Nominees announced for 14th Annual VES Awards
January 12, 2016

Nominees announced for 14th Annual VES Awards

LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for the 14th Annual VES Awards. The yearly celebration recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on 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 2nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 

As previously announced, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to award-winning director/producer Ridley Scott. The Visionary Award will be presented to acclaimed visual futurist and conceptual artist Syd Mead.

The following is the complete list of nominees:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Furious 7
Mike Wassel  Karen Murphy  Martin Hill  Kevin McIlwain  Dan Sudick

San Andreas
Colin Strause  Randall Starr  Bryan Grill  Nordin Rahhali  Brian Cox

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

Mad Max: Fury Road
Andrew Jackson  Holly Radcliffe  Tom Wood  Dan Oliver  Andy Williams

The Martian
Richard Stammers  Barrie Hemsley  Matt Sloan  Chris Lawrence  Steven Warner

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

In The Heart of The Sea
Jody Johnson  Leslie Lerman  Sean Stranks  Bryan Hirota  Mark Holt

Bridge of Spies
Sven Martin  Jennifer Meislohn  Charlie Noble  Sean Stranks  Gerd Nefzer

The Walk
Kevin Baillie  Camille Cellucci  Viktor Muller  Sebastien Moreau

Everest
Dadi Einarsson  Roma O-Connor  Matthias Bjarnasson  Glen Pratt  Richard Van Den Bergh

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

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

The Peanuts Movie
Steve Martino  Michael J. Travers  Nick Bruno  Scott Carroll

Inside Out
Michael Fong  Jonas Rivera  Victor Navone  Paul Mendoza

Anomalisa
Derek Smith  Rosa Tran  Joe Passarelli  John Joyce

Hotel Transylvania 2
Karl Herbst  Skye Lyons  Alan Hawkins  Genndy Tartakovsky

The Good Dinosaur
Sanjay Bakshi  Denise Ream  Michael Venturini  Jon Reisch

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

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

Halo 5: Guardians
Nicolas Bouvier Jon Wood  Brien Goodrich  Matt Aldridge

The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows
Alasdair Coull  Daniel Smith  Nick Donaldson  Tim Elek

Destiny: The Taken King
Michael Zak  Mark Noseworthy  Stephen Scott  Dave Matthews

Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Thierry Dansereau  Francois Pelland  Marc-Andre Clermont  Mathieu Chouinard

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Nezlamna; Sea Dogfight
Dmitriy Ovcharenko  Igor Klimovsky  Egor Borschevsky  Vladimir Mikheyenko

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

The Strain; Identity
Dennis Berardi  Luke Groves  Matt Glover  Trey Harrell  Warren Appleby

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

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Ikea; T-shirts
Diarmid Harrison Murray  Julie Evans  Tom Harding  Tim van Hussen

Halo 5; The Hunt Begins
Benjamin Walsh  Pip Malone  Brian Burke  Ian Holland

Audi; Birth
Andrew Proctor  Gemma Humphries  Mike Chapman  Gianluca Di Marco

SSE; Pier
Neil Davies  Tim Lyall  Hitesh Patel  Jorge Montiel

Game of War; Rooftop Alliance
David Lawson  Erin Hicke  Becky Porter  Krystal Sae Eua

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Goosebumps VR Adventure
Jason Schugardt  Mike Wigart  Alex Harding  Daniel Marsh

Nike; The Neymar Jr. Effect
Janelle Croshaw  Ian Markiewicz  Lou Pecora  Aruna Inversin

Kaka's Great Adventure
Neelesh Gore  Rajiv Kessop  Amogh Vaidya  Shaffi Mahammad

Fast and Furious: Supercharged
Chris Shaw  Alysia Cotter  Ben White  Diego Guerrero

SpongeBob SubPants
Brent Young  John Kokum  Michael Smith  Timothy Williams

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

The Walk; World Trade Center
Jim Gibbs  Brian Flora  Laurent Taillefer  Pavel Kolar

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  Joao Sita  Yuta Shimizu  Michael Billette

Tomorrowland; Tomorrowland Center
Barry Williams  Greg Kegel  Quentin Marmier  Thang Le

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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

Penny Dreadful; And They Were Enemies
James Cooper  Bill Halliday  Sarah McMurdo  Mai-Ling Lee

Daredevil; Speak of the Devil
Bryan Godwin  David Van Dyke  Karl Coyner  Julie Long  Johan Kunz

