14th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 2, 2016

Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones – The Dance of Dragons

The 14th Visual Effects Society Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 2, 2016, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2015. Nominations were announced January 12, 2016.[1][2]

Winners and nominees

(winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

VES Visionary Award:

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould

The Revenant – Rich McBride, Ivy Agregan, Jason Smith, Nicolas Chevallier, Cameron Waldbauer

  • Bridge of Spies – Sven Martin, Jennifer Meislohn, Charlie Noble, Sean Stranks, Gerd Nefzer
  • Everest – Dadi Einarsson, Roma O-Connor, Matthias Bjarnsasson, Richard Van Den Bergh
  • In The Heart of the Sea – Jody Johnson, Leslie Lerman, Sean Stranks, Bryan Hirota, Mark Holt
  • The Walk – Kevin Baillie, Camille Cellucci, Viktor Muller, Sebastien Moreau
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

The Good Dinosaur – Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini, Jon Reisch

The Revenant – The Bear – Matt Shumway, Gaelle Morand, Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Inside Out – Joy – Shawn Krause, Tanja Krampfert, Jacob Merrell, Alexis Angelidis

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Yanick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek, Quentin Marmier

  • Ant-Man – The Microverse – Florian Witzel, Taylor Shaw, Alexis Hall, Heath Kraynak
  • Jurassic World – Jungle Chase – Martyn Culpitt, Jao Sita, Yuta Shimizu, Michael Billette
  • Tomorrowland – Tomorrowland Center – Barry Williams, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Thang Lee
  • The Walk – World Trade Center – Jim Gibbs, Brian Flora, Laurent Tallefer, Pavel Kolar
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

The Good Dinosaur – The Farm – David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller

  • Inside Out – Imagination Land – Amy L. Allen, Steve Karski, Eric Andraos, Jose L. Ramos Serrano
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie – Under the Arches – Matt Perry, Charles Copping, Alfred Llupia Perez, Andy Brown
  • The Peanuts Movie – Charlie Brown's Neighborhood – Jon Townley, Angel Camacho-Torres, Cleveland Hibbert, Ken Lee

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter

  • Ant-Man – Macro Action – James Baker, Alex Kahn, Thomas Luff, Rebecca Baehler
  • Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – Underwater Torus Chamber -Vincent Aupetit, Margaux Durand-Rival, Christopher Anciaume, Robert Elswit
  • The Walk – Towers Walk – Shawn Hull, Suzanne Cipolletti, Laurent Taillefer, Dariusz Wolski
Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – BB-8 -Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis Fields, Cyrus Jam

Mad Max: Fury Road – Toxic Storm – Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young

  • Avengers: Age of Ultron – Hulk vs. Hulkbuster -Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, Georg Kaltenbrunner
  • San Andreas – Hoover Dam/San Francisco Tsunami – Joe Scarr, Lukas Lepicovsky, Yves D-Incau, Marcel Kern
  • San Andreas – Los Angeles Destruction -Remy Torre, Marc Horsfield, Niall Flinn, Victor Grant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Starkiller Base – Rick Hankins, Dan Bornstein, John Doublestein, Gary Wu
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

The Good Dinosaur – Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Hemagiri Arumugam

  • Home – Greg Gladstone, Michael Losure, Chris De St Jeor, Alex Timchenkio
  • Inside Out – Amit Baadkar, Dave Hale, Vincent Serritella, Paul Mendoza
  • The Peanuts Movie – Alen Lai, Ilan Gabai, Chris Chapman, Douglas Seiden

The Revenant – Donny Rausch, Alan Travis, Charles Lai, TC Harrison

  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Lindsay Adams, Matthew Wynne, Chris Davies, Phil Outen
  • San Andreas – Los Angeles Destruction – Sandro Blattnber, Hamish Schumacher, Nicholas Kim, Mario Rokicki
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Jay Cooper, Marian Mavrovic, Jean Lapointe, Alex Prichard
  • Tomorrowland – Francois Lambert, Jean Lapointe, Peter Demarest, Conny Fauser

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Game of Thrones – "The Dance of Dragons" – Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback Eric Carney, Derek Spears, Stuart Brisdon

  • Childhood's End – "Night Three" – Kevin Blank, Adica Manis, Niklas Jacobson, Glenn Melenhorst
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – "Arabella" – Jean-Claude Deguara, Natalie Reid, Nicolas Hernandez, Sara Bennett
  • Nezlamna – "Sea Dogfight" – Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Igor Klimovsky, Egor Borschevsky, Vladimir Mikheyenko
  • The Strain – "Identity" – Dennis Berardi, Luke Groves, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Warren Appleby

