Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society. The award goes to artists whose work in virtual cinematography. It was first awarded in 2003 and 2004 for, under the title "Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture", before being scrapped from the ceremony. The award was given separately to artists in live-action film, animated film, and commercials/television. These categories were first awarded in 2012. The following year, the category specifically awarding animated film was dropped, with only live-action film and commercial/television being awarded. In 2015, only live-action films were awarded. The following year, the category's title changed to "Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project". It has held its current title since 2020.

2000s

Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

Year Film Nominee(s)
2002
[1][2]		 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers
Stuart Little 2 Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster
2003 The Matrix Reloaded (U-Cap Facial Photography) Kim Libreri, George Borshukov, Paul Ryan, John Gaeta
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Alex Funke, Rob Kerr, Henk Prins
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

2010s

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Nominee(s)
2011
[3][4]		 Hugo Martin Chamney, Rob Legato, Adam Watkins, Fabio Zangla
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Thelvin Cabezas, Mike Perry, R. Christopher White, Erik Winquist
Thor Xavier Allard, Pierre Buffin, Nicolas Chevallier
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Michael Balog, Richard Bluff, Shawn Kelly, Jeff White
2012
[5][6]		 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Matt Aitken, Victor Huang, Christian Rivers, R. Christopher White
The Amazing Spider-Man Rob Engle, David Schaub, Cosku Turhan, Max Tyrie
The Avengers (Downtown Manhattan) Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu
Total Recall (Hover Car Chase) Daniel Baldwin, Mattias Forsstrom, Sam Schwier, Joshua Wassung
2013
[7][8]		 Gravity Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard McBride, Dale Newton
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Cabezas
Iron Man 3 Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez
Man of Steel Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis
Pacific Rim (Hong Kong Ocean Brawl) Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Nominee(s)
2011
[9][10]		 Rango Colin Benoit, Philippe Rebours, Nelson Sepulveda, Nick Walker
The Adventures of Tintin Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables
Arthur Christmas Jericca Cleland, Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira
Cars 2 Mahyar Abousaeedi, Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky, Jonathan Pytko

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

Year Commercial/Program Nominee(s)
2011
[11][12]		 Gears of War 3: Dust to Dust Niles Heckman, Richard Morton, Vernon Wilbert Jr.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier "Camo Up" Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables
Hot Wheels Steve Beck, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza
Once Upon a Time (Cinderella's Courtyard) Stephen Jackson, Sallyanne Massimini, Nathan Matsuda, Kevin Struckman
2012
[13][14]		 ZombiU Dominique Boidin, Léon Bérelle, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère
Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu
Toyota: Real Deal Adam Berg, Niles Heckman, Ronald Herbst, Vernon Wilbert

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live-Action Commercial or Broadcast Program

Year Commercial/Program Nominee(s)
2013
[15][16]		 The Crew Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère
Mad Max: Ethos Aladino Debert, Neil Huxley, David Liu, Michael Harbour
Murdered: Soul Suspect Vernon Wilbert, Tim Jones, Rafael Colon, April Warren
Qualcomm Snapdragon: A Dragon is Coming Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Piece Nominee(s)
2014
[17][18]		 X-Men: Days of Future Past Kitchen Scene Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Saponi, David Houghton Williams
Edge of Tomorrow Beach and Paris Attacks Albert Cheng, Jose Enrique Astacio Jr., Michael Havart, Dion Beebe
Interstellar Tesseract Faraz Hameed, Stephen Painter, Hoyte van Hoytema, Dorian Knapp

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Year Film/Program Piece Nominee(s)
2015
[19][20]		 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Falcon Chase/Graveyard Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter
Ant-Man Macro Action James Baker, Alex Kahn, Thomas Luff, Rebecca Baehler
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Underwater Torus Chamber Vincent Aupetit, Margaux Durand-Rival, Christopher Anciaume, Robert Elswit
The Walk Towers Walk[broken anchor] Shawn Hull, Suzanne Cipolletti, Laurent Taillefer, Dariusz Wolski
2016
[21][22]		 The Jungle Book Bill Pope, Robert Legato, Gary Roberts, John Brennan
Doctor Strange New York Mirror Dimension Landis Fields, Mathew Cowie, Frederic Medioni, Faraz Hameed
Game of Thrones: "Battle of the Bastards" Patrick Tiberius Gehlen, Michelle Blok, Christopher Baird, Drew Wood-Davies
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Space Battle John Levin, Euisung Lee, Steve Ellis, Barry Howell
2017
[23][24]		 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Groot Dance/Opening Fight James Baker, Steven Lo, Alvise Avati, Robert Stipp
Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest Shannon Justison, Casey Schatz, Neil Weatherley, Claire Michaud
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Crait Surface Battle Cameron Nielsen, Albert Cheng, John Levin, Johanes Kurnia
Thor: Ragnarok Valkyrie's Flashback Hubert Maston, Arthur Moody, Adam Paschke, Casey Schatz
2018
[25][26]		 Ready Player One New York Race Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig, Jean-Baptiste Noyau
Aquaman Third Act Battle Claus Pedersen, Mohammad Rastkar, Cedric Lo, Ryan McCoy
Echo Time Displacement Victor Perez, Tomas Tjernberg, Tomas Wall, Marcus Dineen
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Gyrosphere Escape Pawl Fulker, Matt Perrin, Oscar Faura, David Vickery
Welcome to Marwen Town of Marwen C. Kim Miles, Matthew A. Ward, Ryan Beagan, Marc Chu

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project

Year Film/Program Piece Nominee(s)
2019
[27][28]		 The Lion King Robert Legato, Caleb Deschanel, Ben Grossmann, AJ Sciutto
Alita: Battle Angel Emile Ghorayeb, Simon Jung, Nick Epstein, Mike Perry
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" The Roost Richard Bluff, Jason Porter, Landis R. Fields IV, Barry Baz Idoine
Toy Story 4 Jean-Claude Kalache, Patrick Lin

2020s

Year Project Piece Nominee(s)
2020
[29][30]		 Soul Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben
Ghost of Tsushima A Storm is Coming Aladino Debert, Matt Dougan, Eric Beaver, David Liu
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 12: The Siege" Dave Crispino, Kyle Winkelman, Paul Kavanagh, Jose Burgos
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 15: The Believer" Richard Bluff, Matthew Jensen, Chris Williams, Landis Fields IV
2021
[31] 		Encanto We Don't Talk About Bruno Nathan Detroit Warner, Dorian Bustamante, Tyler Kupferer, Michael Woodside
Godzilla vs. Kong Ocean Battle Shawn Hull, Robert Wiese, Steven Tom, Eric Petey
Loki: Lamentis Race to the Ark Jesse Lewis-Evans, Luke Avery, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Scott Inkster
Raya and the Last Dragon Rob Dressel, Adolph Lusinsky, Paul Felix
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sebastian Trujillo, Louis-Daniel Poulin, Nathan Abbot, Shannon Justison
2022
[32][33]		 Avatar: The Way of Water Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones
ABBA Voyage Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos
The Batman Rain Soaked Car Chase Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel
Prehistoric Planet Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chaun Hsu, Claire Hill
2023
[34]		 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Joanna Davison, Cheyana Wilkinson, Michael Cozens, Jason Desjarlais
The Creator Roel Coucke, Christopher Potter, Amanda Johnstone-Batt, Jeremy Bloch
Migration Guylo Homsy, Damien Bapst, Antoine Collet, David Dangin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Rich Turner, Randolph Lizarda, Daniela Campos Little, Thomas Campos

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