigh Ride

 

Rodeo FX contributed work to films that have received the following nominations:

The Academy Awards®​

  • Visual Effects Category

Blade Runner: 2049

Kong: Skull Island

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 

The EE British Academy Film Awards

  • Special Visual Effects Category

Blade Runner 2049

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 

Full list of nominees for the 16th VES Awards

Full list of nominees for the 2018 Academy Awards®​

Full list of nominees for the 2018 BAFTA Awards

About Rodeo FX
Founded in 2006, Rodeo FX has grown to more than 400 accomplished artists and professionals with studios in Montreal, Los Angeles, Quebec City and now Munich. The company has delivered award-winning visual effects for over 100 feature films, including Blade Runner 2049, IT, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Fate of the Furious, Kong: Skull Island, Arrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Academy Award®-winning Birdman. In 2017, Rodeo FX won three VES Awards for episode 9 of Game of Thrones Season 6. VES Awards recognized the studio’s VFX work on Game of Thrones (2016) and Birdman (2015). Emmy® honors include three awards for Game of Thrones (2014, 2015, 2016). More recently, Rodeo FX has won an Animago Award in Munich for Best Visual Effects for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as a Hollywood Professional Association Award for Black Sails. For more information, visit rodeofx.com.