The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of The 11th Annual VES Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The event recognizes outstanding visual effects in twenty-four categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games.
Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society, commented, “Over eleven years, our awards show has developed into a truly special event. Each year, we put a spotlight on artists’ achievements in visual effects that today more than ever define the experience of going to the cinema. We thank everyone who came together tonight to honor the artistry of all of our winners and nominees.”
Filmmakers, celebrities, producers and guests joined more than a thousand attendees from the visual effects industry for the sold-out gala – which honored director Ang Lee with the VES Visionary Award, presented by Dennis Muren, and Richard Edlund with the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Harrison Ford.
“Life of Pi” and “Brave” were the evening’s most honored feature films, with four awards each. “Life of Pi” won in the categories of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture; Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture; Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture; and Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture. “Brave” won in the categories of Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture; Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture; Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture; and Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture.
“Game of Thrones” was the most-honored television project, also winning four awards.
The following is the complete list of winners of The 11th Annual VES Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Life of Pi
Donald R. Elliott
Susan Macleod
Guillaume Rocheron
Bill Westenhofer
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
The Impossible
Felix Berg๏ฟฝs
Sandra Hermida
Pau Costa Moeller
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Brave
Mark Andrews
Steve May
Katherine Sarafian
Bill Wise
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones “Volar Morghulis”
Rainer Gombos
Steve Kullback
Sven Martin
Juri Stanossek
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Boardwalk Empire “Episode 308”
John Bair
Parker Chehak
Paul Graff
Lesley Robson-Foster
Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Jason Blundell
Barry Whitney
Colin Whitney
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
Nike: “Biomorph”
Rafael Colon
Aladino Debert
David Liu
Nicola Wiseman
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Despicable Me “Minion Mayhem”
Heather Drummons
Joel Friesch
Brooke Breton
Chris Bailey
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Life of Pi Richard Parker
Erik De Boer
Sean Comer
Betsy Asher Hall
Kai-Hua Lan
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Brave Merida
Travis Hathaway
Olivier Soares
Peter Sumanaseni
Brian Tindall
Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones Training the Dragons
Irfan Celik
Florian Friedmann
Ingo Schachner
Chris Stenner
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
The Avengers Midtown Manhattan
Richard Bluff
Barry Williams
David Meny
Andy Proctor
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