20th Visual Effects Society Awards
March 8, 2022
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
Dune
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Foundation - The Emperor's Peace
The 20th Visual Effects Society Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Visual Effects Society. Nominations were announced on January 18, 2022, [1] and the ceremony took place on March 8, 2022.
Lifetime Achievement Award:
VES Award for Creative Excellence
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature |
|---|---|
Dune – Paul Lambert, Brice Parker, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer
| Last Night in Soho – Tom Proctor, Gavin Gregory, Julian Gnass, Fabricio Baessa
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature |
Encanto – Scott Kersavage, Bradford Simonsen, Thaddeus P. Miller, Ian Gooding
| Finch : Jeff – Harinarayan Rajeev, Matthias Schoenegger, Simon Allen, Paul Nelson
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| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature |
Encanto : Mirabel Madrigal – Kelly McClanahan, Sergi Caballer, Mary Twohig, Jose Luis "Weecho" Velasquez
| Spider-Man: No Way Home : The Mirror Dimension – Eric Le Dieu de Ville, Thomas Dotheij, Ryan Olliffe, Claire Le Teuff
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| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project |
Encanto : Antonio's Room – Camille Andre, Andrew Finley, Chris Patrick O'Connell, Amol Sathe
| Encanto : We Don't Talk about Bruno – Nathan Detroit Warner, Dorian Bustamante, Tyler Kupferer, Michael Woodside
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| Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature |
Dune : Royal Ornithopter – Marc Austin, Anna Yamazoe, Michael Chang, Rachael Dunk
| Dune : Dunes of Arrakis – Gero Grimm, Ivan Larinin, Hideki Okano, Zuny An
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| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Feature |
Raya and the Last Dragon – Le Joyce Tong, Henrik Fält, Rattanin Sirinaruemarn, Jacob Rice | Dune : Attack on Arrakeen – Gregory Haas, Francesco Dell'Anna, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Cleve Zhu
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| Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project | |
Jungle Cruise – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock, Nick Byrd
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode |
|---|---|
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
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project |
Sheba "Hope Reef" – Grant Walker, Sophie Harrison, Hernan Llano, Michael Baker
| The Witcher : Nivellen the Cursed Man – Marko Chulev, Rasely Ma, Mike Beaulieu, Robin Witzsche
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| Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial | Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project |
Smart Energy : "Einstein Knows Best"; Einstein – Alex Hammond, Harsh Borah, Clare Williams, Andreas Graichen
| Sheba : Hope Reef – Henrique Campanha, Baptiste Roy, Luca Veronese, Timothee Maron
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| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in an Episode |
Foundation : Collapse of the Galactic Empire – Giovanni Casadei, Mikel Zuloaga, Steven Moor, Louis Manjarres
| Loki : "Lamentis"; Shuroo City Destruction – Paul Chapman, Tom Truscott, Biagio Figliuzzi, Attila Szalma
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| Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Commercial | |
Verizon "The Reset" – David Piombino, Rajesh Kaushik, Manideep Sanisetty, Tim Crean | |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project |
|---|---|
Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Knox, Gareth Richards, Shane Daley
| Jurassic World Adventure – Eugénie von Tunzelmann, Maximilian McNair MacEwan, Stephen Goalby, Brad Silby
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | |
Green – Camille Poiriez, Arielle Cohen, Eloise Thibaut, Louis Florean
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