24th Visual Effects Society Awards

24th Visual Effects Society Awards

February 25, 2026

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
TBA

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
TBA

The 24th Visual Effects Society Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Visual Effects Society to recognize the best in visual effects in film, television and other media in 2025. Nominations were announced on January 13, 2026, and the ceremony will take place on February 25, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood and will be hosted by the Sklar Brothers. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and in bold.

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Jerry Bruckheimer ^[2]

Visionary Award

• Richard Taylor ^[2]

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
F1: The Movie – Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Keith Alfred Dawson Jurassic World: Rebirth – David Vickery, Carlos Ciudad, Steve Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, Gavin Round, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin Avatar: Fire and Ash – Richard Baneham, Peter Litvack, Eric Saindon, Nicky Muir, Steve Ingram How To Train Your Dragon – Christian Manz, Christopher Raimo, Glen McIntosh, Glenn Melenhorst, Terry Palmer	Dongji Rescue – Tim Crosbie, Celeste Chen, Christian Sjöstedt, Lea Benjovitz A House of Dynamite – Chris Harvey, Dione Wood, Jon Mitchell, Matthew Lane Warfare – Simon Stanley-Clamp, Kaley Edwards, Andrew Kinnear, Samir Ansari, Ryan Conder Sinners – Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Nick Marshall, Espen Nordahl, Donnie Dean After the Hunt – Fabio Cerrito, Virginia Cefaly, Marco Fiorani Parenzi, Maura Manfredi
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Character in a Photoreal Feature
The Bad Guys 2 – Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, Benjamin Willis KPop Demon Hunters – Joshua Beveridge, Jacky Priddle, Benjamin Hendricks, Clara Chan Zootopia 2 – Gregory Smith, Laurie Au, Marlon West, Shweta Viswanathan In Your Dreams – Sacha Kapijimpangan Carey Smith, Nicola Lavender, Steve Pilcher Elio – Claudia Chung Sanii, Mary Alice Drumm, Harley Jessup, Dave Quirus	A Minecraft Movie : "Queen Malgosha" – Kevin Estey, Fabio Leporelli, Matteo Stirati, Nick Grace Lilo & Stitch : "Stitch" – Matthew Shumway, Claus Pedersen, Xiying Zhai, Enrique Mateo-Sagasta Superman : "Krypto the Superdog" – Loic Mireault, Martine Chartrand, Marianne Morency, Matthias Schoenegger Avatar: Fire and Ash : "Varang: Leader of the Ash Clan" – Stephen Clee, Stuart Adcock, Keven Norris, Joseph Kim
Outstanding Character in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Elio : "Ooooo the Liquid Supercomputer" – Catherine Luo, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Ferdi Scheepers, Julian Teo Elio : "Glordon" – Marco Burbano, Edgar Rodriguez, Ben Rush, Patrick Yu Wang Zootopia 2 : "Gary De'Snake" – Adam Green, Jennifer Stratton, Christoffer Pedersen, Jesse Erickson KPop Demon Hunters : "Rumi" – Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee, Andrea Centeno, Marc Souliere, Joshua Beveridge	Tron: Ares : "Dillinger's Grid City" – Jared Michael, Noor Valibhoy, Cody Gramstad, Stefan Litterini The Lost Bus : "The Wildfires of Roe Road" – Jamie Haydock, Francesco Ferraresi, Sergei Konorev, Frederick Vallee Avatar: Fire and Ash : "Bridgehead Industrial City" – Gianluca Pizzaia, Steve Bevins, Dziga Kaiser, Zsolt Máté The Lost Bus : "Feather River Canyon by the Pulga Bridge" – David Schulz, Mareike Loges, Björn Markgraf, Philipp Hafellner The Gorge : "The Bodyweb" – Daniel James Cox, Yosuke Inomata, Clint Rea, Gabriel Pires
Outstanding Environment in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Zootopia 2 : "Marsh Market" – Limei Z. Hshieh, Alexander Nicholas Whang, Joshua Fry, Ryan DeYoung Elio : "The Communiverse" – Steve Arguello, Christopher M. Burrows, Andy Lin, Laura Murphy KPop Demon Hunters : "Seoul" – Rafael Lescano, Gunsik Kim, Tyquane Wright, Hee-Chel Nam The Bad Guys 2 : "Cairo City" – John J. Lee, Greg Hettinger, Mikael Genachte-Le Bail, Mayumi Shimokawa	Avatar: Fire and Ash : "Simulating Pandora" – Nicholas Illingworth, Sarah C. Farmer, James Robinson, Ryan Bowden Superman : "Metropolis City Destruction" – Rick Hankins, Marcel Kern, Eric Hollands, Masoud Aziminajjar The Lost Bus : "Escape from Hell" – Billy Copley, Mathieu Chardonnet, Chetan Patkar, David Schott Together – Darcy George, Andrew Dunkerley, Ray Leung, Steve Oakley
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature
In Your Dreams – Stephanie McNair, Dmitiry Kolesnik, Stephen Paschke, David Sellares The Bad Guys 2 – Michael Losure, Landon Gray, Zachary Glynn, Steve Avoujageli Zootopia 2 – Sujil Sukumaran, Stuart Griese, Zoran Stojanoski, Paul Carman KPop Demon Hunters – Filippo Maccari, Nikolaos Finizio, Daniel La Chapelle, Srdjan Milosevic	Avatar: Fire and Ash : "Bridgehead Industrial City" – Ziad Shureih, Stefano Oggeri, Jaume Creus Costabella, Hugo Debat-Burkarth F1: The Movie : "Modern Race and POV Footage" – Hugo Gauvreau, Chris Davies, Raushan Raj, Amaury Rospars Superman : "Fights and Metropolis City Destruction" – Can Chang, Nicolas Caillier, Bryan Smeall, Elona Musha Avatar: Fire and Ash : "The Wind Traders, Bridgehead, Rivers and Ocean" – Alex Klaricich, Gianfranco Sgura, Brad Floyd, Ari Ross
Outstanding CG Cinematography	Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Zootopia 2 – Tyler Kupferer, Daniel Rice, Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay Avatar: Fire and Ash – Steve Deane, AJ Briones, Zachary Brake, Andrew Moffett Tron: Ares – Jhon Alvarado, Michael Beaulieu, Jayden Beveridge, Hayley Kim KPop Demon Hunters – Benjamin Hendricks, Gary H. Lee, Randolph Lizarda, Linh Mai Nguyen Chan	Mickey 17 : "The Nifleheim Spaceship" – Bikas Panigrahi, Nikolai Razuev, Ajinkya Nitin Phokmare, Manoj Vijay Kamble Wicked: For Good : "Bison" – Marco Chau, Giorgio Pennisi, Sowmya Ramakumar, Balazs Meszaros Avatar: Fire and Ash : "The Windtraders' Gondola" – Michael Smale, Sam Sharplin, Joe W. Churchill, Jacqi Dillon Superman : "The Fortress of Solitude" – Crystal Bretz, Martin Pelissier, Klaudio Ladavac, Conner Wessinger
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project	Emerging Technology Award
Gen V : "Bags" – Hudson Kenny, Curtis Carlson, John Koyama, Bruno Larizza (Prime Video) Andor : "Who Are You?" – Luke Murphy, Dean Ford, Jody Eltham, Darrell Guyon (Disney+)	Win or Lose : "Detached Facial Features" – David Munier, Ana Gabriela Lacaze, Jonathan Page, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard Mickey 17 : "REVIZE" – John Bastian, Ben Ward, Thomas Rowntree, Robert Beveridge Avatar: Fire and Ash : "BodyOpt" – Christoph Sprenger, Tobias Mack, Florian Fernandez, Niall Ryan Elio : "Real-Time High Fidelity Animation System Using Signed Distance Functions" – Andrew Butts, Trent Crow, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Catherine Luo Avatar: Fire and Ash : "Kora Fire Toolset" – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, John Edholm, Murali Ramachari, Aleksandr Isakov

