VES Awards Go Big for ‘Game of Thrones’

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

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

Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

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

 

Compositing in a in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial

  • SSE
    Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco

Visual Effects in a Commercial

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

 

Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game

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

 

Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

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

Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

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

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

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

 

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

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

  • Birdman
    Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau, Isabelle Langlois

Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

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

Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

  • Interstellar – Tesseract
    Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlen, Kirsty Clark

Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

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

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

 

Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

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

Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

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

Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

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

Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

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

 

Visual Effects in a Student Project

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

Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

  • Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Torquee de Remy
    Tony Apodaca, Marianne McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine

Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past – Kitchen Scene
    Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel

Models in any Motion Media Project

  • Big Hero 6 – City of San Fransokyo
    Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu

 

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