NEWS: Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees for Annual VES Awards

Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry's professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on-the-keys artists who bring this work to life. Nominees were selected by VES members via events hosted by its nine sections - Australia, Bay Area, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto and Vancouver. The VES Awards will be held on February 4th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

As previously announced, the Visionary Award will be presented to J.J. Abrams, award-winning director-producer-writer. (Note: Due to a change in his production schedule, Ridley Scott will unfortunately not be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this time; we look forward to honoring him in the future for his enormous contributions to filmed entertainment).

Visual effects in and by themselves are nothing unless they serve the story,' said Jeffrey A. Okun, VES Chair. This year, more than ever, we are seeing amazing work that not only serves the story but tells the story in a manner never before seen. The VES Awards is proud that we are the only organization that showcases and honors these amazing artists in depth and across a wide range of fields. We are extremely proud of our nominees!

The nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards are as follows:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Joe Letteri

Ryan Stafford

Matt Kutcher

Dan Lemmon

Hannah Blanchini

Guardians of the Galaxy

Stephane Ceretti

Susan Pickett

Jonathan Fawkner

Nicolas Aithadi

Paul Corbould

Interstellar

Paul Franklin

Kevin Elam

Ann Podlozny

Andrew Lockley

Scott Fisher

Maleficent

Carey Villegas

Barrie Hemsley

Adam Valdez

Kelly Port

Michael Dawson

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Joe Letteri

David Conley

Eric Saindon

Kevin Sherwood

Steve Ingram

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Richard Stammers

Blondel Aidoo

Lou Pecora

Anders Langlands

Cameron Waldbauer

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Ara Khanikian

Ivy Agregan

Sebastien Moreau

Isabelle Langlois

Divergent

Jim Berney

Greg Baxter

Matt Dessero

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Gabriel Sanchez

Jenny Foster

Simon Weisse

Jan Burda

The Imitation Game

Stuart Bullen

Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor

Simon Rowe

Unbroken

Bill George

Steve Gaub

Erin Dusseault

Dave Morley

Brian Cox

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6

Don Hall

Chris Williams

Roy Conli

Zach Parrish

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Bonnie Arnold

Dean DeBlois

Dave Walvoord

Simon Otto

Rio 2

Carlos Saldanha

Bruce Anderson

John C. Donkin

Kirk Garfield

The Boxtrolls

Travis Knight

Anthony Stacchi

Graham Annable

Brad Schiff

The Lego Movie

Chris McKay

Amber Naismith

Jim Dodd

David Williams

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

Constantine; A Feast of Friends

Kevin Blank

Elizabeth Castro

Yafei Wu

Chris LeDoux

Game of Thrones; The Children

Joe Bauer

Steve Kullback

Stuart Brisdon

Thomas Schelesny

Sven Martin

Hemlock Grove

Matt Whelan

Chris Brown

Todd Masters

Johnathan Banta

Eric McAvoy

Marvel's 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

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

American Horror Story; Freak Show; Edward Mordrake, Part 2

Jason Piccioni

Jason Spratt

Mike Kirylo

Justin Ball

Eric Roberts

Black Sails, Episode 1

Erik Henry

Annemarie Griggs

Paul Graff

George Murphy

Crossbones

Kevin Blank

Ron Pogue

Andy Weder

Niklas Jacobson

Mans Bjorklund

Penny Dreadful; S ance

James Cooper

Bill Halliday

Sarah McMurdo

Lorne Kwechansky

Ripper Street; Whitechapel Terminus

Ed Bruce

Alan Collins

Joe Courtis

John OConnell

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game

Alien: Isolation

Jude Bond

Al Hope

Howard Rayner

Oriol Sans Gomez

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang

Joseph Salud

Demetrius Leal

Dave Blizard

inFAMOUS: Second Son

Matt Vainio

Horia Dociu

Jason Connell

Bill Rockenbeck

Sunset Overdrive

Jacinda Chew

Bryan Intihar

Grant Hollis

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare; Discover Your Power

Paul OShea

Michael Wigart

Andy Boyd

Jacob Montgomery

Benoit Mannequin

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

Neil Davies

Alex Hammond

Jorge Montiel

Beth Vander

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Hubei in the Air

Andrew Roberts

Claudia Lachnitt

Yas Takata

Boris Schmidt

Sebastian Butenberg

Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Torquee de Remy

Tony Apodaca

Marianne McLean

Gilles Martin

Edwin Chang

Mark Mine

Star Journey

Adam Watkins

Viktorija Ogureckaja

Thilo Ewers

Omid Arzhang

Yas Takata

The Hogwarts Express

Chris Shaw

Rich Yeomans

Steven Godfrey

Peter Jopling

John Richardson

The Lost Temple

John Hughes

Walt Jones

Brent Young

Michael Smith

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar

Paul Story

Eteuati Tema

Andrea Merlo

Emiliano Padovani

Dawn of th

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