Winners of the 2015 Visual Effects Society Awards
On Feb. 4, the winners of the 13th annual Visual Effects Society Awards were announced at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Big Hero 6 earned six awards, the highest number of all the nominees, while Dawn of the Planet of the Apes won Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature. Television shows that took home awards include American Horror Story: Freak Show and Game of Thrones. See the list of film and television winners here:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
91%
Guardians of the Galaxy
91%
Interstellar
73%
Maleficent
54%
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
59%
X-Men: Days of Future Past
90%
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Birdman
91%
Divergent
41%
The Grand Budapest Hotel
92%
The Imitation Game
90%
Unbroken
53%
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
90%
How to Train Your Dragon 2
92%
Rio 2
50%
The Boxtrolls
78%
The Lego Movie
96%
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Constantine
“A Feast of Friends”
Game of Thrones
“The Children”
Hemlock Grove
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Flash
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
American Horror Story: Freak Show
“Edward Mordrake, Part 2”
Black Sails
Episode 1
Crossbones
Penny Dreadful
“Séance”
Ripper Street
“Whitechapel Terminus”
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Caesar from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Koba from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Kaiju – Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy
- Thistlewit from Maleficent
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Baymax from Big Hero 6
- Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Gabi from Rio 2
- Archibald Snatcher from The Boxtrolls
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Triskelion Headquarters from Captain America: The Winter Solider
- Tesseract from Interstellar
- Times Square from Lucy
- Antediluvian Earth from Noah
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Into the Portal from Big Hero 6
- Oasis from How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Magical Land of the Remembered from The Book of Life
- Boxtroll Cavern from The Boxtrolls
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Beach and Paris Attacks from Edge of Tomorrow
- Tesseract from Interstellar
- Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen from X-Men: Days of Future Past
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
- City of San Fransokyo from Big Hero 6
- Mecha-Drill from The Boxtrolls
- Laketown from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Knightship from Transformers: Age of Extinction
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Helicarrier Broadside and Crash from Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Destruction and Sand from Edge of Tomorrow
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen from X-Men: Days of Future Past
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Big Hero 6
- The Battle from How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The Boxtrolls
- The Lego Movie
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Beach from Edge of Tomorrow
- Water from Interstellar
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
- American Horror Story: Freak Show “Edward Mordrake, Part 2”
- Game of Thrones “Wight Attack”
- Game of Thrones “The Watchers on the Wall”
- The Knick “Abigail’s Nose”
- Vikings “Invasion”
