James Cameron to recieve of VES Lifetime Achievement Award

via press release:

The Visual Effects Society, the entertainment industry’s only official organization representing the extended community of visual effects professionals, has named motion picture director and producer James Cameron as the recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the 8th Annual VES Awards which will be held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

The VES Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the VES Board of Directors, recognizes outstanding body of work that has significantly contributed to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry. VES will honor Cameron for his vision and dedication to the craft of storytelling while being at the creative forefront of ground breaking visual effects. Cameron’s work is so cutting edge he had to wait years for new visual effects technologies to be created in order to move forward with his most recent film, “Avatar” (to be released in December 2009).

“James Cameron has set the gold standard for storytelling by combining true creative artistry along with the latest advances in technology to bring incredible stories to the screen,” said Eric Roth, Executive Director of the VES. “Over the past few decades he has been the pre-eminent director of big vision, big story extravaganzas and has redefined the movie going experience for filmgoers worldwide,” Roth added.