Jan 12, 2016

2016ves Award Nominations: "Peanut Movie" Lead Animation Pack

Nominations were announced today for the 14th annual VES Awards, recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, and games.

The nomienees were selected by members of the Visual Effects Society in nine different regions: Australia, Bay Area, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto, and Vancouver. In addition to the awards, a lifetime achievement award will be presented to director Ridley Scott, and the Visionary Award will be bestowed upon illustrator and conceptual artist Syd Mead.

Fox/Blue Sky's The Peanuts Movie leads the animation field with five nominations, while Disney/Pixar's Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur picked up four nominations apiece. The nominees for VES's top animation honor, Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature, are The Peanuts Movie, Inside Out, Anomalisa, Hotel Transylvania 2, and The Good Dinosaur.

On the live-action vfx side, Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Force Awakens leads the feature categories with seven nominations, while HBO's TV series Game of Thrones leads all projects with a total of nine nominations. The VES Awards will be held on February 2nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The nominees in 23 categories are as follows:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Furious 7 Mike Wassel Karen Murphy Martin Hill Kevin McIlwain Dan Sudick

San Andreas Colin Strause Randall Starr Bryan Grill Nordin Rahhali Brian Cox

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Roger Guyett Luke O'Byrne Patrick Tubach Paul Kavanagh Chris Corbould

Mad Max: Fury Road Andrew Jackson Holly Radcliffe Tom Wood Dan Oliver Andy Williams

The Martian Richard Stammers Barrie Hemsley Matt Sloan Chris Lawrence Steven Warner

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

In The Heart of The Sea Jody Johnson Leslie Lerman Sean Stranks Bryan Hirota Mark Holt

Bridge of Spies Sven Martin Jennifer Meislohn Charlie Noble Sean Stranks Gerd Nefzer

The Walk Kevin Baillie Camille Cellucci Viktor Muller Sebastien Moreau

Everest Dadi Einarsson Roma O-Connor Matthias Bjarnasson Glen Pratt Richard Van Den Bergh

The Revenant Rich McBride Ivy Agregan Jason Smith Nicolas Chevallier Cameron Waldbauer

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino Michael J. Travers Nick Bruno Scott Carroll

Inside Out Michael Fong Jonas Rivera Victor Navone Paul Mendoza

Anomalisa Derek Smith Rosa Tran Joe Passarelli John Joyce

Hotel Transylvania 2 Karl Herbst Skye Lyons Alan Hawkins Genndy Tartakovsky

The Good Dinosaur Sanjay Bakshi Denise Ream Michael Venturini Jon Reisch

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

The Order: 1886 Nathan Phail-Liff Dana Jan Anthony Vitale Scot Andreason

Halo 5: Guardians Nicolas Bouvier Jon Wood Brien Goodrich Matt Aldridge

The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows Alasdair Coull Daniel Smith Nick Donaldson Tim Elek

Destiny: The Taken King Michael Zak Mark Noseworthy Stephen Scott Dave Matthews

Assassin's Creed Syndicate Thierry Dansereau Francois Pelland Marc-Andre Clermont Mathieu Chouinard

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Nezlamna; Sea Dogfight Dmitriy Ovcharenko Igor Klimovsky Egor Borschevsky Vladimir Mikheyenko

Childhood's End; Night Three Kevin Blank Adica Manis Niklas Jacobson Glenn Melenhorst

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; Arabella Jean-Claude Deguara Natalie Reid Nicolas Hernandez Sara Bennett

The Strain; Identity Dennis Berardi Luke Groves Matt Glover Trey Harrell Warren Appleby

Game of Thrones; The Dance of Dragons Joe Bauer Steve Kullback Eric Carney Derek Spears Stuart Brisdon

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Ikea; T-shirts Diarmid Harrison Murray Julie Evans Tom Harding Tim van Hussen

Halo 5; The Hunt Begins Benjamin Walsh Pip Malone Brian Burke Ian Holland

Audi; Birth Andrew Proctor Gemma Humphries Mike Chapman Gianluca Di Marco

SSE; Pier Neil Davies Tim Lyall Hitesh Patel Jorge Montiel

Game of War; Rooftop Alliance David Lawson Erin Hicke Becky Porter Krystal Sae Eua

