VES Awards 2014: Complete list of winners and nominees

The nominees for the 12th Annual VES Awards are:

Visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity”
Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride

“Iron Man 3”
Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill

“Pacific Rim”
John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel

“Star Trek Into Darkness”
Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton

Supporting visual effects in a feature motion picture

“Rush”
Jody Johnson, Moriah Etherington-Sparks, Mark Hodgkins, Antoine Moulineau

“The Great Gatsby”
Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, Joyce Cox

WINNER: “The Lone Ranger”
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
Guillaume Rocheron, Kurt Williams, Monette Dubin, Ivan Moran

“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Robert Legato, Mark Russell, Joseph Farrell, Lisa Spence

“White House Down”
Marc Weigert, Volker Engel, Julia Frey, Ollie Rankin

Animation in an animated feature motion picture

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2”
Peter Nash, Michael Ford, Chris Juen, Mandy Tankenson

“Despicable Me 2”
Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

WINNER: “Frozen”
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, Lino Di Salvo

“Monsters University”
Kori Rae, Sanjay Bakshi, Jon Reisch, Scott Clark

“The Croods”
Jane Hartwell, Chris Sanders, Kirk Demicco, Markus Manninen

Visual effects in a broadcast program

“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” - “Pilot”
Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, David Altenau, H Haden Hammond

“Almost Human”
Jay Worth, Robert Habros, Michael Cliett, David Beedon

“Battlestar Galactica - Blood & Chrome”
Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Derek Ledbetter, Heather Mcauliff

WINNER: “Game of Thrones” - “Valar Dohaeris”
Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Sven Martin

“Inseparable” - “Chernobyl”
Egor Olesov, Egor Borschevsky, Dmitry Ovcharenko, Mykhailo Datsyk

Supporting visual effects in a broadcast program

WINNER: “Banshee” - “Pilot”
Armen Kevorkian, Mark Skowronski, Jeremy Jozwik, Ricardo Ramirez

“Da Vinci’s Demons” - “The Lovers”
Kevin Blank, Simon Frame, Ante Dekovic, Oliver Arnold

“Hawaii 5-0” - “Ho’onani Makuakane”
Armen Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan

“Mob City” - “A Guy Walks Into a Bar”
Jason Sperling, Michael Morreale, Valeri Pfahning, Mike Enriquez

“Moonfleet” - “Episode 2”
Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, John O’Connell, Joe Courtis

“The Borgias” - “Relics”
Wojciech Zielinski, Neishaw Ali, Bill Halliday, Jp Giamos

Real-time visuals in a video game

WINNER: “Call of Duty - Ghosts”
Mark Rubin, Richard Kriegler, David Johnson, Alessandro Nardini

“Crysis 3”
Magnus Larbrant, Tiago Sousa, Steven Bender, Cevat Yerli

“Killzone Shadow Fall”
Marijn Giesbertz, Jan-Bart Van Beek, Angie Smets

“NBA 2K14”
Heather Marshall, Joseph Clark, Jeff Thomas, Anton Dawson

“Ryse - Son of Rome”
Cevat Yerli, Peter Gornstein, Chris Evans, Brian Chambers

Visual effects in a commercial

“Call of Duty - Epic Night Out”
Leighton Greer, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza, Chris Knight

“Galaxy Chauffeur”
Helen Hughes, Simon French, William Bartlett, Stephen Cullingford

“Liberty Group Limited - Answer”
James Atkinson, Rachel Mariscal, Scott Meadows, David Liu

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human”
Angus Kneale, Vince Baertsoen, Colin Blaney, Kyle Cody

“Sony PlayStation - Perfect Day”
Charlotte Arnold, Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Olivier Mitonneau

Visual effects in a special venue project

“Hayden Planetarium’s Dark Universe”
Vivian Trakinski, Jon Parker, Carter Emmart, Andreas Wetteborn

