La 15ème édition des VES Awards se tenait hier à Beverly Hills.
La liste des projets récompensés est visible ci-dessous ; Le Livre de la Jungle décroche le prix des meilleurs effets dans un long-métrage photoréaliste, ainsi que quatre autres titres. Kubo et l’armure magique remporte le prix des effets dans un long-métrage animé. La série Game of Thrones, enfin, est une fois de plus récompensée.
A noter également, le prix VES Visionary Award décerné à Victoria Alonso (Producer / Marvel Studios Executive VP of Physical Production), et le Lifetime Achievement attribué à Award Ken Ralston (Senior VFX Supervisor / Creative Head, chez Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, JD Schwalm
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
Deepwater Horizon | Craig Hammack, Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Jason Snell, John Galloway, Burt Dalton
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature:
Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner, Steve Emerson, Brad Schiff
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones, “Battle of the Bastards” | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Matthew Rouleau, Sam Conway
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Black Sails, “XX” | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Aladino Debert, Yafei Wu, Paul Stephenson
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project:
Uncharted 4 | Bruce Straley, Eben Cook, Iki Ikram
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Hannah Ruddleston, Fabian Frank, William Laban
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure | Bill George, Amy Jupiter, Hayden Landis, David Lester
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book — King Louie | Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Jack Tema, Andrei Coval
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature:
Finding Dory — Hank | Jonathan Hoffman, Steven Clay Hunter, Mark Piretti, Audrey Wong
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Drogon | James Kinnings, Michael Holzl, Matt Derksen, Joeseph Hoback
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Tim van Hussen, David Bryan, Chloe Dawe, Maximillian Mallman
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature:
Doctor Strange — New York City | Adam Watkins, Martijn van Herk, Tim Belsher, Jon Mitchell
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature:
Moana — Motonui Island | Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman, Larry Wu
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Meereen City | Deak Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, François Croteau, Alexandru Banuta
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project:
The Jungle Book | Bill Pope, Robert Legato, Gary Roberts, John Brennan
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project:
Deepwater Horizon — Deepwater Horizon Rig | Kelvin Lau, Jean Bolte, Kevin Sprout, Kim Vongbunyong
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book — Nature Effects | Oliver Winwood, Fabian Nowak, David Schneider, Ludovic Ramisandraina
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature:
Moana | Marc Henry Bryant, David Hutchins, John M. Kosnik, Dale Mayeda
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Meereen City | Thomas Hullin, Dominik Kirouac, James Dong, Xavier Fourmond
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book | Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew Adams, Max Stummer
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Retaking Winterfell | Dominic Hellier, Morgan Jones, Thijs Noij, Caleb Thompson
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Tom Harding, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Andreas Feix
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project:
Breaking Point | Johannes Franz, Nicole Rothermel, Thomas Sali, Alexander Richter