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Goosebumps VR Adventure Jason Schugardt Mike Wigart Alex Harding Daniel Marsh

Nike; The Neymar Jr. Effect Janelle Croshaw Ian Markiewicz Lou Pecora Aruna Inversin

Kaka's Great Adventure Neelesh Gore Rajiv Kessop Amogh Vaidya Shaffi Mahammad

Fast and Furious: Supercharged Chris Shaw Alysia Cotter Ben White Diego Guerrero

SpongeBob SubPants Brent Young John Kokum Michael Smith Timothy Williams

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

The Walk; World Trade Center Jim Gibbs Brian Flora Laurent Taillefer Pavel Kolar

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Yanick Dusseault Mike Wood Justin van der Lek Quentin Marmier

Ant-Man; The Microverse Florian Witzel Taylor Shaw Alexis Hall Heath Kraynak

Jurassic World; Jungle Chase Martyn Culpitt Joao Sita Yuta Shimizu Michael Billette

Tomorrowland; Tomorrowland Center Barry Williams Greg Kegel Quentin Marmier Thang Le

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Vikings; To the Gates Dominic Remane Bill Halliday Paul Wishart Ovidiu Cinazan Paul Byrne

Black Sails; XVIII Erik Henry Annemarie Griggs Kevin Rafferty Aladino Debert Paul Stephenson

Penny Dreadful; And They Were Enemies James Cooper Bill Halliday Sarah McMurdo Mai-Ling Lee

Marvel's Daredevil; Speak of the Devil Bryan Godwin David Van Dyke Karl Coyner Julie Long Johan Kunz

Agent Carter; Now Is Not the End Sheena Duggal Addie Manis Richard Bluff Jayesh Dalal Kenneth C. Clark

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Maz Joel Bodin Arslan Elver Ian Comley Stephen Cullingford

The Revenant; The Bear Matt Shumway Gaelle Morand Karin Cooper Leandro Estebecorena

Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulk Jakub Pistecky Lana Lan John Walker Sean Comer

Chappie; Chappie Earl Fast Chris Harvey Mark Wendell Robert Bourgeault

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

The Peanuts Movie; Snoopy Jeff Gabor Joseph Antonuccio Ignacio Barrios Sabine Heller

The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown Matthew Doble Steve Vanseth Stephen Gressak Nikki Tomaino

Inside Out; Joy Shawn Krause Tanja Krampfert Jacob Merrell Alexis Angelidis

The Good Dinosaur; Spot Ana Gabriela Lacaze Jacob Brooks Lou Hamou-Lhadj Mark C. Harris

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

The Good Dinosaur; The Farm David Munier Matthew Webb Matt Kuruc Tom Miller

Inside Out; Imagination Land Amy L. Allen Steve Karski Eric Andraos Jose L. Ramos Serrano

The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown's Neighborhood Jon Townley Angel Camacho-Torres Cleveland Hibbert Ken Lee

Shaun the Sheep Movie; Under the Arches Matt Perry Charles Copping Alfred Llupia Perez Andy Brown

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones; Mother's Mercy; Wounded Drogon Florian Friedmann Jonathan Symmonds Sven Skoczylas Sebastian Lauer

Game of Thrones; Dance of Dragons; Drogon Arena Rescue James Kinnings Michael Holzl Joseph Hoback Matt Derksen

SSE; Pier; Orangutan Jorge Montiel Sauce Vilas Philippe Moine Sam Driscoll

Sainsbury's; Mog Sebastian Nino Chris Hurtt Joseph Henson Gez Wright

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

Game of Thrones; City of Volantis Dominic Piche Christine Leclerc Patrice Poissant Thomas Montminy-Brodeur

Vikings; Paris Paul Wishart Karol Wlodarczyk Tom Morrison Matt Ralph

Game of Thrones; Drogon Arena Rajeev B R. Loganathan Perumal Ramesh Shankers Anders Ericson

