VES Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award
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Robert Zemeckis (2005)
Dennis Muren, VES (2007)
Steven Spielberg (2008)
Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall (2009)
James Cameron (2010)
Ray Harryhausen (2011)
Stan Lee (2012)
Richard Edlund, VES (2013)
John Dykstra (2014)
Sir Ridley Scott (2016)
Ken Ralston (2017)
Jon Favreau (2018)
Chris Meledandri (2019)
Martin Scorsese (2020)
Sir Peter Jackson (2021)
Lynwen Brennan (2022)
Gale Anne Hurd (2023)
Joyce Cox, VES (2024)
Georges Méliès Award
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John Lasseter (2006)
Phil Tippett, VES (2009)
Ed Catmull, VES (2010)
Douglas Trumbull, VES (2012)
Joe Letteri, VES (2018)
Visionary Award
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Ang Lee (2013)
Alfonso Cuarón (2014)
J. J. Abrams (2015)
Syd Mead (2016)
Victoria Alonso (2017)
Jonathan Nolan (2019)
Roland Emmerich (2020)
VES Award for Creative Excellence
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Sheena Duggal (2020)
Robert Legato, ASC (2021)
Guillermo del Toro (2022)
William Shatner (2024)
BOD Award
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Don Shay (2005)
Jim Morris, VES (2006)
Eric Roth (2023)
Honorary Membership
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Albert Whitlock (1998)
Linwood Dunn (1998)
Peter Ellenshaw (1998)
Douglas Trumbull, VES (2002)
George Lucas (2007)
John Dykstra (2007)
George Miller (2009)
Matthew Yuricich (2010)
Patton Oswalt (2016)
Bob Burns (2017)
Jules Roman (2018)
Mike Brodersen (2019)
Ron Cobb (2020)
Don Iwerks (2020)
Greg Jein (2020)
James Cameron (2021)
Gary Demos (2021)
Pete Docter (2022)
Don Bluth (2024)
John Bruno (2024)
Robert Stromberg (2024)
Harry Walton (2024)
Lifetime Memberships
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Ray Harryhausen (2007)
Jim Morris, VES (2007)
Dennis Muren, VES (2007)
Bill Taylor, VES, ASC (2007)
Ray Feeney, VES (2008)
Douglas Trumbull, VES (2009)
Mark Stetson, VES (2011)
Craig Barron, VES (2013)
Janet Healy (2014)
Jeffrey A. Okun, VES (2015)
Carl Rosendahl, VES (2015)
Kim Lavery, VES (2016)
Don Shay (2016)
Chuck Finance (2017)
Jonathan Erland, VES (2018)
Michael Fink, VES (2019)
Susan Thurmond O’Neal (2019)
Debbie Denise (2020)
Thomas Haegele (2020)
Richard Hollander, VES (2020)
Eugene “Gene” P. Rizzardi, Jr. (2020)
Ray Scalice (2020)
Rita Cahill (2021)
Mike Chambers, VES (2021)
Gene Kozicki (2021)
Richard Winn Taylor II, VES (2021)
Jeff Barnes (2022)
Patricia “Rose” Duignan (2022)
Pam Hogarth (2022)
Toni Pace Carstensen (2022)
Eric Roth (2022)
David Tanaka, VES (2022)
Sandra Joy Aguilar (2023)
Brooke Breton, VES (2023)
Bob Coleman, VES (2023)
Tim McGovern, VES (2023)
Ronald B. Moore (2024)
Reid Paul (2024)
Founders Award
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Harrison Ellenshaw, VES (2007)
Ray Feeney, VES (2008)
Bill Taylor, VES, ASC (2009)
Jim Morris, VES (2010)
Mark Stetson, VES (2011)
Carl Rosendahl, VES (2012)
Craig Barron, VES (2013)
Janet Healy (2014)
Jeffrey A. Okun, VES (2015)
Kim Lavery, VES (2016)
Toni Pace Carstensen, VES (2017)
Gene Kozicki, VES (2018)
Susan Thurmond O’Neal (2019)
Ray Scalice (2020)
Rita Cahill (2021)
Mike Chambers, VES (2021)
Pam Hogarth (2022)
Tim McGovern, VES (2023)
Brooke Breton, VES (2024)
VES Fellows
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Doug Trumbull, VES (2010)
Jonathan Erland, VES (2010)
Ed Catmull, VES (2012)
Richard Edlund, VES (2012)
Ray Feeney, VES (2012)
Carl Rosendahl, VES (2012)