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Andor : "Who Are You?" – Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Scott Pritchard, Olivier Beaulieu, Luke Murphy (Disney+) It – Welcome to Derry : "Winter Fire" – Daryl Sawchuk, Steve Dellerson, Pier Lefebvre, Steven Tether, Darcy Callaghan (HBO) The Last of Us : "Through the Valley" – Alex Wang, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Nick Epstein, Philip Engström, Joel Whist (HBO) Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age : "The Big Freeze" – Russell Dodgson, Tracey Gibbons, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie (Apple TV+) Stranger Things : "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up" – Betsy Paterson, Tessa Roehl, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Hill (Netflix)	Man vs. Baby : "Chapter One" – Rob Duncan, Ashlee Turner, Jean-Nicolas Costa, Adrian Eugene Daniel Williams (Netflix) The Residence : "The Fall of the House of Usher" – Seth Hill, Tesa Kubicek, John Nelson, Gabriel Vargas (Netflix) The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon : "Costa da Morte" – Jao M’Changama, Justine Paynat-Sautivet, Sébastien Voisin, Xavier Allard, Pau Costa Moeller (AMC) Severance : "Hello, Ms. Cobel" – Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Brian Holligan, Radost Ridlen (Apple TV+) Death by Lightning : "The Man from Ohio" – Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Marko Ljubez, David Ramos (Netflix)
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial	Outstanding Character in an Episodic, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project
Coors Light : "Slow Monday" – Bruno Fukumothi, Ella Glazer, David Fleet, Martino Madeddu BMW : "Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus" – Tom Raynor, Helen Tang, Jack Harris, Alex Kulikov Virgin Media : "Trunk Trucker" – Sebastian Caldwell, Larisa Covaciu, Ben Cronin, Alex Grey Columbia Sportswear : "Engineered for Whatever" – Kamen Markov, Alexia Paterson, David Lochhead, Henrique Campanha Battlefield 6 : "It's Good to Be Back" – Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Brian Creasey, Luca Pelegatta	It – Welcome to Derry : "The Thing in the Dark"; "The Pickle Monster" – Philip Harris-Genois, Pierric Danjou, Chloe Ostiguy, Jonathan Bourdua (HBO) It – Welcome to Derry : "Winter Fire"; "Pennywise" – Théo Perronard, Yan Morin-Dubuisson, Yan Detang, Jonathan Fleming-Bock (HBO) Stranger Things : "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"; "Mindflayer" – James Moore, Layne Howe, Shawn Warawa, Yoshihiro Harimoto (Netflix) Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age : "Female Smilodon" – Alvise Avati, Marc-André Coulombe, Youen Leclerc, Andrea De Martis (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Environment in an Episodic, Commercial, Game Cinematic or Real-Time Project	Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic or Real-Time Project
Foundation : "A Song for the End of Everything"; "Clarion Station" – Sylvain Lesaint, Ilyes Boutemeur, Blake Dewoody, Benjamin Rojek (Apple TV+) Andor : "Welcome to the Rebellion" – John O’Connell, Falk Boje, Hasan Ilhan, Kevin George (Disney+) The Last of Us : "Post-Apocalyptic Seattle" – Romain Simonnet, Abraham Ibanez, David Desplat, Minguk Lee (HBO) The Residence : "Dial M for Murder"; "The White House Exterior" – Gabriel Vargas, Eric Schoellnast, Andrew Wilkins, Omer Gurkan (Netflix)	Battlefield 6 – Björn Åkerstedt, Anders Egleus, Kasra Kalami, Craig Moroney The Last of Us : "Through the Valley"; "The Infected Horde" – Duarte Victorino, Claudio Gonzalez, Andre Castelao, Igor Bondar (HBO) Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age : "The Big Freeze" – Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Kevin Tarpinian (Apple TV+) Stranger Things : "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"; "Assault on the Mindflayer" – Michael Chrobak, Brandon James Fleet, Yasunobu Arahori, Hoi Ying Fung (Netflix)
Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in an Episode	Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Commercial
The Residence : "Pilot" – Spencer Hecox, Gunnar Heiss, Alexander Greenberg, Eric Schoellnast (Netflix) Stranger Things : "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"; "The Abyss and Vecna's Face" – Ben Roberts, Rachel E. Herbert, Don Bradford, Ken Lam (Netflix) The Last of Us : "Through the Valley"; "A Storm of Ice, Fire and Flesh" – Tobias Wiesner, Mark Julien, Owen Longstaff, Brendan Naylor (HBO) Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age – Puff Pisanwalerd, Jean-Baptiste Noyau, Marion Nove-Josserand, Sue Nelson (Apple TV+)	Disney : "Best Christmas Ever" – Hudson Martins, Luke Warpus, Jinhui Wang, Alex Miller BMW : "Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus" – Alex Kulikov, Jack Harris, Adam Chabane, Nicola Borsari Virgin Media : "Trunk Trucker" – Alex Grey, Sebastian Caldwell, Nicola Borsari, Giacomo Cavaletti Genesis : "No Old Ideas" – Greg McKneally, Christian Block, Alberto Pizzocchero, Alessandro Granella

