Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin picked up six Visual Effects Society Award nominations on Monday. The Paramount release was nominated for outstanding vfx in animated feature along with Arthur Christmas, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots and Rango.
Tintin also picked up noms for the animated character of Tintin, the movie’s virtual cinematography and three noms for outstanding created environment in an animated feature.
The nominees for outstanding visual effects in a visual-effects driven feature are Captain America: The First Avenger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Among the TV nominees, the broadcast series nominated for their visual effects are Falling Skies, Fringe, Planet Dinosaur, Terra Nova and The Bomber.
The nominees in 23 categories in film, TV, commercials and special venues were chosen Jan. 7 by panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank and New York, FotoKem’s Spy in San Francisco and other facilities in London, Sydney, Vancouver and Wellington, N.Z.
“The standard of the creative work that is being considered this year is unbelievably high across all categories,” Jeffrey A. Okun, chair of the Visual Effects Society said.
The 10th Annual VES Awards will be held Feb.7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will air exclusively on ReelzChannel. At the ceremony, Stan Lee will be honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, and Douglas Trumbull will receive the Georges Melies Award.
Here is the complete list of nomimations:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
- Charlie Noble
- Mark Soper
- Christopher Townsend
- Edson Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Tim Burke
- Emma Norton
- John Richardson
- David Vickery
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Gary Brozenich
- David Conley
- Charlie Gibson
- Ben Snow
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Dan Lemmon
- Joe Letteri
- Cyndi Ochs
- Kurt Williams
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Scott Benza
- Wayne Billheimer
- Matthew Butler
- Scott Farrar
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Anonymous
- Andre Cantarel
- Volker Engel
- Rony Soussan
- Marc Weigert
Hugo
- Ben Grossmann
- Alex Henning
- Rob Legato
- Karen Murphy
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Laya Armian
- Chas Jarrett
- Seth Maury
- Sirio Quintavalle
Source Code
- Annie Godin
- Louis Morin
War Horse
- Duncan Burbidge
- Ben Morris
- Mike Mulholland
- Chris Zeh
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Arthur Christmas
- Doug Ikeler
- Chris Juen
- Alan Short
- Mandy Tankenson
Kung Fu Panda 2
- Melissa Cobb
- Alex Parkinson
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Raymond Zibach
Puss In Boots
- Joe Aguilar
- Guillaume Aretos
- Ken Bielenberg
- Chris Miller
Rango
- Tim Alexander
- Hal Hickel
- Jacqui Lopez
- Katie Lynch
The Adventures of Tintin
- Jamie Beard
- Joe Letteri
- Meredith Meyer-Nichols
- Eileen Moran
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie, or Special
Finding Life Beyond Earth
- Simon Clarke
- Hasraf Dulull
- Vikas Gandhi
- Francisco Lima
Gettysburg
- J. David Everhart
- Kent Johnson
- Jon Rhinehardt
- Jon Rosenthal
Inside the Human Body
- Phil Dobree
- Sophie Orde
- Dan Upton
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
- Kevin Deters
- Dorothy McKim
- John Murrah
- Stevie Wermers
The Bomber
- Igor Gotsulyak
- Dmitriy Kolesnik
- Egor Olesov
- Dmitriy Ovcharenko
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
Falling Skies
- Rob Biagi
- Curt Miller
- Andrew Orloff
- Sean Tompkins
Fringe
- Robert Habros
- Andrew Orloff
- Jay Worth
- Chris Wright
Once Upon a Time
- Laura Jones
- Douglas Charles Ludwig
- Andrew Orloff
- Nate Overstrom
Planet Dinosaur
- Phil Dobree
- Luke Dodd
- Haz Dulull
- Mark Sherwood
Terra Nova
- Kevin Blank
- Colin Brady
- Adica Manis