Mark Stetson, VES (2012)
Bill Taylor, VES, ASC (2012)
Phil Tippett, VES (2012)
Richard Winn Taylor II, VES (2014)
Richard Hollander, VES (2015)
Jeffrey A. Okun, VES (2015)
Scott Squires, VES (2015)
Peter Anderson, VES, ASC (2016)
Kim Lavery, VES (2016)
Jim Morris, VES (2016)
Joe Letteri, VES (2017)
John Richardson, VES (2017)
Lynda Ellenshaw Thompson, VES (2017)
Craig Barron, VES (2018)
Joyce Cox, VES (2018)
Dan Curry, VES (2018)
Paul Debevec, VES (2018)
Michael Fink, VES (2018)
Neil Corbould, VES (2019)
Harrison Ellenshaw, VES (2019)
Susan Zwerman, VES (2019)
Warren Franklin, VES (2020)
David Johnson, VES (2020)
Janet Muswell Hamilton, VES (2020)
Ken Ralston, VES (2020)
Sebastian Sylwan, VES (2020)
Brooke Breton, VES (2021)
Mike Chambers, VES (2021)
Van Ling, VES (2021)
Nancy St. John, VES (2021)
Tony Clark, VES (2022)
Jeff Kleiser, VES (2022)
Gene Kozicki, VES (2022)
Rick Sayre, VES (2022)
David Tanaka, VES (2022)
Jeff Barnes, VES (2023)
Toni Pace Carstensen, VES (2023)
Bob Coleman, VES (2023)
Chuck Finance, VES (2023)
Shannon Gans, VES (2023)
Tim McGovern, VES (2023)
Ray McMillan, VES (2023)
Matt Aitken, VES (2024)
Girish Balakrishnan, VES (2024)
Randall Balsmeyer, VES (2024)
Michael Conte, VES (2024)
Lisa Cooke, VES (2024)
Bryan Grill, VES (2024)
Thomas Knop, VES (2024)
Arnon Manor, VES (2024)
Sue Rowe, VES (2024)
Hall of Fame
This distinction is bestowed upon a select group of professionals and pioneers who have played a significant role in advancing the field of visual effects by invention, science, contribution or avocation of the art, science, technology and/or communications.
VES Hall of Fame inductees include both living legends and those being honored posthumously (noted with an *).
2024
Thad Beier*
Thad Beier
Dorothy Davenport*
Dorothy Davenport
Maya Deren*
Maya Deren
Tim McGovern, VES*
Tim McGover Tim McGovern, VES
2023
Samuel Z. Arkoff*
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Lawrence W. Butler*
Lawrence W. Butler
Wah Chang*
Wah Chang
Norman Dawn, ASC*
Norman Dawn, ASC
Walter Percy Day O.B.E.*
Walter Percy Day O.B.E.
Day was a British painter best remembered for his work as a matte artist and special effects technician in the film industry. Day mastered the art of illusionist techniques, which enabled directors to enlarge their repertoire and tackle subjects which might otherwise have been too costly to produce. In 1922, he introduced the use of the glass shot into French cinema, which was used for the first time in Henry Roussel’s Les Opprimés, released in 1923, and hailed by critics as a revolution in cinematography. In addition to designing special effects, Day created trick photography for many British classics released during the forties, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, The Third Man and Laurence Olivier’s production of Henry V. He painted mattes and created trick shots for numerous films by Alexander Korda and later joined the Korda group as Director of Special Effects at Shepperton Studios where he remained until his retirement. In 1948, Day was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to British cinema.
Marcel Delgado*
Marcel Delgado
Farciot Edouart, ASC*
Farciot Edouart, ASC
Edward D. Wood Jr.*
Edward D. Wood Jr.
2022
Mary Ellen Bute*
Mary Ellen Bute
Alice Guy-Blaché*
Alice Guy-Blaché
Grace Hopper*
Grace Hopper
Bill Kovacs*
Bill Kovacs
George Pal*
George Pal
2021
Roy Field*
Roy Field
John P. Fulton, A.S.C.*
John P. Fulton, A.S.C.
Phil Kellison*
Phil Kellison
John Whitney, Sr.*
John Whitney, Sr.