Project Description
13TH ANNUAL VES AWARDS
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hills, CA
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Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host to the more than 1000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton to celebrate VFX talent in 23 awards categories. Big Hero 6 was the big winner of the evening garnering five awards. The teams from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (feature film), Game of Thrones (broadcast) and SSE (commercial) led the wins in their respective categories, taking home three awards each.
Zoe Saldana made a crowd-pleasing presentation to her Star Trek: Into Darkness director, award-winning writer-director-producer J.J. Abrams, recipient of the VES Visionary Award.
Honorees
Visionary Award
JJ Abrams
Awarded for uniquely and consistently employing the art and science of visual effects to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work.
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Winners and Nominees
Below is the complete list of Winners and Nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards. A sortable list for ALL years of VES Award winners / nominees can be found on the Previous VES Awards page. All archival viewing materials are cleared for viewing by logged-in VES members behind the VES website firewall. For more information, please review the VES Awards Rules & Procedures, Section 14: Ownership & Clearances here.
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Jason Piccioni
Jason Spratt
Mike Kirylo
Justin Ball
Eric Roberts
Erik Henry
Annemarie Griggs
Paul Graff
George Murphy
Kevin Blank
Ron Pogue
Andy Weder
Niklas Jacobson
Mans Bjorklund
James Cooper
Bill Halliday
Sarah McMurdo
Lorne Kwechansky
Ed Bruce
Alan Collins
Joe Courtis
John O’Connell
Tommy Tran
JV Pike
Rob Lutz
Matt Lefferts
Dan Breckwoldt
Martin Furman
Sophie Marfleet
Eric Andrusyszyn
Keegan Douglas
Okan Ataman
Brian Fortune
David Lopez
Vance Miller
Aaron Raff
John Bair
Rebecca Dunn
Ovidiu Cinazan
Gary Couto
Doug Cook
Meng Angel Li
Henrik Falt
David Hutchins
John Kosnik
Spencer Knapp
Baptiste Van Opstal
Lucas Janin
Jason Mayer
Kent Estep
Peter Stuart
Ralph Procida
Timur Khodzhaev
Carsten Kolve
Jayandera Danappal
Matt Ebb
Miles Green
Brett Achorn
Minh Duong
Scott Watanabe
Larry Wu
Tom McClure
Oliver Jones
Raul Martinez
Leslie Chan
Alastair Maher
Niklas Preston
Justin Stockton
Landis Fields
John Goodson
Anthony Rispoli
Dae Han
Ara Khanikian
Ivy Agregan
Jake Braver
Isabelle Langlois
Jim Berney
Greg Baxter
Marshall Krasser
Matt Dessero
Gabriel Sanchez
Jenny Foster
Simon Weisse
Jan Burda
Stuart Bullen
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor
Nic Birmingham
Simon Rowe
Bill George
Steve Gaub
Erin Dusseault
Dave Morley
Brian Cox
Dan Pearson
Sheldon Serrao
Jose Burgos
Eric Jennings
Steve Avoujageli
Pawel Grochola
Atsushi Ikarashi
Paul Waggoner
Jon Allitt
David Caeiro
Alex Nowotny
Ronnie Menahem
Adam Paschke
Premamurti Paetsch
Sam Hancock
Timmy Lundin
Johan Thorngren
Greg Kegel
Quentin Marmier
Luis Calero
Tom Bracht
Graham Page
Thomas Døhlen
Kirsty Clark
Richard Bluff
Stephen Bevins
Steve DeLuca
Tiffany Yung
Grady Cofer
Dan Wheaton
Susumu Yukuhiro
Ben O’Brien
This category judges not only the techniques for creating the environment, but also their integration with any practical plate photography. Before & Afters must show the integration of the multiple elements used to create the environment. If the project is animated, then the environment should clearly match the style and complexity of the rest of the elements.
