Visual Effects Society Nominations

The nominations for the annual VES awards have been announced.

VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE

“I Am Legend” - Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith

“Transformers” - Scott Farar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza

“The Golden Compass” - Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
“Spider-Man 3″ - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook

SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Ratatouille” - Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
“Zodiac” - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
“We Own the Night” - Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
“The Kite Runner” - David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
“Blades of Glory” - Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin

BEST SINGLE VISUAL EFFECT of the YEAR
“Transformers” - Desert Highway Sequence - Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Jack and Davy duel - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert, Philippe Rebours
“300″ - Crazy horse sequence - Chris Watts, Gayle Busby, Kirsty Millar
“Surf’S Up” - Riding the visual effects tube - Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman
“Spider-Man 3″ - The birth of Sandman - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE
“Spider-Man 3″ - Sandman - Chris Yang, Bernd Anger, Dominick Cecere, Remington Scott
“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” - Crusoe - Richard Frances-Moore, Martin Hill, Marco Revelant, Daniel Barrett
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Davy Jones - Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser
“Enchanted” - Pip - Tom Gibbons, James W. Brown, David Richard Nelson, John Koester
“Transformers” - Optimus Prime - Rick O’connor , Doug Sutton, Keiji Yamaguchi, Jeff White
“I Am Legend” - The Infected Leader - David Schaub, Marco Marenghi, Josh Beveridge

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
“Surf’s Up” - Chicken Joe - David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper, Andreas Procopiou
“Shrek the Third” - King Harold - John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung, Sean Mahoney
“Beowulf” - Beowulf - Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn Mcdonald
“Surf’s Up” - Cody - David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley, Shia Labeouf
“Ratatouille” - Colette - Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi , Paul Aichele

EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
“Beowulf” - dragon chase - Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle, Pericles Michielin
“Shrek the Third” - effects - Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost, Anthony Field
“Ratatouille” - food - Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling, Tolga Goktekin
“Surf’s Up” - riding wave - CG Style - Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman, Danny Dimian
“Ratatouille” - rapids - Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen

CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE
“Sweeney Todd” - The Old Bailey - Raf Morant, Julian Gnass, Nakia Mcglynn, Christine Wong
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - the maelstrom - Frank Losasso Petterson , Paul Sharpe , Joakim Arnesson , David Meny
“Zodiac” - Washington and Cherry - Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw, Karl Denham
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” - The Hall Of Prophecy - David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Trina Roy, Jolene Mccaffrey
“Rush Hour 3″ - Barry Williams, Robert Weaver , Jay Cooper , Masahiko Tani
“I Am Legend” - Times Square hunt - Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Gress, Daveed Shwartz

MODELS OR MINIATURES IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Practical And Digital Ships - Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller , Geoff Heron
“Live Free Or Die Hard” - Freeway Sequence - F35 Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly, John Cazin
“Transformers” - Dave Fogler , Ron Woodall , Alex Jaeger, Brian Gernand
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” - Hogwarts School - Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
“Spider-Man 3″ - Building / Crane Destruction Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Raymond Moore

COMPOSITING IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Transformers” - Pat Tubach , Beth D’amato , Todd Vaziri , Mike Conte
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Death Of Beckett - Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Lingenfelser
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Eddie Pasquarello , Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hillier
“I Am Legend” - Seaport Evacuation - Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
“The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” - Crusoe - Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates, Caterina Schiffers
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” - Hall of Prophecy and Comp Shots - Jolene Mccaffrey, Jelena Stojanovic, Victor Wade, Adam Pashke