- Jason Zimmerman
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Boardwalk Empire – Georgia Peaches
- Richard Friedlander
- Robert Stromberg
- David Taritero
Bones – Tornado Case
- Christian Cardona
- Buddy Gheen
- Beau Janzen
- Andy Simonson
Breaking Bad – Face Off
- Bruce Branit
- Werner Hahnlein
- Gregory Nicotero
- William Powloski
Game of Thrones – Winter is Coming
- Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor
- Angela Barson
- Ed Bruce
- Adam McInnes
Pan Am – Pilot
- Tavis Larkham
- Chris Martin
- Sam Nicholson
- Matt Robken
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial
Dior J’adore
- Pascal Giroux
- Julien Meesters
- Stephane Pivron
- Manuel Souillac
Jameson: Fire
- Chris Bankoff
- Dan Glass
- Sascha M. Flick
- Jeff Willette
Johnnie Walker: Rock Giant
- Vincent Baertsoen
- Camila de Biagi
- Angus Kneale
- Rob Petrie
Kia: Share Some Soul
- Charles Abou Aad
- Andy Boyd
- Nordin Rahhali
- Mike Wigart
Volkswagen: Hedgehog
- Mhamed Elmezoued
- Stephane Montel
- Emilie Nicodex
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Commercial or Video Game Trailer
Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
- Tom Bussell
- Hugo Guerra
- Rahel Makonnen
- Jorge Montiel
Coca-Cola Siege
- Russell Dodgson
- Simon French
- Diarmid Harrison-Murray
- Sarah Hiddlestone
Diablo III: The Black Soulstone
- Nicholas S. Carpenter
- Graham Cunningham
- Chris Thunig
- Taka Yasuda
Prey 2
- Heikki Anttila
- Brandon Riza
- Al Shier
- Dave Wilson
Sony: 2 Worlds
- Melanie Larue
- David Liu
- Richard Morton
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Amazin’
- Marc Rienzo
- Eric Sanford
- Lisa Zusmer Delprete
Humbugged! Rockettes to the Rescue
- Troy Griffin
- Jasmine Johnson
- Greg Lyons
- Glo Minaya
Star Tours: The Adventure Continues
- Bill George
- Jeanie King
- Glen McIntosh
- Marianne McLean
Transformers the Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle
- Lori Arnold
- Yanick Dusseault
- Delio Tramontozzi
- Jeff White
Typhoon 360
- Peter Crosman
- Seungyong Lee
- Michael “oz” Smith
- Brent Young
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Ukranian Ironbelly
- Yasunobu Arahori
- Tom Bracht
- Gavin Harrison
- Chris Lentz
Paul – Paul
- Anders Beer
- Julian Foddy
- Jody Johnson
- David Lowry
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Caesar
- Daniel Barrett
- Florian Fernandez
- Matthew Muntean
- Eric Reynolds
The Thing – Edvard/Adam
- Lyndon Barrois
- Fred Chapman
- Greg Massie
- Marco Menco
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Puss In Boots – Puss
- Antonio Banderas
- Ludovic Bouancheau
- Laurent Caneiro
- Olivier Staphylas
Rango – Rango
- Frank Gravatt
- Kevin Martel
- Brian Paik
- Steve Walton
Rio – Nigel
- Diana Diriwaechter
- Sang Jun Lee
- Sergio Pablos
- Aamir Tarin
The Adventures of Tintin – Tintin
- Gino Acevedo
- Gustav Ahren
- Jamie Beard
- Simon Clutterbuck
Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
- Tom Bussell
- Jorge Montiel
Canal + – The Bear
- Laurent Creusot
- Guillaume Ho
- Olivier Mitonneau
- Michal Nauzin
Carls Jr. – Robot
- Matt Heimlich
- Fredd Hopp
- Philip Ineno
- Rob Ramsdell
Game of Thrones – Fire and Blood
- Henry Badgett
- Mark Brown
- Rafael Morant
- James Sutton
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Anonymous – London
- Andre Cantarel
- Robert Freitag
- Rony Soussan
- Greg Strasz
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Hogwarts
- Keziah Bailey
- Stephen Ellis
- Clement Gerard
- Pietro Ponti
Thor – Heimdall’s Observatory
- Pierre Buffin
- Audrey Ferrara
- Yoel Godo
- Dominique Vidal
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 155 Wacker Drive
- Giles Hancock
- John Hanson
- Tom Martinek
- Scott Younkin
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Puss In Boots – The Cloud World
- Guillaume Aretos
- Greg Lev
- Brett Miller
- Peter Zaslav
Rango – Main Street Dirt
- John Bell
- Polly Ing