“Mysteries of the Unseen World”
Sean Phillips, Andy Yamada, Fred Pienkos, Matthew Sugars, Mystic Manor, Tim Landry, John Guerra, Mark Schirmer, Ken Horii

WINNER: “Space Shuttle Atlantis”
Daren Ulmer, John Gross, Cedar Connor, Christian Bloch

“SpongeBob SquarePants 4D - The Great Jelly Rescue!”
Kate Crandall, Brent Young, Michael “Oz” Smith, Andrei Brovcenco

Animated character in a live-action feature motion picture

“Gravity” - Ryan
Max Solomon, Mathieu Vig, Michael Brunet, David Shirk

“Oz the Great and Powerful” - China Girl
Troy Saliba, In-Ah Roediger, Carolyn Vale, Kevin Souls

“Pacific Rim” - Kaiju - Leatherback
Jakub Pistecky, Frank Gravatt, Cyrus Jam, Chris Havreberg

WINNER: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” - Smaug
Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois

Animated character in an animated feature motion picture

“Epic” - “Bomba”
Thom Roberts, Haven Gordon Cousins, Tim Bower, Daniel Lima

“Epic” - “Mary Katherine”
Jeff Gabor, Dylan C. Maxwell, Sang Jun Lee, Chris Pagoria

WINNER: “Frozen” - “Bringing the Snow Queen to Life”
Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, Chad Stubblefield, Wayne Unten

“The Croods” - “Eep”
Line Andersen, Won Young Byun, Koji Morihiro, Chris De St. Jeor

Animated character in a commercial or broadcast program

“Game of Thrones” - “Raising the Dragons”
Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human”
Vince Baertsoen, Alex Allain, Henning Koczy

“Smithwick’s” - “Squirrel”
Tom Bussell, Jorge Montiel, Tom Raynor, Leonardo Costa

“Three, The Pony”
Carsten Keller, Jake Mengers, Tim Van Hussen

“Toy Story of Terror”
Paul Aichele, Kiki Mei Kee Poh, Andrew Coats

Created environment in a live-action feature motion picture

“Elysium” - Torus
Votch Levi, Joshua Ong, Barry Poon

“Gravity” - Interior
Harry Bardak, Nathan Walster, Jonathan Fawkner, Claire Michaud

WINNER: “Gravity” - Exterior
Paul Beilby, Kyle Mcculloch, Stuart Penn, Ian Comley

“Iron Man 3” - Shipyard
John Stevenson-Galvin, Greg Notzelman, Paul Harris, Justin Stockton

“Pacific Rim” - Virtual Hong Kong
Johan Thorngren, Jeremy Bloch, David Meny, Polly Ing

Created environment in an animated feature motion picture

“Epic” - Pod Patch
Aaron Ross, Travis Price, Jake Panian, Antelmo Villarreal

WINNER: “Frozen” - Elsa’s Ice Palace
Virgilio John Aquino, Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, David Womersley

“Monsters University” - Campus
Robert Kondo, Eric Andraos, Dale Ruffolo, Peter Sumanaseni

“The Croods” - The Maze
Jonathan Harman, Violette Sacre-Shaik, Benjamin Venancie, Philippe Brochu

Created environment in a commercial or broadcast program

WINNER: “Game of Thrones” - The Climb
Patrick Zentis, Mayur Patel, Nitin Singh, Tim Alexander

“Hell on Wheels” - Big Bad Wolf
Steve Meyer, Matt Von Brock, Mitch Gates, Antonio Chang

“Inseparable” - Chernobyl
Dmitry Ovcharenko, Igor Chopenko, Dmitry Eremenko, Andrey Bogdanov

“Liberty Group Limited” - Answer
Greg Teegarden, Kevin Bouchez, Brian Creasey, Kurt Lawson

Virtual cinematography in a live-action feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity”
Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard Mcbride, Dale Newton

“Iron Man 3”
Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez

“Man of Steel”
Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis

“Pacific Rim” - Hong Kong Ocean Brawl
Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Tico Cabezas

