The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2012. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in effects simulations.
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 [1] [2] | Life of Pi (Storm of God) | Hary Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe |
| Battleship | Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel | |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Areito Echevarria, Chet Leavai, Garry Runke, Francois Sugny | |
| Life of Pi (Ocean) | Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli | |
| 2013 [3] [4] | Gravity (Parachute and ISS Destruction) | Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Horacio Mendoza, Juan-Luis Sanchez |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger | |
| Man of Steel | Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet | |
| Pacific Rim (Fluid Simulation & Destruction) | Ryan Hopkins, Michael Balog, Patrick Conran, Rick Hankins |
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 [5] [6] | X-Men: Days of Future Past (Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen) | Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Helicarrier Broadside and Crash) | Dan Pearson, Sheldon Serrao, Jose Burgos, Eric Jennings | |
| Edge of Tomorrow (Destruction and Sand) | Steve Avoujageli, Pawel Grochola, Atsushi Ikarashi, Paul Waggoner | |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Jon Allitt, David Caeiro, Ronnie Menahem |
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 [7] [8] | Mad Max: Fury Road (Toxic Storm) | Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron (Hulk vs. Hulkbuster) | Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, Georg Kaltenbrunner | |
| San Andreas (Hoover Dam/San Francisco Tsunami) | Joe Scarr, Lukas Lepicovsky, Yves D-Incau, Marcel Kern | |
| San Andreas (Los Angeles Destruction) | Remy Torre, Marc Horsfield, Niall Flinn, Victor Grant | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Starkiller Base) | Rick Hankins, Dan Bornstein, John Doublestein, Gary Wu | |
| 2016 [9] [10] | The Jungle Book (Nature Effects) | Oliver Winwood, Fabian Nowak, David Schneider, Ludovic Ramisandraina |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass (Rust) | Klaus Seitschek, Joseph Pepper, Jacob Clark, Cosku Turhan | |
| Doctor Strange (Hong Kong Reverse Destruction) | Florian Witzel, Georges Nakhle, Azhul Mohamed, David Kirchner | |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Jedha Destruction) | Miguel Perez Senent, Matt Puchala, Ciaran Moloney, Luca Mignardi | |
| 2017 [11] [12] | War for the Planet of the Apes | David Caeiro Cebrian, Johnathan Nixon, Chet Leavai, Gary Boyle |
| Kong: Skull Island | Florent Andorra, Alexis Hall, Raul Essig, Branko Grujcic | |
| Only the Brave (Fire & Smoke) | Georg Kaltenbrunner, Thomas Bevan, Philipp Zaufel, Himanshu Joshi | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Bombing Run) | Peter Kyme, Miguel Perez Senet, Ahmed Gharraph, Billy Copley | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Mega Destroyer Destruction) | Mihai Cioroba, Ryoji Fujita, Jiyong Shin, Dan Finnegan | |
| 2018 [13] [14] | Avengers: Infinity War ( Titan ) | Sabine Laimer, Tim Walker, Tobias Wiesner, Massimo Pasquetti |
| Avengers: Infinity War ( Wakanda ) | Florian Witzel, Adam Lee, Miguel Perez Senent, Francisco Rodriguez | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Dominik Kirouac, Chloe Ostiguy, Christian Gaumond | |
| Venom | Aharon Bourland, Jordan Walsh, Aleksandar Chalyovski, Federico Frassinelli | |
| 2019 [15] [16] | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Don Wong, Thibault Gauriau, Goncalo Cabaca, Francois-Maxence Desplanques |
| Dumbo (Bubble Elephants) | Sam Hancock, Victor Glushchenko, Andrew Savchenko, Arthur Moody | |
| The Lion King | David Schneider, Samantha Hiscock, Andy Feery, Kostas Strevlos | |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home (Molten Man) | Adam Gailey, Jacob Santamaria, Jacob Clark, Stephanie Molk |
| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [17] | Project Power | Yin Lai, Jimmy Leung, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl, Pierpaolo Navarini, Michelle Lee |
| Bloodshot | Omar Meradi, Jeremy Poupin, Sylvain Robert, Deak Ferrand | |
| Greyhound | Mike Nixon, Nicholas Papworth, Jeremy Smith, Yashdeep Sawant | |
| Monster Hunter | Vimal Mallireddy, Warren Lawtey, Tom O'Bready, Dominik Haase | |
| Mulan | Theo Vandernoot, Sandra Balej, James Carson, Yuri Rudakov | |
| 2021 [18] | Dune (Dunes of Arrakis) | Gero Grimm, Ivan Larinin, Hideki Okano, Zuny An |
| Godzilla vs. Kong (Ocean Water & Battle Destruction) | Jonathan Freisler, Nahuel Alberto Letizia, Eloi Andaluz Fullà, Saysana Rintharamy | |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Water, Bubbles & Magic) | Simone Riginelli, Claude Schitter, Teck Chee Koi, Arthur Graff | |
| The Suicide Squad (Corto Maltese City Destruction) | David R. Davies, Rogier Fransen, Sandy Sutherland, Brandon James Fleet | |
| 2022 [19] | Avatar: The Way of Water (Water Simulations) | Jonathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian |
| Avatar: The Way of Water (Fire and Destruction) | Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim | |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (City Street Flooding) | Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga | |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson |
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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2004. While the award's title has changed several time within this period, the recipients have been television episodes and/or movies or specials with less prominent, more subtle visual effects work.
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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2003. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in compositing. It has gone through several title changes over the years; from 2003 to 2012, the category included commercials in the category, before refocusing in 2013, specifically nominating television programs.
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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2012. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in effects simulations.
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2004. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program", and changed in 2005 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video". It was again changed in 2009, this time to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture", and again in 2011 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". Before its final change in 2015, to its current title, it was re-titled in 2014 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture".
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