Visual Effects Awards 2003 Nominees announced

Nominees were announced for the Visual Effects Awards…

Visual Effects Awards 2003 Nominees

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook

The Matrix Revolutions
John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy, Craig Hayes

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
John Knoll, Patrick Myers, Hal Hickel, Jill Brooks

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

Bad Boys 2
Carey Villegas. Rob Legato, David Taritero, Layne Friedman

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Stefen Fangmeier, Robert Stromberg, Nathan McGuinness, Brooke Breton

The Last Samurai
Jeffrey A. Okun, Thomas Boland, Bill Mesa, Ray McIntyre, Jr.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a
Special

Battlestar Galactica
Gary Hutzel, Kristen L. Branan, Emile E. Smith, Lee Stringer

Dinosaur Planet
Sebastien Dostie

Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune: Night 1
Ernest Farino, Tim McHugh, Chris Q. Zapara, Glenn A. Campbell

Helen of Troy
Sam Nicholson, Adam Ealovega, Joshua Hatton Tim Donahue

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Series

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 7, Episode #22
Loni Peristere, Patti Gannon, Ronald Thornton, Chris Zapara

Carnivale, Episode #1.01
David T, Altenau, Ariel V. Shaw, Thomas L. Bellissimo, Barbara J.
Marshall

ER #176008
Sam Nicholson, Kyle J. Healey, Eric Grenaudier, Anthony Ocampo

Sea Monsters “A Walking with Dinosaurs Special”
Max Tyrie, Tim Greenwood, Darren Byford, Mike Milne

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Johnnie Walker “Fish”
Murray Butler, William Bartlett, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie

Nike “Gamebreaker”
Eric Barba, Richard Morton, Walt Hyneman, Dave Stern

Nike “Speed Chain”
Eric Barba, Greg Teegarden, Dave Stern, Jay Barton

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video

Outkast “Hey Ya”
Elad Offer

Pass That Dutch
Jonathan Keeton, Aladino Debert, Andy McKenna, Scott Rader

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in any Medium

The Hulk
Dennis Muren, Scott Benza, Michael DiComo, Wilson Tang

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook

The Matrix Reloaded “Trailer Top Crash”
John Gaeta, Dan Glass, Adrian de Wett, Greg Juby

Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

The Hulk
Scott Benza, Jamy Wheless, Kevin Martel, Aaron Ferguson

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Steven Hornby, Andy Serkis, Matthias Menz, Greg Butler

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Susan Campbell, James Tooley, Geoff Campbell, Dugan Beach

Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

Finding Nemo “Inside the Whale”
Dave DeVan, Gini Santos

Finding Nemo “Speaking Whale”
Andrew Gordon, Brett Coderre

Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion
Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Scott Harens, Chuck Schuman, Sven Harens

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Geoff Heron, Robert Clot, Jason Brackett, John McLeod

Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Televised
Program, Music Video or Commercial

Carnivale, Episode #4 “Dust Storm”
Thomas L Bellissimo

Carnivale “Pilot”
Thomas L. Bellissimo, Charles Belardinelli

Outstanding Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

The Hulk
Brett Northcutt, Joshua Ong

Peter Pan
Yusei Uesugi, Giles Hancock

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Yanick Dusseault, Susumu Yukuhiro, Jonathan Harb

Outstanding Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or
Commercial

Dinosaur Planet
Arnaud Brisebois, Philippe Roberge, Sean Samuels

NCIS #001 “Yankee White”
Steven J. Rogers

Smallville “Insurgence”
Eli Jarra, Joseph Brattesani, Brian Bell

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Eric Saindon

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl “Captain
Barbossa”
Geoff Campbell, James Tooley, Steve Walton, Dugan Beach

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl “The Interceptor”
Charlie Bailey, Peter Bailey, Robert Edwards, Don Bies

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or
Commercial

Battlestar Galactica
Lee Stringer, Jose Perez, Gabriel Koerner, Mike Enriquez

Helen of Troy
Anthony Ocampo

Outstanding Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Alex Funke, Rob Kerr, Henk Prins

The Matrix Reloaded “U-Cap Facial Photography”
Kim Libreri, George Borshukov, Paul Ryan, John Gaeta

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Carl Miller, Mike Conte, Tami Carter

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Pat Sweeney, Mike Bienstock, Grady Cofer, John Hansen

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
George Macri, Mike Hardison, Patrick Murphy, Dan Trezise

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Moritz Glaesle, Mark Lewis, Kara Vandeleur

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World “Storm”
Philip R Brennan

Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or
Commercial

Angels in America
Stefano Trivelli

Battlestar Galactica
Patti Gannon, Chris Jones, Sean Apple, Jarrod Davis

Smallville “Accelerate”
Mat Beck, Eli Jarra, Ivan DeWolf, Brian Harding

Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in an Effects Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sean Astin

Peter Pan
Ludivine Sangier

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Keira Knightley

(Productions in each category are in alphabetical order)

This is the second annual VES Awards with winners to be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 18, 2004, at the Hollywood Palladium. Filmmaker George Lucas will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society at this year’s ceremony.