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

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