For practical purposes, an environment is a single setting within the story, and not, for example, multiple locations within an entire city or open environment in a video game.
Kevin Ives
Kyle Cody
Tom Bardwell
Jimmy Gass
Rene Borst
Christian Zilliken
Jan Burda
Steffen Metzner
Mathew Borrett
Lorne Kwechansky
Graham Day
Jason Gougeon
Andrii Bogdanov
Mykhailo Datsyk
Dmitriy Ovcharenko
Kateryna Bogdanova
Kevin Blank
Elizabeth Castro
Yafei Wu
Chris LeDoux
Joe Bauer
Steve Kullback
Stuart Brisdon
Thomas Schelesny
Sven Martin
Matt Whelan
Chris Brown
Todd Masters
Johnathan Banta
Eric McAvoy
Mark Kolpack
Sabrina Arnold
Gary D Amico
Kevin Lingenfelser
David Beedon
Armen Kevorkian
James Baldanzi
Jeremy Jozwik
Andranik Taranyan
Dominique Vidal
Isabelle Perin-Leduc
Sandrine Lurde
Alexandre Lerouge
Jeffrey Dates
Jimmy Gass
Iwan Zwarts
Ryan Coster
Alex Hammond
Peter Agg
Sam Driscoll
Jimmy Gass
Jeremy Dineen
Eric Lacroix
Kyle Yoneda
Ran Long Wen
Keith Miller
Jonathan Paquin
Alessandro Saponi
David Houghton Williams
Albert Cheng
Jose Enrique Astacio Jr
Michael Havart
Dion Beebe
Faraz Hameed
Stephen Painter
Hoyte van Hoytema
Dorian Knapp
Austin Bonang
Casey Schatz
Dennis Jones
Newton Thomas Sigel
Joe Letteri
Ryan Stafford
Hannah Bianchini
Dan Lemmon
Matt Kutcher
Stephane Ceretti
Susan Pickett
Jonathan Fawkner
Nicolas Aithadi
Paul Corbould
Paul Franklin
Kevin Elam
Ann Podlozny
Ian Hunter
Scott Fisher
Carey Villegas
Barrie Hemsley
Adam Valdez
Kelly Port
Michael Dawson
Joe Letteri
David Conley
Eric Saindon
Kevin Sherwood
Steve Ingram
Richard Stammers
Blondel Aidoo
Lou Pecora
Anders Langlands
Cameron Waldbauer
Christoph Salzmann
Florian Schroeder
Quentin Hema
Simone Riginelli
Craig Wentworth
Matthew Welford
Marie Victoria Denoga
Frank Fieser
Raphael Hamm
Isaac Layish
Sebastian Von Overheidt
Tristan Myles
Simon Jung
Ben Roberts
Matthew Adams
Jordan Schilling
Paul Story
Eteuati Tema
Andrea Merlo
Emiliano Padovani
Daniel Barrett
Alessandro Bonora
Mark Edward Allen
Masaya Suzuki
Kevin Spruce
Rachel Williams
Laurie Brugger
Mark Wilson
Darren Hendler
Matthias Wittmann
Jeremy Buttell
Elliot Rosenstein
Dan Akers
Nitant Karnik
Matt Smith
Kym Olsen
Paul Lambert
Dan Akers
Carlos Morales
Holly Horter
Dan Williams
Daniel Morris
Ilia Mokhtareizadeh
Greg Spencer
Neil Davies
Leonardo Costa
Gianluca DiMarco
Russell Dodgson
Grant Walker
Juan Sebastian Nino
Amar Chundavadra
Philip Meyer
Thomas Kutschera
Igor Majdandzic
Mark Spindler
Diarmid Harrison Murray
Tim Van Hussen
Amir Bazazi
Georgios Kyparissous
Jorge Montiel
Alex Hammond
Daniel Kmet
Philippe Moine
Paul O’Shea
Michael Wigart
Andy Boyd
Jacob Montgomery
Benoit Mannequin
Eric Barba
Carla Attanasio
Greg Teegarden
Dan Akers
Jakub Knapik
Tomasz Wachnik
Lukasz Sobisz
Michal Skrzypiec
Benjamin Walsh
Jennie Burnett
Brian Burke
Dominik Bauch
Neil Davies
Alex Hammond
Jorge Montiel
Beth Vander
To be eligible, a Special Venue project must have been exhibited publicly:
- In a commercial venue for a paid admission, which may include the general admission to a theme park or special venue theater;
- For a minimum period of one week on a regular daily schedule; and
- Premiered in the current awards year in a Special Venue theater as defined above.
