9th Visual Effects Society Awards
February 1, 2011
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Inception
The 9th Visual Effects Society Awards, held on February 1, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2010. The show was hosted by Patton Oswalt and broadcast, in an edited version, on the ReelzChannel on February 19, 2011. [1] [2]
(winners in bold)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
VES Visionary Award:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture |
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Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer
| Hereafter – Michael Owens, Joel Mendias, Bryan Grill, Danielle Plantec
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Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
How to Train Your Dragon – Simon Otto, Craig Ring, Bonnie Arnold
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Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture |
How to Train Your Dragon – Toothless – Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, Brent Watkins
| Inception - Hospital Fortress Destruction – Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture |
Inception - Paris Dreamscape – Bruno Baron, Dan Neal, Graham Page, Per Mork-Jensen
| How to Train Your Dragon – Andy Hayes, Laurent Kermel, Jason Mayer, Brett Miller
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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short |
Inception – Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier
| Day & Night – Teddy Newton, Kevin Reher, Michael Fu, Tom Gately
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program |
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Caprica – Michael Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Davey Morton, Jesse Mesa Toves
| Boardwalk Empire – Robert Stromberg, Dave Taritero, Richard Friedlander, Paul Graff
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial |
The Pacific – John Sullivan, David Taritero, William Mesa, Marco Requay
| Halo: Reach – Dan Glass, Dan Seddon, Matt Dessero, Stephanie Gilgar
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Outstanding Animated Commercial | Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial |
Cadbury's Spots V Stripes – Jake Mengers, Julie Evans, Jorge Montiel Meurer, Michael Gregory
| Citron C3 The Spacebox - Citro – Michael Nauzin, Anne Chatelian, Gregory Mougne, Cedric Nicolas
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial | Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial |
The Pacific - The Battle of Iwo Jima – Marco Recuay, Morgan McDermott, Nick Lund-Ulrich
| Boardwalk Empire - The Ivory Tower – J. John Corbett, Matthew Conner, Brendan Fitzgerald
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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial | |
The Pacific - Peleliu Landing – Jeremy Nelson, John P. Mesa, Dan Novy, Tyler Cote
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Outstanding Real-Time Visual Effects in a Video Game | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer |
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Halo: Reach – Marcus Lehto, Joseph Tung, Stephen Scott, CJ Cowan
| World of Warcraft – Marc Messenger, Phillip Hillenbrand Jr.
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Video Game | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project |
Starcraft II - Sarah Kerrigan – Fausto De Matini, Xin Wang, Glenn Ramos, Scott Lange
| King Kong: 360 3-D – Matt Aitken, Kevin Sherwood, Eric Reynolds, R. Christopher White
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | |
LOOM – Regina Welker, Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay
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