Here are the winners of the 12th annual
Visual Effects Society awards, and in keeping with this year’s tradition,
Alfonso Cuarón’s scoops six more awards for Gravity.
Here is the full list of winners.
Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of the 12th
Annual VES Awards
Gravity is the Big Winner with Six Awards; Frozen
Dominates As Winning Animated Film
Game of Thrones and PETA Score Big in the Broadcast
and Commercial Categories
Surprise Presenter Sandra Bullock Joins Pharrell
Williams, Johnny Knoxville, Patton Oswalt and Overflow Crowd of VFX Artists,
Innovators and Industry VIPs
Los Angeles (February 12, 2014) – Today, the Visual
Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society,
held the 12th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that
recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film,
animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host to the
more than 1000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton to celebrate VFX talent in
24 awards categories. The teams from
Gravity, Frozen, Game of Thrones and PETA led the wins in their respective
categories, with Gravity taking home six awards, Frozen with four awards, and Games
of Thrones and PETA each winning three.
Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock made a
crowd-pleasing previously unannounced presentation to her Gravity director,
Academy Award nominee Alfonso Cuarón, recipient of the VES Visionary
Award. Academy Award winning visual
effects pioneer John Dykstra was presented with the VES Lifetime Achievement
Award by previous VES Méliès Award winner Doug Trumbull. Awards presenters included Grammy Award
winner/Academy Award nominee Pharrell Williams and actors Johnny Knoxville,
Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Ealy, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jamie Kennedy, Sharon
Lawrence, Richard Schiff and Alyssa Sutherland.
Winners of the 12th Annual VES Awards are as follows:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven
Feature Motion Picture
Gravity
Tim Webber
Nikki Penny
Neil Corbould
Richard McBride
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature
Motion Picture
The Lone Ranger
Tim Alexander
Gary Brozenich
Shari Hanson
Kevin Martel
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion
Picture
Frozen
Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
Peter Del Vecho
Lino Di Salvo
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones: Valar Dohaeris
Steve Kullback
Joe Bauer
Jörn Großhans
Sven Martin
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast
Program
Banshee: Pilot
Armen Kevorkian
Mark Skowronski
Jeremy Jozwik
Ricardo Ramirez
Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Mark Rubin
Richard Kriegler
David Johnson
Alessandro Nardini
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
PETA: 98% Human
Angus Kneale
Vince Baertsoen
Colin Blaney
Kyle Cody
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Daren Ulmer
John Gross
Cedar Connor
Christian Bloch
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action
Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Smaug
Eric Reynolds
David Clayton
Myriam Catrin
Guillaume Francois
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
Motion Picture
Frozen: Bringing the Snow Queen to Life
Alexander Alvarado
Joy Johnson
Chad Stubblefield
Wayne Unten
Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or
Broadcast Program
PETA: 98% Human
Vince Baertsoen
Alex Allain
Henning Koczy
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action
Feature Motion Picture
Gravity: Exterior
Paul Beilby
Kyle MCculloch
Stuart Penn
Ian Comley
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
Motion Picture
Frozen: Elsa’s Ice Palace
Virgilio John Aquino
Alessandro Jacomini
Lance Summers
David Womersley
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or
Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones: The Climb
Patrick Zentis
Mayur Patel
Nitin Singh
Tim Alexander
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action
Feature Motion Picture
Gravity
Tim Webber
Emmanuel Lubezki
Richard McBride
Dale Newton
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action
Commercial or Broadcast Program
The Crew
Dominique Boidin
Rémi Kozyra
Léon Bérelle
Maxime Luère
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
Gravity: ISS Exterior
Ben Lambert
Paul Beilby
Chris Lawrence
Andy Nicholson
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live
Action Feature Motion Picture
Gravity: Parachute and ISS Destruction
Alexis Wajsbrot
Sylvain Degrotte
Horacio Mendoza
Juan-Luis Sanchez
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated
Feature Motion Picture
Frozen: Elsa’s Blizzard
Eric W. Araujo
Marc Bryant
Dong Joo Byun
Tim Molinder
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a
Commercial or Broadcast Program
PETA: 98% Human
Vince Baertsoen
Jimmy Gass
Dave Barosin
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Gravity
Mark Bakowski
Anthony Smith
Theodor Groeneboom
Adrian Metzelaar
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones: The Climb
Kirk Brillon
Steve Gordon
Geoff Sayer
Winston Lee
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Call of Duty: Epic Night Out
Chris Knight
Daniel Thuresson
Nick Tayler
Dag Ivarsory
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Rugbybugs
Matthias Baeuerle
Carl Schroeter
Martin Lapp
Emanuel Fuchs
About the Visual Effects Society
The Visual Effects Society is a professional honorary
society dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences and applications of visual
effects and to upholding the highest standards and procedures for the visual
effects profession. It is the entertainment industry’s only official
organization representing the extended global community of visual effects practitioners,
including supervisors, artists, producers, technology developers, educators and
studio executives. VES’ almost 3,000
members in 32 countries worldwide contribute to all areas of entertainment –
film, television, commercials, animation, music videos, games and new
media. To learn more about the VES,
visit www.visualeffectssociety.com.
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