Mar 9, 2022

VES Awards 2022: "Dunes" and "Encant" receive top Awards

Winners have been announced for the 20th annual VES Awards, which recognize outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, and video games. The Visual Effects Society ceremony took place yesterday evening at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

Warner Bros.'s Dune, which had the most nominations of any “photoreal” (i.e. live-action/hybrid) feature with six, won in four of its categories, including the key award for visual effects in a photoreal feature.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' Encanto led the animation pack with six nominations, and also won four awards, including the top animation award for visual effects in an animated feature.

The only other winner in the animated feature categories was Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon which won for effects simulation in an animated feature. Both Disney-Pixar's Luca and Sony Pictures Animation's The Mitchells vs. the Machines were shut out at the awards.

The Apple TV+ series Foundation picked up two awards, including best photoreal episode for “The Emperor's Peace.” On the commercial side, “Hope Reef” for Sheba topped the field with two wins.

Disney's Marvel content had a total of 21 nominations, but went home with just one win: Loki for compositing and lighting in an episode.

Besides the awards below, the VES Lifetime Achievement award was presented to EVP/general manager of Lucasfilm Lynwen Brennan and the VES Award for Creative Excellence went to Guillermo del Toro.

Here is the full list of winners from the 20th VES Awards:

Dune Paul Lambert Brice Parker? Tristan Myles? Brian Connor? Gerd Nefzer

Last Night in Soho? Tom Proctor? Gavin Gregory? Julian Gnass Fabricio Baessa

Encanto? Scott Kersavage? Bradford Simonsen? Thaddeus P. Miller? Ian Gooding

The Foundation; The Emperor's Peace? Chris MacLean? Addie Manis? Mike Enriquez? Chris Keller? Paul Byrne

See; Rock-A-Bye? Chris Wright? Parker Chehak? Javier Roca? Tristan Zerafa? Tony Kenny

Call of Duty: Vanguard? Sandy Lin-Chiang? Joseph Knox? Gareth Richards? Shane Daley

Sheba; Hope Reef? Grant Walker? Sophie Harrison? Hernan Llano? Michael Baker

Jurassic World Adventure? Eugénie von Tunzelmann? Maximilian McNair MacEwan? Stephen Goalby? Brad Silby

Finch; Jeff? Harinarayan Rajeev? Matthias Schoenegger? Simon Allen? Paul Nelson

Encanto; Mirabel Madrigal? Kelly McClanahan? Sergi Caballer? Mary Twohig? Jose Luis “Weecho” Velasquez

The Witcher; Nivellen the Cursed Man? Marko Chulev? Rasely Ma? Mike Beaulieu? Robin Witzsche

Smart Energy; Einstein Knows Best; Einstein? Alex Hammond? Harsh Borah? Clare Williams? Andreas Graichen

Spider-Man: No Way Home; The Mirror Dimension? Eric Le Dieu de Ville? Thomas Dotheij? Ryan Olliffe? Claire Le Teuff

Encanto; Antonio's Room? Camille Andre? Andrew Finley? Chris Patrick O'Connell? Amol Sathe

Sheba; Hope Reef? Henrique Campanha? Baptiste Roy? Luca Veronese? Timothee Maron

Encanto; We Don't Talk about Bruno? Nathan Detroit Warner? Dorian Bustamante? Tyler Kupferer? Michael Woodside

Dune; Royal Ornithopter? Marc Austin? Anna Yamazoe? Michael Chang? Rachael Dunk

Dune; Dunes of Arrakis? Gero Grimm? Ivan Larinin? Hideki Okano? Zuny An

Raya and the Last Dragon? Le Joyce Tong? Henrik Fält? Rattanin Sirinaruemarn? Jacob Rice

The Foundation; Collapse of the Galactic Empire? Giovanni Casadei? Mikel Zuloaga? Steven Moor? Louis Manjarres

Dune; Attack on Arrakeen? Gregory Haas? Francesco Dell'Anna? Abhishek Chaturvedi? Cleve Zhu

Loki; Lamentis; Shuroo City Destruction? Paul Chapman? Tom Truscott? Biagio Figliuzzi? Attila Szalma

Verizon; The Reset? David Piombino? Rajesh Kaushik? Manideep Sanisetty? Tim Crean

Jungle Cruise? JD Schwalm? Nick Rand? Robert Spurlock? Nick Byrd

Green? Camille Poiriez? Arielle Cohen? Eloise Thibaut? Louis Florean