The following are not eligible in this category, regardless of the material’s original capture format:
- Special purpose events such as trade shows and conventions;
- Video material generally referred to as “pre-show” material;
- Repurposed films, i.e. projects initially intended for the theatrical market but which have been blown up for exhibition in large-format Special Venue theaters;
- Projects that were created as conventional 2D theatrical presentations but have been repurposed to stereographic 3D;
- Any 2D or stereographic 3D feature motion picture that either premiered first, or simultaneously, in any regular movie theater or in any broadcast medium;
- Any project that runs for an equal or greater amount of time in any regular movie theater or in any broadcast medium; and
- Movies intended for simultaneous distribution in both Special Venue and normal movie theaters. The intent of this category is to honor those projects made specifically for the Special Venue market.
Andrew Roberts
Claudia Lachnitt
Yas Takata
Boris Schmidt
Sebastian Butenberg
Tony Apodaca
Marianne McLean
Gilles Martin
Edwin Chang
Mark Mine
Adam Watkins
Viktorija Ogureckaja
Thilo Ewers
Omid Arzhang
Yas Takata
Chris Shaw
Rich Yeomans
Steven Godfrey
Peter Jopling
John Richardson
John Hughes
Walt Jones
Brent Young
Michael Smith
Don Hall
Chris Williams
Roy Conli
Zach Parrish
Bonnie Arnold
Dean DeBlois
Dave Walvoord
Simon Otto
Carlos Saldanha
Bruce Anderson
John C. Donkin
Kirk Garfield
Travis Knight
Anthony Stacchi
Graham Annable
Brad Schiff
Chris McKay
Amber Naismith
Jim Dodd
David Williams
Jude Bond
Al Hope
Howard Rayner
Oriol Sans Gomez
Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang
Joseph Salud
Demetrius Leal
Dave Blizard
Matt Vainio
Horia Dociu
Jason Connell
Bill Rockenbeck
Jacinda Chew
Bryan Intihar
Grant Hollis
Colin Eckart
John Kahwaty
Zach Parrish
Zack Petroc
Jakob Hjort Jensen
Fabio Lignini
Stephen Candell
Hongseo Park
Jason Sadler
Ignacio Barrios
Drew Winey
Diana Diriwaechter
Travis Knight
Jason Stalman
Michael Laubach
Kyle Williams
Before & Afters must show the integration of the multiple elements used to create the environment.
Stereo extractions of environments that do not contain any other significant enhancements are not eligible in this category. For practical purposes, the environment should be a single setting within the story, and not, for example, all locations within an entire city.
Ralf Habel
David Hutchins
Michael Kaschalk
Olun Riley
Sun Yoon
Liang-Yuan Wang
Ted Davis
Shannon Thomas
Glo Minaya
Amy Chen
Sean McEwan
Jeff Masters
Curt Enderle
Rob DeSue
Emily Greene
Jesse Gregg
Marco Erbrich
Christoph Westphal
Vincent Langer
Yahui Fan
Sheng Xu
Guan Xiaowei
Wu Mengxuan
Bruno Leveque
Xavier Lafarge
Remi Stompe
Teo Saintier
Roman Kaelin
Falko Paeper
Florian Wittmann
Paolo Tamburrino