Vikings – "To The Gates" – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Paul Wishart, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne

  • Black Sails – "XVIII" – Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Kevin Rafferty, Aladino Debert, Paul Stephenson
  • Agent Carter – "Now is Not the End" – Sheena Duggal, Addie Manis, Richard Bluff, Jayesh Dalal, Kenneth C. Clark
  • Daredevil – "Speak of the Devil" – Bryan Godwin, David Van Dyke, Karl Coyner, Julie Long, Johan Kunz
  • Penny Dreadful – "And They Were Enemies" – James Cooper, Bill Halliday, Sarah McMurdo, Mai-Ling Lee
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

SSE – Pier – Neil Davies, Tim Lyall, Hitesh Patel, Jorge Montiel

  • Audi – Birth – Andrew Proctor, Gemma Humphries, Mike Chapman, Gianluca Di Marco
  • Halo 5 – The Hunt Begins – Benjamin Walsh, Pip Malone, Brian Burke, Ian Holland
  • Game of War – Rooftop Alliance – David Lawson, Erin Hincke, Becky Porter, Krystal Sae Eua
  • IKEA – T-Shirts – Diarmid Harrison Murray, Julie Evans, Tom Harding, Tim van Hussen

SSE – Pier – Orangutan – Jorge Montiel, Sauce Vilas, Philippe Moine, Sam Driscoll

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones – City of Volantis – Dominic Piche, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant, Thomas Montminy-Brodeur

  • Black Sails – Charles Town Harbor – Aladino Debert, Matt Dougan, Greg Teegarden, Ken Jones
  • Game of Thrones -Drogon Arena – Rajeev B R, Loganathan Perumal, Ramesh Shankers, Anders Ericson
  • Vikings – Paris – Paul Wishart, Karol Wlodarczyk, Tom Morrison, Matt Ralph

Game of Thrones – Hardhome – David Ramos, Antonio Lado, Piotr Weiss, Felix Berges

  • Halo 5 – The Hunt Begins – Vladislav Tushevskiy, Tomas Zaveckas, Sho Hasegawa, Sergey Kosareff
  • Lipton – The Revolution in Tea – Jonathan-Wes-Westley, Tom Raynor, Christos Parliaros
  • SSE – Pier – Peter Agg, Sam Driscoll, Matthew Fuller
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

Game of Thrones – Hardhome – Eduardo Diaz, Guillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea, Inmaculada Nadela

  • Game of Thrones – Drogon Arena – Michael Crane, Travis Nelson, Joe Salazar, Beverly Bernacki
  • Game of Thrones – Drogon Lair – Travis Nobles, Mark Spindler, Max Riess, Nadja Ding
  • Vikings – To The Gates -Ovidiu Cinazan, Olivia Yapp, Greg Lamar, Meng Angel Li

SSE – Pier – Gary Driver, Greg Spencer, Grant Connor

  • Game of War – Rooftop Alliance – Becky Porter, Jeannie Huynh, Patrick Heinen, Don Kim
  • Halo 5 – The Hunt Begins – Ian Holland, Brian Delmonico, Brandon Nelson, Nicholas Kim
  • Under Armour – Rule Yourself – Gavin Wellsman, Nathan Kane, Michael Smith, Ilia Mokhtareizadeh

Other categories

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

The Order: 1886 – Nathan Phail-Liff, Dana Jan, Anthony Vitale, Scot Andreason

  • Assassin's Creed Syndicate – Thierry Dansereau, Francois Pelland, Marc-Andre Clermont, Mathieu Chouinard
  • Destiny: The Taken King – Michael Zak, Mark Noseworthy, Stephen Scott, Dave Matthews
  • Halo 5: Guardians – Nicolas Bouvier, Jon Wood, Bren Goodrich, Matt Aldride
  • The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows – Alasdair Coull, Daniel Smith, Nick Donaldson, Tim Elek

Fast & Furious: Supercharged – Chris Shaw, Alysia Cotter, Ben White, Diego Guerrero

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Citipati – Andreas Feix, Francesco Faranna

  • Jagon – Julian Weiss, Vincent Ullmann, Fabian Frickle, Yafes Sahin
  • Korser – Guillaume Menard, Vincent Desgrippes, Jessie Hereng, Tangii Vaillant
  • Skal – Marco Hekenjos, Christian Zehetmeier, Timm Wagener, Manuel Seifert

References

  1. ↑ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations
  2. ↑ "14th Annual VES Awards". visual effects society. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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