7th Visual Effects Society Awards
7th Visual Effects Society Awards | |
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Date | February 10, 2009 |
Highlights | |
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
The 7th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on February 21, 2009, at the Century Plaza Hotel, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2008. The awards were later broadcast, in an edited form, on the Starz Edge Network on May 9, 2009.[1]
Winners and nominees
[edit](Winners in bold)
Honorary Awards
[edit]Lifetime Achievement Award:
George Melies Award for Pioneering:
Film
[edit]Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
| Changeling – Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
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Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | Best Single Visual Effect of the Year |
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Benjamin's Secret – Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Steve Preeg, Jonathan Litt
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Benjamin Button – Steve Preeg, Matthias Wittmann, Tom St. Amand, David McLean
| WALL-E – Wall-E and Eve Truck Sequence – Ben Burtt, Victor Navone, Austin Lee, Jay Shuster
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Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture |
Wall-E - Effects in WALL-E – Jason Johnston, Keith Daniel Klohn, Enrique Vila, Bill Watral
| Changeling - 1928 Downtown L.A. – Romain Bayle, Abel Milanes, Allan Lee, Debor Dunphy
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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture |
The Dark Knight - Garbage Truck Crash Models & Miniatures – Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Scott Beverly, Adam Gelbart
| The Dark Knight - IMAX Gotham City Scapes – Peter Bebb, David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Andrew Lockley
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Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Special Effects in a Feature Motion Picture |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Benjamin Comes Together – Janelle Croshaw, Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Sarahjane Javelo
| The Dark Knight - Overall – Chris Corbould, Peter Notley, Ian Lowe Defiance (Special Effects) – Neil Corbould, Steven Warner, Anne Marie Walters, Alan Young |
Television
[edit]Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program |
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Battlestar Galactica - Season 4: BSG Space Battle– Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Doug Drexler, Kyle Toucher
| Fringe - Episode 101 - Pilot – Kevin Blank, Jay Worth, Andrew Orloff, Barbara Genicoff
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special |
Bacardi - Sundance – Alex Thiesen, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Jay Barton, Zsolt Krajcsik | John Adams - Join or Die – Steve Kullback, Eric Henry, Robert Stromberg, Jeff Goldman
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Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial | Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial |
Doctor Who - Series 4 - Silence in the Library – Simon Wickers, Charlie Bennett, Tim Barter, Arianna Lago
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Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial | Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial |
John Adams - Join or Die - Episode 1 - The Boston Harbor – Paul Graff, Robert Stromberg, Adam Watkins | John Adams - Join or Die - Episode 1 - The Boston Harbor – Paul Graff, Joshua LaCross, Matt Collorafice
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Other categories
[edit]Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game | Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game |
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Crysis Warhead – Zoltán Pócza, Gábor Mogyorósi, Tamás Schlägl
| World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Intro Cinematics – Jeff Chamberlain, Phillip Hillenbrand
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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project | Outstanding Effects in a Student Project |
U2 3D - Selected shots – Peter Anderson, Jon Shapiro, David Franks, Jeremy Nicolaides
| Plastic - Transformation Sequence – Sandy Widyanata, Courtney Wise
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References
[edit]- ^ "7th Annual VES Awards". visual effects society. Retrieved December 21, 2017.