The winners of the 1st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards…
Best Visual Effects in a Commercial
XBOX “Mosquito” -William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia-Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White
Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones-Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb
Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia-Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae
Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, Scott Harens
Best Visual Effects in a Music Video
So to Speak-Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade
Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Adidas “Mechanical Legs”-Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio
Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Alex Funke, Bran Van?t Hul, Richard Bluck
Best Visual Effects in a Television Series
Firefly “Serenity” pilot-Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan
Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Enterprise “Dead Stop”-John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott
Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken
Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or a Special
Dinotopia- Mike McGee, Time Webber, Alec Knox, Ben Morris
Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin
Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Stuart Little 2-Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: “The Two Towers”-Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt
Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia-Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle
Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures
The Sum of all Fears-Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro
Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke