12th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations
The 12th annual Visual Effects Society Award nominees were announced on January 14, 2014. Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on February 12 at the Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles. The Visionary Award will be presented to Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), and the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to award-winning visual effects pioneer and innovator, John Dykstra. The VES rewards outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Here is a list of the films and television shows that were nominated:
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -
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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 -
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Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome -
Game of Thrones
“Valar Dohaeris” -
Inseparable: Chernobyl
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
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Banshee
“Pilot” -
De Vinci’s Demons
The Lovers -
Hawaii 5-0
Ho’onani Makuakane -
Mob City
“A Guy Walks into a Bar” -
Moonfleet
“Episode 2” -
The Borgias
“Relics”
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
- Ryan from Gravity
- China Girl from Oz the Great and Powerful
- Kaiju – Leatherback from Pacific Rim
- Smaug from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Bomba from Epic
- Mary Katherine from Epic
- Bringing the Snow Queen to Life from Frozen
- Eep from The Croods
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Torus from Elysium
- Interior from Gravity
- Exterior from Gravity
- Shipyard from Iron Man 3
- Virtual Hong Kong from Pacific Rim
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Pod Patch from Epic
- Elsa’s Ice Palace from Frozen
- Campus from Monsters University
- The Maze from The Croods
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Gravity
- Iron Man 3
- Man of Steel
- Hong Kong Ocean Brawl from Pacific Rim
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- ISS Exterior from Gravity
- Pacific Rim
- Star Trek: Into Darkness
- Colby Locomotive from The Lone Ranger
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
- Parachute and ISS Destruction from Gravity
- Man of Steel
- Fluid Simulation and Destruction from Pacific Rim
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Boggan Crowds from Epic
- Elsa’s Blizzard from Frozen
- The Croods
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Elysium
- Gravity
- Barrel of Monkeys from Iron Man 3
- House Attack from Iron Man 3
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
- Banshee “Pilot”
- Game of Thrones “The Climb”
- The Conquering of Yunkai
- Vikings “Dispossessed”
