Nominees for the 13th annual Visual Effects Society Awards were announced this morning, with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes leading the feature film categories while Big Hero 6 and The Boxtrolls led the animated feature races.
HBO’s Game of Thrones leads in the broadcast categories.
Nominees were selected by VES members via events hosted by its nine sections: Australia, Bay Area, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto and Vancouver. The VES Awards will be held Feb. 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards are as follows:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Joe Letteri
- Ryan Stafford
- Matt Kutcher
- Dan Lemmon
- Hannah Blanchini
Guardians of the Galaxy
- Stephane Ceretti
- Susan Pickett
- Jonathan Fawkner
- Nicolas Aithadi
- Paul Corbould
Interstellar
- Paul Franklin
- Kevin Elam
- Ann Podlozny
- Andrew Lockley
- Scott Fisher
Maleficent
- Carey Villegas
- Barrie Hemsley
- Adam Valdez
- Kelly Port
- Michael Dawson
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Joe Letteri
- David Conley
- Eric Saindon
- Kevin Sherwood
- Steve Ingram
X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Richard Stammers
- Blondel Aidoo
- Lou Pecora
- Anders Langlands
- Cameron Waldbauer
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Ara Khanikian
- Ivy Agregan
- Sebastien Moreau
- Isabelle Langlois
Divergent
- Jim Berney
- Greg Baxter
- Matt Dessero
The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Gabriel Sanchez
- Jenny Foster
- Simon Weisse
- Jan Burda
The Imitation Game
- Stuart Bullen
- Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor
- Simon Rowe
Unbroken
- Bill George
- Steve Gaub
- Erin Dusseault
- Dave Morley
- Brian Cox
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
- Don Hall
- Chris Williams
- Roy Conli
- Zach Parrish
How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Bonnie Arnold
- Dean DeBlois
- Dave Walvoord
- Simon Otto
Rio 2
- Carlos Saldanha
- Bruce Anderson
- John C. Donkin
- Kirk Garfield
The Boxtrolls
- Travis Knight
- Anthony Stacchi
- Graham Annable
- Brad Schiff
The Lego Movie
- Chris McKay
- Amber Naismith
- Jim Dodd
- David Williams
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Constantine; A Feast of Friends
- Kevin Blank
- Elizabeth Castro
- Yafei Wu
- Chris LeDoux
Game of Thrones; The Children
- Joe Bauer
- Steve Kullback
- Stuart Brisdon
- Thomas Schelesny
- Sven Martin
Hemlock Grove
- Matt Whelan
- Chris Brown
- Todd Masters
- Johnathan Banta
- Eric McAvoy
Marvel’s 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
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
American Horror Story; Freak Show; Edward Mordrake, Part 2
- Jason Piccioni
- Jason Spratt
- Mike Kirylo
- Justin Ball
- Eric Roberts
Black Sails, Episode 1
- Erik Henry
- Annemarie Griggs
- Paul Graff
- George Murphy
Crossbones
- Kevin Blank
- Ron Pogue
- Andy Weder
- Niklas Jacobson
- Mans Bjorklund
Penny Dreadful; Séance
- James Cooper
- Bill Halliday
- Sarah McMurdo
- Lorne Kwechansky
Ripper Street; Whitechapel Terminus
- Ed Bruce
- Alan Collins
- Joe Courtis
- John O’Connell
Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
Alien: Isolation
- Jude Bond
- Al Hope
- Howard Rayner
- Oriol Sans Gomez
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang
- Joseph Salud
- Demetrius Leal
- Dave Blizard
inFAMOUS: Second Son
- Matt Vainio
- Horia Dociu
- Jason Connell
- Bill Rockenbeck
Sunset Overdrive
- Jacinda Chew
- Bryan Intihar
- Grant Hollis
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare; Discover Your Power
- Paul O’Shea
- Michael Wigart
- Andy Boyd
- Jacob Montgomery
- Benoit Mannequin
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
- Neil Davies
- Alex Hammond
- Jorge Montiel
- Beth Vander
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Hubei in the Air
- Andrew Roberts
- Claudia Lachnitt
- Yas Takata
- Boris Schmidt
- Sebastian Butenberg
Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Torquee de Remy
- Tony Apodaca
- Marianne McLean
- Gilles Martin
- Edwin Chang
- Mark Mine
Star Journey
- Adam Watkins
- Viktorija Ogureckaja
- Thilo Ewers
- Omid Arzhang
- Yas Takata
The Hogwarts Express
- Chris Shaw
- Rich Yeomans
- Steven Godfrey
- Peter Jopling
- John Richardson
The Lost Temple
- John Hughes
- Walt Jones
- Brent Young
- Michael Smith
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar
- Paul Story
- Eteuati Tema
- Andrea Merlo
- Emiliano Padovani
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Koba
- Daniel Barrett
- Alessandro Bonora
- Mark Edward Allen
- Masaya Suzuki
Guardians of the Galaxy; Rocket
- Kevin Spruce
- Rachel Williams
- Laurie Brugger
- Mark Wilson
Maleficent; Thistlewit
- Darren Hendler
- Matthias Wittmann
- Jeremy Buttell
- Elliot Rosenstein