- Martin Murphy
- Russell Paul
The Adventures of Tintin – Bagghar
- Hamish Beachman
- Adam King
- Wayne Stables
- Mark Tait
The Adventures of Tintin – Docks
- Matt Aitken
- Jeff Capogreco
- Jason Lazaroff
- Alessandro Mozzato
The Adventures of Tintin – Pirate Battle
- Phil Barrenger
- Keith F. Miller
- Alessandro Saponi
- Christoph Sprenger
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Audi A6 Avant – Hummingbird
- Amaan Akram
- Tom Bussell
- Alex Hammond
Boardwalk Empire – Two Boats and a Lifeguard
- Matthew Conner
- Robert Stromberg
Game of Thrones – The Icewall
- Markus Kuha
- Dante Harbridge Robinson
- Damien Mac
- Fani Vassiadi
Pan Am – Pilot Worldport Terminal
- Bill Arance
- Martin Hilke
- Diego Galtieri
- Anthony Ocampo
Terra Nova – Terra Nova
- Michael Bozulich
- Eric Hance
- Kevin Kipper
- David Morton
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
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
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Arthur Christmas
- Michael Ford
- David Morehead
- Emi Tahira
Cars 2
- Mahyar Abousaeedi
- Sharon Calahan
- Jeremy Lasky
- Jonathan Pytko
Rango
- Colin Benoit
- Philippe Rebours
- Nelson Sepulveda
- Nick Walker
The Adventures of Tintin
- Matt Aitken
- Matthias Menz
- Keith F. Miller
- Wayne Stables
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Gears of War 3 – Dust to Dust
- Niles Heckman
- Richard Morton
- Vernon Wilbert Jr.
Ghost Recon – Future Soldier “Camo Up”
- David Liu
Mattel: Hot Wheels
- Steve Beck
- Robert Sethi
- Feliz Urquiza
Once Upon A Time – Cinderella’s Courtyard
- Stephen Jackson
- Salyanne Massimini
- Nathan Matsuda
- Kevin Struckman
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Hogwarts School Buildings
- Steven Godfrey
- Pietro Ponti
- Tania Marie Richard
- Andy Warren
Hugo – Train Crash
- Scott Beverly
- Allan Faucher
- Forest P. Fischer
- Matthew Gratzner
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Parking Garage
- John Goodson
- Russell Paul
- Kristian Pedlow
- Vick Schutz
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Driller
- Tim Brakensiek
- Kelvin Chu
- David Fogler
- Rene Garcia
Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Arrowhead Nature’s Fix
- Carl Horner
- Ian Hunter
- Miyo Nakamura
- Hayley O’Neil
Boardwalk Empire
- Matthew Conner
- Eran Dinur
- David Reynolds
- Szymon Weglarski
Falling Skies
- Jon Chesson
- Steve Graves
- Michael Kirylo
- Renaud Talon
Once Upon A Time
- Michael Kirylo
- Jeremy Michael Melton
- Jason O. Monroe
- Chris Strauss
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
- Casey Allen
- Trent Claus
- Brian Hajek
- Cliff Welsh
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Michele Benigna
- Martin Ciastko
- Thomas Dyg
- Andy Robinson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Jean Luc Azzis
- Quentin Hema
- Simon Jung
- Christoph Salzmann
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Chris Balog
- Ben O’Brien
- Amy Shepard
- Jeff Sutherland
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Any World: Jeep Call of Duty MWF3
- Jason Bergman
- Steve Meyer
- Peter Sidoriak
Boardwalk Empire – Gimcrack & Bunkum
- Anton Dawson
- Eran Dinur
- Austin Meyers
- David Reynolds
Channel 4 – Street Summer
- Stirling Archibald
- Anthony Bloor
- Michael Gregory
- Giacomo Mineo
DirecTV – Hot House
- Franck Lambertz
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
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- Roman Kaelin
- Falko Paeper
- Florian Wittmann
Aquatic Bloom
- Susie Hong
- Bokyeong Kim
Defective Detective
- Avner Geller
- Stevie Lewis
Hai Hase
- Florian Greth
- Julia Reck
Renee the Movie
- Syrena Edmonds
- Zack Heimbegner
- Brian Mullen
- Nathaniel Skinner
We Miss You
- Jann Doeppert Hannah
- Tonio Freitag
- Hannah Maria Heidrich
- Sebastian Nozon
For more information on the VES Awards, sponsorship and tickets, visit www.visualeffectssociety.com.
