HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film

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The Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Feature Film is an annual award, given by the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) to post production workers in the film and television industry, in this case visual effects artists. It was first awarded in 2006, and, outside of 2007 and 2008, has been presented every year since. From 2006 to 2012, the category was titled HPA Award for Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film

YearFilmWinners/Nominees
2006
[1] 		Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Eddie Pasquarello, Kimberly Lashbrook, Tory Mercer, Gregory Salter
King Kong Erik Winquist, Charles Tait, Johan Åberg, G.G. Heitmann Demers
2009
[2] 		Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Nelson Sepulveda, Ben O'Brien, Matt Brumit, Robert Hoffmeister
Star Trek Eddie Pasquarello, Grady Cofer, Gregory Salter, Conny Fauser

2010s

YearFilmWinners/Nominees
2010
[3] 		Avatar Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder, Giuseppe Tagliavini
AvatarEddie Pasquarello, Ben O'Brien, Conny Fauser, Jason Billington
Iron Man 2 Jon Alexander, Patrick Brennan, Amy Shepard, Jason Porter
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Christian Zeh, Mark Bakowski, Adrian Metzelaar, John Peck
Sherlock Holmes Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming
2011
[4] [5] 		Transformers: Dark of the Moon Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Christopher Balog, Ben O'Brien
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Julien Goldsbrough, Alex Payman, Jan Adamczyk
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Christian Kaestner, Kyle McCulloch, Russell Horth, Conrad Olson
Water for Elephants Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Gregory S. Scribner, Christina Spring
X-Men: First Class Matt Holland, Tim Hey, Norman Cates, G.G. Heitmann Demers
2012
[6] [7] 		The Avengers Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis (rotoscoping supervisors); Peter Demarest (digital compositor); Chris Bayz (digital artist)
The AvengersMatt Holland, Tim Hey (compositing supervisors); Caterina Schiffers (digital compositor); Steve McGillen (senior compositor)
Battleship Marshall Richard Krasser (compositing supervisor); Ben O'Brien, Sherry Hitch (cg sequence supervisors); Michael Conte (digital artist)
John Carter Zave Jackson, Helen Newby (visual effects supervisors); Aymeric Perceval (senior compositor); Jamie Wood (composite supervisor)
Prometheus Alfred Mürrle, Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Paul Redican (compositing leads)

Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film

YearFilmWinners/Nominees
2013
[8] [9] 		Pacific Rim Lindy DeQuattro, Eddie Pasquarello, Nigel Sumner (visual effects supervisors); Derrick Carlin, Chris Lentz (animation supervisors)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton, Eric Reynolds (animation supervisors)
Iron Man 3 Guy Williams, Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisors); Aaron Gilman (animation supervisor); Daniel Macarin, Thrain Shadbolt (cg supervisors)
Man of Steel Keith Miller (visual effects supervisor); Daniel Barrett (animation supervisor); Phillip Leonhardt, Thelvin Cabezas, Mark Tait (cg supervisors)
Star Trek Into Darkness Daniel Pearson (cg supervisor); Jay Cooper, Alex Prichard (compositing supervisors); Adrien Saint Girons (lead lighting technical director); Adam Watkins (digital effects supervisor)
2014
[10] [11] 		Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Keith Miller (visual effects supervisors); Paul Story (animation supervisor)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Russell Earl (visual effects supervisor), Steve Rawlins (animation supervisor), François Lambert (compositing supervisor), Daniel Pearson (cg supervisor), Johan Thorngren (digital matte supervisor)
Gravity Tim Webber (visual effects supervisor), Chris Lawrence (cg supervisor), Max Solomon (animation supervisor), Paul Beilby (cg lighting supervisor), Stuart Penn (cg sequence supervisor)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton, Eric Reynolds (animation supervisors)
Maleficent Carey Villegas, Adam Valdez, Seth Maury (visual effects supervisors); Kevin T. Hahn (compositing supervisor); David Seager (cg supervisor)
2015
[12] 		The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisors); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ara Khanikian, Sébastien Moreau (visual effects supervisors); Sebastien Francoeur (cg supervisor); Patrick David (lead compositor); Laurent Spillemaecker (lead compositor)
Into the Woods Matt Johnson, Christian Irles (visual effects supervisors); Dann Tarmy (cg supervisor); Nicolas Chevallier (compositing supervisor); Benoit Dubuc (animation supervisor)
Jurassic World Tim Alexander, Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt (visual effects supervisors); Glen McIntosh, Kevin Martel (animation supervisors); Tony Plett (lead digital artist)
Tomorrowland Craig Hammack, Eddie Pasquarello (visual effects supervisors); François Lambert (compositing supervisor); Maia Kayser (animation supervisor); Barry Williams (lead digital artist)
2016
[13] 		The Jungle Book Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Charley Henley, Keith Miller (visual effects supervisors); Andrew R. Jones (animation supervisor)
Captain America: Civil War Russell Earl (visual effects supervisor), Steve Rawlins (animation supervisor), François Lambert (compositing supervisor), Pat Conran (cg supervisor), Rhys Claringbull (cg lead artist)
The Martian Chris Lawrence (visual effects supervisor), Neil Weatherley (cg supervisor), Bronwyn Edwards (compositing supervisor), Dale Newton (animation supervisor)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jay Cooper (compositing supervisor), Yannick Dusseault (visual effects art director), Rick Hankins (lead digital artist), Carlos Munoz (asset and environment supervisor), Polly Ing (cg supervisor)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Pablo Helman, Robert Weaver (visual effects supervisors); Kevin Martel (animation supervisor); Shawn Kelly (lead animator); Nelson Sepulveda (compositing supervisor)
2017
[14] 		War for the Planet of the Apes Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Luke Millar, Erik Winquist (visual effects supervisors); Daniel Barrett (animation supervisor)
Beauty and the Beast Kyle McCulloch, Glen Pratt, Richard R. Hoover (visual effects supervisors); Dale Newton (animation supervisor); Neil Weatherley (cg supervisor)
Ghost in the Shell Guillaume Rocheron, Axel Bonami, Asregadoo Arundi (visual effects supervisors); Ruslan Borysov (compositing supervisor); Pier Lefebvre (lead matte painter)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Guy Williams, Kevin Andrew Smith (visual effects supervisor); Charles Tait (compositing supervisor); Daniel Macarin (cg supervisor); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Gary Brozenich, Sheldon Stopsack, Patrick Ledda (visual effects supervisors); Richard Clegg (cg supervisor); Richard Little (compositing supervisor)
2018
[15] 		Avengers: Infinity War Matt Aitken, Charles Tait (visual effects supervisors); Paul Story (animation supervisor); David Conley, Marvyn Young (visual effects producers)
Blade Runner 2049 Richard Clegg (visual effects supervisor); Wesley Chandler (animation supervisor); Axel Akesson (asset supervisor); Stefano Carta, Ian Cooke-Grimes (digital artists)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure R. Christopher White, Daniel Macarin (visual effects supervisors); Phillip Leonhardt (cg supervisor); Paul Ramsden, Jeremy Fort (digital artists)
Rampage Erik Winquist, Thrain Shadbolt (visual effects supervisors); Ben Pickering (visual effects producer); Stephen Unterfranz (cg supervisor); David Clayton (animation supervisor)
Thor: Ragnarok Kyle McCulloch, Alexis Wajsbrot (visual effects supervisors); Harry Bardak (cg supervisor); Benjamin Loch (digital artist)
2019
[16] 		The Lion King Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez (visual effects supervisors); Andrew R. Jones (animation supervisor); Audrey Ferrara (environments supervisor); Tom C. Peitzman (visual effects producer)
Alita: Battle Angel Eric Saindon (visual effects supervisor); Michael Cozens (animation supervisor); Dejan Momcilovic (motion capture supervisor); Mark Haenga (lead facial modeler); Kevin L. Sherwood (visual effects producer)
Avengers: Endgame Matt Aitken (visual effects supervisor); Sidney Kombo (animation supervisor); Sean Noel Walker (cg supervisor); David Conley, Marvyn Young (visual effects producers)
Detective Pikachu Jonathan Fawkner, Carlos Monzon (visual effects supervisors); Gavin McKenzie (compositing supervisor); Dale Newton (animation supervisor); Fabio Zangla (cg supervisor)
Spider-Man: Far From Home Alexis Wajsbrot (visual effects supervisor), Stephen Kennedy (compositing supervisor), Nathan McConnel (animation supervisor), Sylvain Degrotte (cg supervisor), Jonathan Opgenhaffen (concept artist)

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