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 in bold)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
VES Visionary Award:
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould
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The Revenant – Rich McBride, Ivy Agregan, Jason Smith, Nicolas Chevallier, Cameron Waldbauer
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature |
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The Good Dinosaur – Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini, Jon Reisch
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The Revenant – The Bear – Matt Shumway, Gaelle Morand, Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena
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| Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature |
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Inside Out – Joy – Shawn Krause, Tanja Krampfert, Jacob Merrell, Alexis Angelidis
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Yanick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek, Quentin Marmier
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| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project |
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The Good Dinosaur – The Farm – David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter
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| Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – BB-8 -Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis Fields, Cyrus Jam
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Mad Max: Fury Road – Toxic Storm – Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young
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| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature |
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The Good Dinosaur – Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Hemagiri Arumugam
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The Revenant – Donny Rausch, Alan Travis, Charles Lai, TC Harrison
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode |
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Game of Thrones – "The Dance of Dragons" – Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback Eric Carney, Derek Spears, Stuart Brisdon
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Vikings – "To The Gates" – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Paul Wishart, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial | Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project |
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SSE – Pier – Neil Davies, Tim Lyall, Hitesh Patel, Jorge Montiel
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SSE – Pier – Orangutan – Jorge Montiel, Sauce Vilas, Philippe Moine, Sam Driscoll
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| Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project | Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project |
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Game of Thrones – City of Volantis – Dominic Piche, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant, Thomas Montminy-Brodeur
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Game of Thrones – Hardhome – David Ramos, Antonio Lado, Piotr Weiss, Felix Berges |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial |
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Game of Thrones – Hardhome – Eduardo Diaz, Guillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea, Inmaculada Nadela
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SSE – Pier – Gary Driver, Greg Spencer, Grant Connor
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project |
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The Order: 1886 – Nathan Phail-Liff, Dana Jan, Anthony Vitale, Scot Andreason
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Fast & Furious: Supercharged – Chris Shaw, Alysia Cotter, Ben White, Diego Guerrero
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | |
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Citipati – Andreas Feix, Francesco Faranna
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