Virtual cinematography in a live-action commercial or broadcast program

“Mad Max” - “Ethos”
Aladino Debert, Neil Huxley, David Liu, Michael Harbour

“Murdered” - “Soul Suspect”
Vernon Wilbert, Tim Jones, Rafael Colon, April Warren

“Qualcomm Snapdragon” - “A Dragon Is Coming”
Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub

WINNER: “The Crew”
Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère

Models in a feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity” - ISS Exterior
Ben Lambert, Paul Beilby, Chris Lawrence, Andy Nicholson

“Pacific Rim”
David Fogler, Alex Jaeger, Aaron Wilson, David Behrens

“Star Trek Into Darkness”
Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, Thomas Fejes

“The Lone Ranger” - Colby Locomotive
Rene Garcia, Steve Walton, Brian Paik, Gerald Gutschmidt

FX and simulation animation in a live-action feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity” - Parachute and ISS Destruction
Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Horacio Mendoza, Juan-Luis Sanchez

“Man of Steel”
Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet

“Pacific Rim” - Fluid Simulation & Destruction
Ryan Hopkins, Michael Balog, Patrick Conran, Rick Hankins

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger

FX and simulation animation in an animated feature motion picture

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2”
Andrew Hofman, Alex Moaveni

“Epic” - Boggan Crowds
Thierry Dervieux-Lecocq, David Gatenby, Mark Adams, Matthew D. Simmons

WINNER: “Frozen” - Elsa’s Blizzard
Eric W. Araujo, Marc Bryant, Dong Joo Byun, Tim Molinder

“The Croods”
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Jason Mayer, Michael Losure

FX and simulation animation in a commercial or broadcast program

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human”
Vince Baertsoen, Jimmy Gass, Dave Barosin

“Sony PlayStation” - “Perfect Day”
Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Nick Couret, Hassan Taimur

“Toyota Avalon” - “Formula”
Ed Laag, Eugene Gauran, Josh Hatton

“Toy Story of Terror”
Jane Yen, Rogan Griffin, Amit Baadkar, Keith Daniel Klohn

Compositing in a feature motion picture

“Elysium”
Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott

WINNER: “Gravity”
Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar

“Iron Man 3” - Barrel of Monkeys
Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin

“Iron Man 3” - House Attack
Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston

Compositing in a broadcast program

“Banshee” - “Pilot”
Gevork Babityan, Andranik Taranyan, Matt Kelly, Matthieu Perin

WINNER: “Game of Thrones” - The Climb
Kirk Brillon, Steve Gordon, Geoff Sayer, Winston Lee

“The Conquering of Yunkai”
Sean Faden, Greg Szafranski, Florian Friedmann, Travis Nobles

“Vikings” - “Dispossessed”
Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Marco Lee, Maria Gordon

Compositing in a commercial

WINNER: “Call of Duty’ - “Epic Night Out”
Chris Knight, Daniel Thuresson, Nick Tayler, Dag Ivarsory

“Jean-Paul Gaultier” - “The Sailor”
Jerome Billet, Arnaud Leviez

“Mercedes Sensations”
Laurent Creusot, Pierre Emmanuel Genin, David Roubah, Damien Canameras

“Sony PlayStation” - “Greatness Awaits”
Kyle Cody, Dan Difelice

“Sony PlayStation” - “Perfect Day”
Gavin Wellsman, John Mangia, Leonardo Costa, Kristen Johnson

Visual effects in a student project

“Initium”
Alexandre Dechel, Adrien Lambert, Larochette Emeric, James Ross-Greetham

“Morphium”
Linus Stetter

WINNER: “Rugbybugs”
Alexandra Stautmeister

“Runaway”
Ludovic Fregé, Quentin Medda, Romain Chauliac, Yoann Gouraud

“Where the Dream Begins”
Dun Ma, Dan Wen Lei, Xuan Xia