Visual Effects Society Awards 2013

VES Awards 2013 

Visual Effects Society Awards Nominees and Winners List

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard Edlund

VES Visionary Award: Ang Lee

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture:

• The Avengers
• Battleship
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Prometheus

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture:

• Argo
• Flight
• The Impossible
• Rust and Bones
• Zero Dark Thirty

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture:

• Brave
• Hotel Transylvania
• ParaNorman
• Rise of the Guardians
• Wreck-It Ralph

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:

• The Avengers - The Hulk
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Goblin King
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Gollum
• Life of Pi - Richard Parker

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:

• Brave - Merida
• Hotel Transylvania - Dracula
• The Pirates - Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It Ralph - Vanellope

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:

• The Avengers - Midtown Manhattan
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Goblin Caverns
• Life of Pi - Open Ocean
• Prometheus - LV-233

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:

• Brave - The Forest
• ParaNorman - Graveyard
• ParaNorman - Main Street
• Rise of the Guardians - The North Pole

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:

• The Amazing Spider-Man
• The Avengers - Downtown Manhattan
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Total Recall - Hover Car Chase

Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture:

• The Avengers - Helicarrier
• The Dark Knight Rises - Airplane Heist
• The Impossible - Orchid Hotel
• Men in Black 3 - Cape Canaveral/Apollo Launch

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:

• Battleship
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi - Ocean
• Life of Pi - Storm of God

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:

Brave
• ParaNorman - Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity
• ParaNorman - Practical Volumetrics
• Rise of the Guardians - Last Stand

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture:

• The Avengers -Hulk Punch
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi - Storm of God
• Prometheus - Engineers & the Orrery

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:

• Curiosity
• Falling Skies - World's Apart
• Game of Thrones - Valar Morghulis
• Munsters: Mockingbird Lane
• Once Upon a Time - The Stranger

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:

• Boardwalk Empire - Episode 308
• Hawaii Five-0 - La O Na Makuahine
• Hell on Wheels - Blood Moon
• Hemingway & Gellhorn
• The Men Who Built America - Episode 2

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:

• Call of Duty - Surprise
• Lady Gaga - Fame
• Nike -Biomorph
• Norfolk Southern - City of Possibilities
• Pepsi - Crowd Surfing

Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program:

• Game of Thrones - Training the Dragons
• Hallmark - Motherbird
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Ted
• Sinbad - Episode 1

Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program:

• Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise
• 5 Gum - RPM: Choose Your Energy
• Game of Thrones -Pyke
• Sinbad

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Commercial or Broadcast Program:

• Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise
• Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn
• Toyota - Real Deal
• ZombiU

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast Program:

• Guinness - Cloud
• Last Resort - Captain
• Nike -Biomorph
• Nissan Altima - Wouldn't it be Cool

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program:

• Game of Thrones -Episode 210: White Walker Army
• Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Last Resort - Captain
• Hell on Wheels - Blood Moon

Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial:

• Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise
• Chevy -2012 Silverado
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Nike -Game on, World
• Norfolk Southern - City of Possibilities

Other Categories

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Dirt: Showdown
• Dishonored
• Forza Horizon
• Halo 4

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:

• The Ball Unleashed
• Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
• Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
• SeaWorld: Turtle Trek 3D/360

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project:

• Globosome
• Natalis
• Rollin' Safari
• Voile Noir