VES Award Winners

The 8th Annual VES Awards were held tonight, Sunday, February 28th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

James Cameron was honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Ed Catmull with the George Melies Award for Pioneering. Avatar took a lot of awards with District 9 besting it in one category.

The awards will televised by the Reelz Channel (DirecTV channel 238, Dish 299 and other Cable Systems) Friday March 5th at 10pm Pacific and March 6th at 7pm Pacific.

Full list of winners follows along with a link to some photos…

Here is the list of winners:

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR
Richard Baneham, Animation Supervisor
Joyce Cox, VFX Producer
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Eileen Moran, Overall VFX Producer

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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Dan Barrow, VFX Producer
Jonathan Fawkner, VFX Supervisor
Chas Jarrett, VFX Supervisor
David Vickery, VFX Supervisor

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Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

UP
Gary Bruins, Effects Supervisor
Pete Docter, Director
Steve May, Supervising Technical Director
Jonas Rivera, Producer

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

DISNEY PREP AND LANDING – Gadgets, Globes, and other Garish Gizmos
David Hutchins, EFX Animator
Scott Kersavage, VFX Supervisor
Dorothy McKim, VFX Producer
Kee Suong, EFX Animator

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 4 – Ep. 421 “Daybreak”
Michael Gibson, VFX Producer
Gary Hutzel, VFX Supervisor
Dave Morton, CGI Artist
Jesse Toves, CGI Artist

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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

CSI CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION – Ep. 1001 “Opening Sequence”
Sabrina Arnold, VFX Producer
Steve Meyer, Compositor
Rik Shorten, VFX Supervisor
Derek Smith, Compositor

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Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

AVATAR – Neyteri Drinking
Thelvin Cabezas, Lighting Technical Director
Joyce Cox, VFX Producer
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Eileen Moran, Overall VFX Producer

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

AUDI – Intelligently Combined
Jay Barton, Visual Effects Supervisor
Rafael F. Colon, Sr. Compositor
Chris Fieldhouse, Visual Effects Producer
Ronald Herbst, CG Supervisor

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

DANCE OF THE DRAGONS – Eastern
Derry Frost, VFX Supervisor
Michael Morreale, VFX Producer

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Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – Gulag Extraction
Robert Gaines, Lead Visual Effects Artist
David Johnson, Visual Effects Artist
Richard Kriegler, Art Director
Mark Rubin, Producer

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer

HALO 3: ODST – The Life
Ryan Meredith, VFX Producer
Robert Moggach, VFX Supervisor
Michael Pardee, Executive Producer
Jens Zalzala, CG Supervisor

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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Neytiri
Andrew R. Jones, Animation Director
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Zoe Saldana, Actress
Jeff Unay, Facial Lead

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Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

UP – Carl – “No Dad Scene”
Ed Asner, Voice of Carl
Carmen Ngai, Character Cloth Artist
Brian Tindall, Character Modeling and Articulation Artist
Ron Zorman, Animator

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Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

AMF – The Caterpillar
Steve Beck, Lead Character Animator
Jamie O’Hara, Lead Character Modeller
Becky Porter, Lead Compositor
Robert Sethi, Lead CG Artist

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Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

UP
Alexis Angelidis, Effects Artist
Eric Froemling, Effects Artist
Jason Johnston, Effects Artist
Jon Reisch, Effects Artist

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Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Pandora
Jean-Luc Azzis, Senior Compositor
Peter Baustaedter, Senior Matte Painter
Brenton Cottman, Lead Matte Painter
Yvonne Muinde, Lead Matte Painter

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Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

KAISER PERMANENTE – Emerald City
Kim Taylor, Matte Painter
Ben Walker, Matte Painter
Ben Walsh, Matte Painter
David Woodland, Matte Painter

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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Samson/Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit
Simon Cheung, Modeller
Paul Jenness, Lead Modeller
John Stevenson-Galvin, Senior Modeller
Rainer Zoettl, Senior/Lead Modeller

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Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Jungle / Biolume
Shadi Almassizadeh, CG Supervisor
Jessica Cowley, Senior Texture Painter
Dan Cox, CG Supervisor
Ula Rademeyer, Lead Texture Painter
Eric Saindon, Visual Effects Supervisor

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Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

V – Pilot “Atrium and Ship Interiors”
Trevor Adams, CG Artist
Chris Irving, Lead Compositor
David Morton, Matte Painter
Chris Zapara, VFX Supervisor

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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

DISTRICT 9
Janeen Elliott, Senior Compositor
Simon Hughes, Senior Compositor
Hamish Schumacher, Lead Compositor
Shervin Shogian, Compositing Supervisor

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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

CSI CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION – Ep 1001 Opening Sequence
Steve Meyer, VFX Supervisor
Derek Smith, Compositor
Christina Spring, Compositor
Zach Zaubi, Compositor

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

THEY WILL COME TO TOWN
Thilo Ewers

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