Agent Carter; Now Is Not the End
Sheena Duggal  Addie Manis  Richard Bluff  Jayesh Dalal  Kenneth C. Clark

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Maz
Joel Bodin  Arslan Elver  Ian Comley  Stephen Cullingford

The Revenant; The Bear
Matt Shumway  Gaelle Morand  Karin Cooper  Leandro Estebecorena

Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulk
Jakub Pistecky  Lana Lan  John Walker  Sean Comer

Chappie; Chappie
Earl Fast  Chris Harvey  Mark Wendell  Robert Bourgeault

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

The Peanuts Movie; Snoopy
Jeff Gabor  Joseph Antonuccio  Ignacio Barrios  Sabine Heller

The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown
Matthew Doble  Steve Vanseth  Stephen Gressak  Nikki Tomaino

Inside Out; Joy
Shawn Krause  Tanja Krampfert  Jacob Merrell  Alexis Angelidis

The Good Dinosaur; Spot
Ana Gabriela Lacaze  Jacob Brooks  Lou Hamou-Lhadj  Mark C. Harris

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

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

The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown's Neighborhood
Jon Townley  Angel Camacho-Torres  Cleveland Hibbert  Ken Lee

Shaun the Sheep Movie; Under the Arches
Matt Perry  Charles Copping  Alfred Llupia Perez  Andy Brown

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones; Mother's Mercy; Wounded Drogon
Florian Friedmann  Jonathan Symmonds  Sven Skoczylas  Sebastian Lauer

Game of Thrones; Dance of Dragons; Drogon Arena Rescue
James Kinnings  Michael Holzl  Joseph Hoback  Matt Derksen

SSE; Pier; Orangutan
Jorge Montiel  Sauce Vilas  Philippe Moine  Sam Driscoll

Sainsbury's; Mog
Sebastian Nino  Chris Hurtt  Joseph Henson  Gez Wright

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

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

Vikings; Paris
Paul Wishart  Karol Wlodarczyk  Tom Morrison  Matt Ralph

Game of Thrones; Drogon Arena
Rajeev B R.  Loganathan Perumal  Ramesh Shankers  Anders Ericson

Black Sails; Charles Town Harbor
Aladino Debert  Matt Dougan  Greg Teegarden  Ken Jones

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

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

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

The Walk; Towers Walk
Shawn Hull  Suzanne Cipolletti  Laurent Taillefer  Dariusz Wolski

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

SSE; Pier
Peter Agg  Sam Driscoll  Matthew Fuller

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

Game of Thrones; Hardhome
David Ramos  Antonio Lado  Piotr Weiss  Félix Bergés

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

San Andreas; Los Angeles Destruction
Sandro Blattner  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

Mad Max: Fury Road
Lindsay Adams  Matthew Wynne  Chris Davies  Phil Outen

The Revenant; Bear Attack
Donny Rausch  Alan Travis  Charles Lai  TC Harrison

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

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

Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulkbuster
Howie Weed  Robert Marinic  Daniel Gonzalez  Myriam Catrin

Everest; Mt. Everest
Matthias Bjarnasson  Olafur Haraldsson  Kjartan Hardarson  Petur Arnorsson

Jurassic World; Indominus Rex
Steve Jubinville  Martin Murphy  Aaron Grey  Kevin Reuter

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

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 Angels 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 Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

Vikings; To the Gates
Ovidiu Cinazan  Olivia Yapp  Greg Lamar  Meng Angel Li

Game of Thrones; Hardhome
Eduardo Díaz  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

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Inside Out
Amit Baadkar  Dave Hale  Vincent Serritella  Paul Mendoza

The Peanuts Movie
Alen Lai  Ilan Gabai  Chris Chapman  Douglas Seiden

The Good Dinosaur
Stephen Marshall  Magnus Wrenninge  Michael Hall  Hemagiri Arumugam

Home
Greg Gladstone  Michael Losure  Chris De St Jeor  Alex Timchenko

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

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

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Skål
Marco Hakenjos  Christian Zehetmeier  Timm Wagener  Manuel Seifert

Jagon
Julian Weiss  Vincent Ullmann  Fabian Fricke  Yafes Sahin

Citipati
Andreas Feix  Francesco Faranna

Korser
Guillaume Menard  Vincent Desgrippes  Jessie Hereng  Tangi Vaillant