Black Sails; Charles Town Harbor Aladino Debert Matt Dougan Greg Teegarden Ken Jones

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Ant-Man; Macro Action James Baker Alex Kahn Thomas Luff Rebecca Baehler

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation; Underwater Torus Chamber Vincent Aupetit Margaux Durand-Rival Christopher Anciaume Robert Elswit

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Paul Kavanagh Colin Benoit Susumu Yukuhiro Greg Salter

The Walk; Towers Walk Shawn Hull Suzanne Cipolletti Laurent Taillefer Dariusz Wolski

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

SSE; Pier Peter Agg Sam Driscoll Matthew Fuller

Halo 5: The Hunt Begins Vladislav Tushevskiy Tomas Zaveckas Sho Hasegawa Sergey Kosareff

Lipton; The Revolution in Tea Jonathan -Wes- Westley Tom Raynor Christos Parliaros

Game of Thrones; Hardhome David Ramos Antonio Lado Piotr Weiss Félix Bergés

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

San Andreas; Los Angeles Destruction Sandro Blattner Hamish Schumacher Nicholas Kim Mario Rokicki

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jay Cooper Marian Mavrovic Jean Lapointe Alex Prichard

Tomorrowland Francois Lambert Jean Lapointe Peter Demarest Conny Fauser

Mad Max: Fury Road Lindsay Adams Matthew Wynne Chris Davies Phil Outen

The Revenant; Bear Attack Donny Rausch Alan Travis Charles Lai TC Harrison

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; BB-8 Joshua Lee Matthew Denton Landis Fields Cyrus Jam

Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulkbuster Howie Weed Robert Marinic Daniel Gonzalez Myriam Catrin

Everest; Mt. Everest Matthias Bjarnasson Olafur Haraldsson Kjartan Hardarson Petur Arnorsson

Jurassic World; Indominus Rex Steve Jubinville Martin Murphy Aaron Grey Kevin Reuter

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

Mad Max: Fury Road; Toxic Storm Dan Bethell Clinton Downs Chris Young

Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulk vs Hulkbuster Michael Balog Jim Van Allen Florent Andorra Georg Kaltenbrunner

San Andreas; Hoover Dam / San Francisco Tsunami Joe Scarr Lukas Lepicovsky Yves D-Incau Marcel Kern

San Andreas; Los Angels Destruction Remy Torre Marc Horsfield Niall Flinn Victor Grant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Starkiller Base Rick Hankins Dan Bornstein John Doublestein Gary Wu

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

Vikings; To the Gates Ovidiu Cinazan Olivia Yapp Greg Lamar Meng Angel Li

Game of Thrones; Hardhome Eduardo Díaz Guillermo Orbe Oscar Perea Inmaculada Nadela

Game of Thrones; Drogon Arena Michael Crane Travis Nelson Joe Salazar Beverly Bernacki

Game of Thrones; Drogon Lair Travis Nobles Mark Spindler Max Riess Nadja Ding

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Inside Out Amit Baadkar Dave Hale Vincent Serritella Paul Mendoza

The Peanuts Movie Alen Lai Ilan Gabai Chris Chapman Douglas Seiden

The Good Dinosaur Stephen Marshall Magnus Wrenninge Michael Hall Hemagiri Arumugam

Home Greg Gladstone Michael Losure Chris De St Jeor Alex Timchenko

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

SSE; Pier Gary Driver Greg Spencer Grant Connor

Game of War; Rooftop Alliance Becky Porter Jeannie Huynh Patrick Heinen Don Kim

Halo 5; The Hunt Begins Ian Holland Brian Delmonico Brandon Nelson Nicholas Kim

Under Armour; Rule Yourself Gavin Wellsman Nathan Kane Michael Smith Ilia Mokhtareizadeh

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Skål Marco Hakenjos Christian Zehetmeier Timm Wagener Manuel Seifert

Jagon Julian Weiss Vincent Ullmann Fabian Fricke Yafes Sahin

Citipati Andreas Feix Francesco Faranna

Korser Guillaume Menard Vincent Desgrippes Jessie Hereng Tangi Vaillant