13th Visual Effects Society Awards
February 4, 2015
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The 13th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 4, 2015, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2014. Patton Oswalt was the host. [1]
(winners in bold)
VES Visionary Award:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau
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Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, Zach Parrish
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar - Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani
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Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Big Hero 6 – Baymax – Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc
| Interstellar - Tesseract - Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlem, Kristy Clark
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Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal - Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley
| X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Scene - Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel
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Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Big Hero 6 - San Fransokyo - Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu
| X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen - Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin
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Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Big Hero 6 - Henrik Falt, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, John Kosnik
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program |
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Game of Thrones - The Children - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin
| American Horror Story: Freak Show - Edward Mordrake, Part 2 - Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Bal, Eric Roberts
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial | Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video Game |
SSE - Maya - Neil Davies, Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel, Beth Vander
| SSE - Maya - Jorge Montiel, Alex Hammond, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program or Video Game | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game |
Game of Thrones - Braavos Establisher - Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Dominique Vidal, Isabelle Perin-Leduc, Sandrine Lurde, Alexandre Lerouge |
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial |
Game of Thrones - The Watchers on the Wall - Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn
| SSE - Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco
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Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project |
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Salud, Demetrius Leal, Dave Blizard
| Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy - Tony Apodaca, Marianna McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | |
Wrapped - Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Paolo Tamburrino
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Joseph Bruce Letteri is a senior visual effects artist, winner of five Academy Awards, four BAFTA awards and four VES awards. He is the current Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX having joined the company in 2001. He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest being Avatar: The Way of Water, and previously for War for the Planet of the Apes. He attended Center High School (Pennsylvania) in 1975 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. He gave the keynote address at UC Berkeley's December Convocation on 19 December 2010.
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