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6; Baymax
- Colin Eckart
- John Kahwaty
- Zach Parrish
- Zack Petroc
How to Train Your Dragon 2; Hiccup
- Jakob Hjort Jensen
- Fabio Lignini
- Stephen Candell
- Hongseo Park
Rio 2; Gabi
- Jason Sadler
- Ignacio Barrios
- Drew Winey
- Diana Diriwaechter
The Boxtrolls; Archibald Snatcher
- Travis Knight
- Jason Stalman
- Michael Laubach
- Kyle Williams
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
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
SSE; Maya
- Jorge Montiel
- Alex Hammond
- Daniel Kmet
- Philippe Moine
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Triskelion Headquarters
- Johan Thorngren
- Greg Kegel
- Quentin Marmier
- Luis Calero
Interstellar; Tesseract
- Tom Bracht
- Graham Page
- Thomas Døhlen
- Kirsty Clark
Lucy; Times Square
- Richard Bluff
- Steve Bevins
- Steve DeLuca
- Tiffany Yung
Noah; Antediluvian Earth
- Grady Cofer
- Dan Wheaton
- Susumu Yukuhiro
- Ben O’Brien
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6; Into the Portal
- Ralf Habel
- David Hutchins
- Michael Kaschalk
- Olun Riley
How to Train Your Dragon 2; Oasis
- Sun Yoon
- Liang-Yuan Wang
- Ted Davis
- Shannon Thomas
The Book of Life; Magical Land of the Remembered
- Glo Minaya
- Amy Chen
- Sean McEwan
- Jeff Masters
The Boxtrolls; Boxtroll Cavern
- Curt Enderle
- Rob DeSue
- Emily Greene
- Jesse Gregg
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
Coca-Cola; Snowy Forest
- Tom Bardwell
- Kevin Ives
- Kyle Cody
- Jimmy Gass
Game of Thrones; Braavos Establisher
- Rene Borst
- Christian Zilliken
- Jan Burda
- Steffen Metzner
Penny Dreadful; Séance
- Mathew Borrett
- Lorne Kwechansky
- Graham Day
- Jason Gougeon
War Thunder; Battlefield
- Andrey Bogdanov
- Mikhail Datcik
- Dmitriy Ovcharenko
- Ekaterina Bogdanova
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
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 Knap
X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene
- Austin Bonang
- Casey Schatz
- Dennis Jones
- Newton Thomas Sigel
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo
- Brett Achorn
- Minh Duong
- Scott Watanabe
- Larry Wu
The Boxtrolls; Mecha-Drill
- Tom McClure
- Oliver Jones
- Raul Martinez
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Laketown
- Leslie Chan
- Alastair Mayer
- Niklas Preston
- Justin Stockton
Transformers: Age of Extinction; Knightship
- Landis Fields
- John Goodson
- Anthony Rispoli
- Dae Han
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash
- Dan Pearson
- Sheldon Serrao
- Jose Burgos
- Eric Jennings
Edge of Tomorrow; Destruction and Sand
- Steve Avoujageli
- Pawel Grochola
- Atsushi Ikarashi
- Paul Waggoner
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Jon Allitt
- David Caeiro
- Ronnie Menahem
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
Big Hero 6
- Henrik Falt
- David Hutchins
- Michael Kaschalk
- John Kosnik
How to Train Your Dragon 2; The Battle
- Spencer Knapp
- Baptiste Van Opstal
- Lucas Janin
- Jason Mayer
The Boxtrolls
- Kent Estep
- Peter Stuart
- Ralph Procida
- Timur Khodzhaev
The Lego Movie
- Carsten Kolve
- Jayandera Danappal
- Matt Ebb
- Miles Green
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
- Dominique Vidal
- Isabelle Perin-Leduc
- Sandrine Lurde
- Alexandre Lerouge
DirecTV; 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 Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Christoph Salzmann
- Florian Schroeder
- Quentin Hema
- Simone Riginelli
Edge of Tomorrow; Beach
- Craig Wentworth
- Matthew Welford
- Marie Victoria Denoga
- Frank Fieser
Interstellar; Water
- Raphael Hamm
- Isaac Layish
- Sebastian Von Overheidt
- Tristan Myles
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Simon Jung
- Ben Roberts
- Matthew Adams
- Jordan Schilling
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
American Horror Story: Freak Show; Edward Mordrake, Part 2
- Tommy Tran
- JV Pike
- Rob Lutz
- Matt Lefferts
Game of Thrones; Wight Attack
- Keegan Douglas
- Okan Ataman
- Brian Fortune
- David Lopez
Game of Thrones; The Watchers on the Wall
- Dan Breckwoldt
- Martin Furman
- Sophie Marfleet
- Eric Andrusyszyn
The Knick; Abigail’s Nose
- Vance Miller
- Aaron Raff
- John Bair
- Rebecca Dunn
Vikings; Invasion
- Ovidiu Cinazan
- Gary Couto
- Doug Cook
- Angel Li
Outstanding Compositing in a in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial
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
SSE
- Neil Davies
- Leonardo Costa
- Gianluca DiMarco
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Deep Dance
- Marco Erbrich
- Christoph Westphal
- Vincent Langer
Dragon Clan
- Yahui Fan
- Sheng Xu
Murphy
- Bruno LeVeque
- Xavier Lafarge
Wrapped
- Roman Kaelin
- Falko Paeper
- Florian Wittmann
- Paolo Tamburrino
