The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominations for its 11th annual VES Awards, recognizing outstanding VFX in film, animation, television, commercials and video games. “The Hobbit,” “Prometheus,” “Life of Pi” and two films on opposite ends of the box office spectrum — “The Avengers” and “Battleship” — lead the way in the motion picture category. Full list here, with all nominated films and TV shows listed below.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Letteri
Eileen Moran
Eric Saindon
Kevin L. Sherwood
Prometheus
Paul Butterworth
Charley Henley
Allen Maris
Richard Stammers
Life of Pi
Thomas Fisher
Susan Macleod
Guillaume Rocheron
Bill Westenhofer
The Avengers
Susan Pickett
Janek Sirrs
Jeff White
Guy Williams
Battleship
Grady Cofer
Pablo Helman
Jeanie King
Glen Mcintosh
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Rust and Bones
Béatrice Bauwens
Cédric Fayolle
Nicolas Rey
Stéphane Thibert
The Impossible
Felix Bergés
Sandra Hermida
Pau Costa Moeller
Argo
Matt Dessero
Leslie Hough
Gregory Mcmurry
Tom Smith
Flight
Kevin Baillie
Michael Lantieri
Chris Stoski
Ryan Tudhope
Zero Dark Thirty
Geoff Anderson
Chris Harvey
Jeremy Hattingh
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones: Volar Morghulis
Rainer Gombos
Steve Kullback
Sven Martin
Juri Stanossek
Once Upon A Time: The Stranger
Dale Fay
Laura Jones
Nathan Matsuda
Andrew Orloff
Falling Skies: Worlds Apart
James Hattin
Suzanne Maclennan
Curt Miller
Andrew Orloff
Curiosity
Nathan Larouche
Lon Molnar
Geoff Scott
Bojan Zoric
Munsters: Mockingbird Lane
Leslie Ekker
Jonah Hall
Livia Hanich
Jason Zimmerman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Brave
Mark Andrews
Steve May
Katherine Sarafian
Bill Wise
ParaNorman
Chris Butler
Sam Fell
Travis Knight
Brad Schiff
Rise of the Guardians
Nancy Bernstein
David Prescott
Peter Ramsey
Christina Steinberg
Wreck-It Ralph
Sean Jenkins
Scott Kersavage
Rich Moore
Clark Spencer
Hotel Transylvania
Lydia Bottegoni
James Crossley
Mike Ford
Daniel Kramer
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Nathan Abbot
Kip Larsen
Chris Morley
Christopher Paizis
Boardwalk Empire: Episode 308
John Bair
Parker Chehak
Paul Graff
Lesley Robson-Foster
Men Who Built America : Episode 2
Glenn Allen
Matthew Conner
Eran Dinur
David Reynolds
Hell On Wheels : Blood Moon
Matt Von Brock
Jason Fotter
Tim Jacobsen
Bill Kent
Hawaii Five-O: La O Na Makuahine
Gevork Babityan
Jon Howard
Armen Kevorkian
Ricardo Ramirez
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: Goblin King
Jung Min Chan
James Jacobs
David Clayton
Guillaume Francois
The Hobbit: Gollum
Gino Acevedo
Alessandro Bonora
Jeff Capogreco
Kevin Estey
The Avengers: The Hulk
Marc Chu
John Doublestein
Cyrus Jam
Jason Smith
Life of Pi: Richard Parker
Erik De Boer
Sean Comer
Betsy Asher Hall
Kai-Hua Lan
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Brave: Argument
Travis Hathaway
Olivier Soares
Peter Sumanaseni
Brian Tindall
Hotel Transylvania: Dracula
Bill Haller
Tim Pixton
Jorge Vigara
Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope
John Kahwaty
Suzan Kim
Michelle Robinson
Tony Smeed
The Pirates: Band of Misfits
Will Becher
Jay Grace
Loyd Price
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