The Visual Effects Society has announced the winners of the 8th Annual VES Awards. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games.
Avatar was the evening’s big winner taking home six awards including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture -- plus the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for director James Cameron. The animated feature film Up was honoured with three awards including Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture.
Here's the full list:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Avatar
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Sherlock Holmes
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Up
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
Disney Prep and Landing – Gadgets, Globes, and other Garish Gizmos
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 - Ep. 421 Daybreak
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
CSI Crime Scene Investigation - Ep. 1001 Opening Sequence
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Avatar – Neytiri Drinking
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
Audi – Intelligently Combined
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Dance of the Dragons - Eastern
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Gulag Extraction
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer
Halo 3: ODST – The Life
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Avatar - Neytiri
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Up – ‘Carl’- No Dad Scene
Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
AMF – The Caterpillar
Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Up
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
Avatar – Pandora
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
Kaiser Permanente – Emerald City
Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
Avatar – Samson/Home Tree/Floating Mountains/Ampsuit
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Avatar – Jungle/Biolume
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
V – Pilot Atrium and Ship Interiors
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
District 9
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
CSI Crime Scene Investigation - Ep. 1001 Opening Sequence
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
They Will Come to Town Thilo Ewers