13th Visual Effects Society Awards

13th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 4, 2015


Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The 13th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 4, 2015, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2014. Patton Oswalt was the host.[1]

Winners and nominees

(winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

VES Visionary Award:

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the ApesJoe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, Zach Parrish

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar - Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6Baymax – Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2Hiccup – Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park
  • Rio 2Gabi – Jason Sadler, Ignacio Barrios, Drew Winey, Diana Diriwaechter
  • The BoxtrollsArchibald Snatcher – Travis Knight, Jason Stalman, Michael Laubach, Kyle Williams

Interstellar - Tesseract - Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlem, Kristy Clark

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Triskelion - Johan Thorngren, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Luis Calero
  • Lucy - Times Square - Richard Bluff, Steve Bevins, Steve DeLuca, Tiffany Young
  • Noah - Antediluvian Earth - Grady Cofer, Dan Wheaton, Susumu Yukuhiro, Ben O'Brien
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal - Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley

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 Models in any Motion Media Project Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6 - San Fransokyo - Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen - Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6 - Henrik Falt, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, John Kosnik

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

Game of Thrones - The Children - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin

  • Constantine - A Feast of Friends - Kevin Blank, Elizabeth Castro, Yafei Wu, Chris LeDoux
  • Hemlock Grove - Matt Whelan, Chris Brown, Todd Masters, Jonathan Banta, Eric McAvoy
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Gary D'Amico, Kevin Lingenfelser, David Beedon
  • The Flash - Armen Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Jeremy Jozwick, Andranik Taranyan

American Horror Story: Freak Show - Edward Mordrake, Part 2 - Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Bal, Eric Roberts

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video Game

SSE - Maya - Neil Davies, Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel, Beth Vander

  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Discover Your Power - Paul O'Shea, Michael Wigart, Andy Boyd, Jacob Montgomery, Benoit Mannquin
  • Destiny - Become Legend - Eric Barba, Carla Attanasio, Greg Teegarden, Dan Akers
  • ESA - Ambition - Jakub Knapik, Tomasz Wachnik, Lukasz Sobisz, Michal Skrzypiec
  • General Electric - Childlike Imagination - Benjamin Walsh, Jennie Burnett, Brian Burke, Dominik Bauch

SSE - Maya - Jorge Montiel, Alex Hammond, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine

  • Freesat Freetime - Sheldon - Russell Dodgson, Grant Walker, Juan Sebastian Nino, Amar Chundavadra
  • Game of Thrones - Drogon - Philip Meyer, Thomas Kutschera, Igor Majdandzic, Mark Spindler
  • John Lewis - Monty the Penguin - Diarmid Harrison Murray, Tim Van Hussen, Amir Bazazi, Georgios Kyparissous
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video Game Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Game of Thrones - Braavos Establisher - Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner

  • Coca-Cola - Snowy Forest - Tom Bardwell, Kevin Ives, Kyle Cody, Jimmy Gass
  • Penny Dreadful -Séance - Matthew Borrett, Lorne Kqechansky, Graham Day, Jason Gougeon
  • War Thunder - Battlefield - Andrey Bogdanov, Mikhail Datcik, Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Bogdanova

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Dominique Vidal, Isabelle Perin-Leduc, Sandrine Lurde, Alexandre Lerouge

  • Direct TV - Landing - Jeffrey Dates, Jimmy Gass, Iwan Zwarts, Ryan Coster
  • SSE - Maya - Alex Hammond, Peter Agg, Sam Driscoll, Jimmy Gass
  • Vikings - Invasion Storm Sequence - Jeremy Dineen, Eric Lacroix, Kyle Yoneda, Norman Ran
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial

Game of Thrones - The Watchers on the Wall - Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn

SSE - Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco

  • Destiny - Become Legend - Dan Akers, Nitant Karnik, Matt Smith, Kym Olsen
  • Kia the Truth - Paul Lambert, Dan Akers, Carlos Morales, Holly Horter
  • Nike Hypervenom - Mirrors ft. Neymar Jr. - Dan Williams, Daniel Morris, Ilia Mokhtareizadeh, Greg Spencer

Other categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Salud, Demetrius Leal, Dave Blizard

Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy - Tony Apodaca, Marianna McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine

  • Hubei in the Air - Andrew Roberts, Claudia Lachnitt, Yas Takata, Boris Schmidt, Sebastian Butenberg
  • Star Journey - Adam Watkins, Viktorija Ogureckaja, Thilo Ewers, Omid Arzhang, Yas Takata
  • Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort) - Chris Shaw, Rich Yeomans, Steven Godfrey, Peter Jopling, John Richardson
  • The Lost Temple - John Hughes, Walt Jones, Brent Young, Michael Smith
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Wrapped - Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Paolo Tamburrino

  • Deep Dance - Marco Erbich, Christoph Westphal, Vincent Langer
  • Dragon Clan - Yaui Fan, Sheng Xu
  • Murphy - Bruno LeVeque, Xavier Lafarge

References

  1. ^ "13th Annual VES Awards". visual effects society. Retrieved January 3, 2018.