Oscar Visual Effects Nominations

Nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 22) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar® winner Kathy Bates.

For Achievement in Visual Effects the nominated films are:
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers

To reach these nominations seven films were first selected by the 48 member steering committee, from around 360 eligible films. The three nominated films were then selected by voting members in the visual effects branch after participating in an event called the bakeoff, where excerpts from the films are shown along with a brief question and answer session.

Details and see the names associated with the nominations after the read more.

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“The Golden Compass”
(New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

“Transformers”
(DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

The complete list can be found at http://oscars.com