17th Annual VES Awards Highlights

17th Annual VES Awards Highlights

Jimmy Kimmel presented the VES Award for Creative Excellence to award-winning creators-executive producers-writers-directors David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Evan Rachel Wood presented the VES Visionary Award to acclaimed writer-director-producer Jonathan Nolan. And Steve Carell presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar®-nominated producer and founder and CEO of Illumination Chris Meledandri. Avengers: Infinity War was named the photoreal feature winner, garnering four awards. Spider‐Man: Into the Spider‐Verse was named top animated film, winning four awards. Lost in Space was named best photoreal episode and also garnered four awards. Awards presenters also included: James Marsden, Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird, Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo, legendary director-producer Roger Corman, Allen Leech, Suzanne Cryer, Thomas Middleditch and Sydney Sweeney.

Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Location: Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA

Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Award – Chris Meledandri
Visionary Award – Jonathan Nolan
VES Award for Creative Excellence – David Benioff, D.B. Weiss

17th Annual VES Awards Winners

First Man

• Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Age of Sail

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

Altered Carbon

• Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

Lost in Space; Impact; Crash Site Rescue

• Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

Lost in Space; Danger, Will Robinson

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Lost in Space; Pilot; Impact Area

• Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

Lost in Space; Humanoid

• Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project

Ready Player One; The Shining, Overlook Hotel

• Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Ready Player One; New York Race

• Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Apple; Welcome Home

• Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

Avengers: Infinity War

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Avengers: Infinity War; Titan

• Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
• Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

Avengers: Infinity War; Thanos

• Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature

Mortal Engines; London

• Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan; Pilot

• Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

• Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
• Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Graphic New York City

• Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Miles Morales

• Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature

Volkswagen, Born Confident; Bam

• Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial

John Lewis; The Boy and the Piano

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Childish Gambino’s Pharos

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Terra Nova

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Image & Video Credit: Visual Effects Society

Source: Visual Effects Society

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