Other categories

Outstanding Visual Arts in a Real-Time Project	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Ghost of Yōtei – Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Joanna Wang, Jasmin Patry Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Shota Hirasawa Doom: The Dark Ages – Todd Boyce, Andrew Willis, Ian Malerich, Derek Best South of Midnight – Ian Mac Gregor, Yasmeen Leclerc, Petro Kosariekov, Connor Bugni Battlefield 6 – Chris Bayol, Sean Tomek, Skye White, Jacob Bergman	The Wizard of Oz at Sphere – Ben Grossmann, Tamara Watts Kent, Dr. Irfan Essa, Matt Dougan, Glenn Derry Zootopia: Better Zoogether! – Rich Enders, Kirk Bodyfelt, Darin Hollings, Darren Simpson Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment – Alan Woods, Maximilian McNair MacEwan, Jason Fox, Iris Chailloux Disney Tales of Magic – Tim Lutkin, Patrick Aigouy, Adrien Mourey, Lydia Caplan Stranger Things: Escape the Dark – Julien Héry, Antoine Sitruk, Simon Lecavalier, Martin Hesselink
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Au Delà des Mots – Antoine Barbannaud, Leandro Leijnen, Timothé Vergught, Mathis De Sauvecanne Flying From War – Ciara Borgards Two Kings – Eliot Hervier Blondel, Mathieu Keraudran, Adrian Delmotte, Jonas Lopez Del Castillo Azimuth – Thomas Teisseire, Cassandre Cinier, Martin Bluy, Mathis Giraudeau A Sparrow's Song – Tobias Eckerlin, Vincent Maurer, Elias Weber, Lilli-Luisa Heckmann

References

1. Victorian, Brande (January 13, 2026). "'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Leads 2026 Visual Effects Society Nominations With 10 Nods". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
2. Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 6, 2026). "Jerry Bruckheimer to Receive Visual Effects Society's Lifetime Achievement Award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

External links

• Visual Effects Society