Avatar dominates at Visual Effect Society Awards
“Avatar” dominated the Visual Effect Society Awards last night taking home 6 awards including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture, Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, and Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture among others. James Cameron was honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to cap off the night.
In total, 23 awards were handed out covering all aspects of film, television, commercials, videogames, and student films.
Below is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture: ”Avatar”
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture: “Sherlock Holmes”
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: “Up”
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:
”Avatar” – Neytiri Drinking
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture: “Avatar” – Neytiri
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: “Up” – Carl – “No Dad Scene”
Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: “Up”
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture: “Avatar” – Pandora
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture: “Avatar” – Samson/Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture: “Avatar” – Jungle / Biolume
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture: “District 9”
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or a Special: “Disney Prep and Landing” – Gadgets, Globes, and other Garish Gizmos
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series: “Battlestar Galactica,” Season 4, Episode 421 “Daybreak”
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program: “CSI Crime Scene Investigation” – Ep. 1001, Opening Sequence
Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial:
AMF – The Caterpillar
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial: Kaiser Permanente – Emerald City
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial: “V,” Pilot – Atrium and Ship Interiors
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial: “CSI Crime Scene Investigation” – Episode 1001, Opening Sequence
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial: Audi – Intelligently Combined
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project: “Dance of the Dragons,” Eastern
Derry Frost
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game: “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” – Gulag Extraction
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer: “Halo 3: ODST”
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project: “They Will Come to Town”
VES Lifetime Achievement Award: James Cameron
George Melies Award for Pioneering: Ed Catmull
