VES Awards 2013 winners & nominees

Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood

“Prometheus” | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers

“Life of Pi” | Thomas Fisher, Susan Macleod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer | Winner

“The Avengers” | Susan Pickett, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams

“Battleship” | Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, Glen Mcintosh

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Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture

“Rust and Bones” | Béatrice Bauwens, Cédric Fayolle, Nicolas Rey, Stéphane Thibert

“The Impossible” | Felix Bergés, Sandra Hermida, Pau Costa Moeller | Winner

“Argo” | Matt Dessero, Leslie Hough, Gregory Mcmurry, Tom Smith

“Flight” | Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri, Chris Stoski, Ryan Tudhope

“Zero Dark Thirty” | Geoff Anderson, Chris Harvey, Jeremy Hattingh

Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

“Game of Thrones” | Volar Morghulis, Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Sven Martin, Juri Stanossek | Winner

“Once Upon A Time”: The Stranger | Dale Fay, Laura Jones, Nathan Matsuda, Andrew Orloff

“Falling Skies”: Worlds Apart | James Hattin, Suzanne Maclennan, Curt Miller, Andrew Orloff

“Curiosity” | Nathan Larouche, Lon Molnar, Geoff Scott, Bojan Zoric

“Munsters”: Mockingbird Lane | Leslie Ekker, Jonah Hall, Livia Hanich, Jason Zimmerman

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Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game

“Call of Duty: Black Ops II” | Jason Blundell, Barry Whitney, Colin Whitney | Winner

“Halo 4” | Mike Cronin, Brien Goodrich, Kiki Wolfkill, Jon Wood

“Dirt Showdown” | Peter Asberg, Peter Clark, Nathan Fisher, Julie Mcgurren

“Forza Horizon” | Michel Bastien, Terrance Newell, Gareth Richards, Andrew Sage

“Dishonored” | Viktor Antonov, Sebastien Mitton, Jean-Luc Monnet, Julien Roby

Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

“Brave” | Mark Andrews, Steve May, Katherine Sarafian, Bill Wise | Winner

“ParaNorman” | Chris Butler, Sam Fell, Travis Knight, Brad Schiff

“Rise of the Guardians” | Nancy Bernstein, David Prescott, Peter Ramsey, Christina Steinberg

“Wreck-It Ralph” | Sean Jenkins, Scott Kersavage, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer

“Hotel Transylvania” | Lydia Bottegoni, James Crossley, Mike Ford, Daniel Kramer

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Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

“Hemingway & Gellhorn” | Nathan Abbot, Kip Larsen, Chris Morley, Christopher Paizis

“Boardwalk Empire”: Episode 308 | John Bair, Parker Chehak, Paul Graff, Lesley Robson-Foster | Winner

“Men Who Built America”: Episode 2 | Glenn Allen, Matthew Conner, Eran Dinur, David Reynolds

“Hell On Wheels”: Blood Moon | Matt Von Brock, Jason Fotter, Tim Jacobsen, Bill Kent

“Hawaii Five-O”: La O Na Makuahine | Gevork Babityan, Jon Howard, Armen Kevorkian, Ricardo Ramirez

Visual Effects in a Commercial

“Pepsi: Crowd Surfing” | Martin Aufinger, Russell Dodgson, Abby Orchard, Chris Redding

“Nike: Biomorph” | Rafael Colon, Aladino Debert, David Liu, Nicola Wiseman | Winner

“Lady Gaga: Fame” | Kait Boehm, Juan Gomez, Kurt Lawson, Greg Teegarden

“Norfolk Southern: City of Possibilities” | Chris Bernier, Kyle Cody, Jeff Lopez, Boo Wong

“Call of Duty: Surprise” | Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi, Christina Thompson

Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit”: Goblin King | Jung Min Chan, James Jacobs, David Clayton , Guillaume Francois

“The Hobbit”: Gollum | Gino Acevedo, Alessandro Bonora, Jeff Capogreco, Kevin Estey

“The Avengers”: The Hulk | Marc Chu, John Doublestein, Cyrus Jam, Jason Smith

“Life of Pi”: Richard Parker | Erik De Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan | Winner

Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

“Brave”: Argument | Travis Hathaway, Olivier Soares, Peter Sumanaseni, Brian Tindall | Winner

“Hotel Transylvania”: Dracula | Bill Haller, Tim Pixton, Jorge Vigara

“Wreck-It Ralph”: Vanellope | John Kahwaty, Suzan Kim, Michelle Robinson, Tony Smeed

“The Pirates: Band of Misfits” | Will Becher, Jay Grace, Loyd Price

Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program

Ted: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” | James W. Brown, Brad Fox, Ross Nakamura, Jeff Woo

“Sinbad”: Episode 1 | Andy Guest, James Moxon, James Reid, Greg Spencer

“Hallmark”: Motherbird | Vince Baertsoen, Kevin Ives, Laurent Makowski, Joshua Merck

“Game of Thrones”: Training the Dragons | Irfan Celik, Florian Friedmann, Ingo Schachner, Chris Stenner | Winner

Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit”: Goblin Caverns | Ryan Arcus, Simon Jung, Alastair Maher, Anthony M. Patti

“Prometheus”: LV-233 | Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi

“The Avengers”: Midtown Manhattan | Richard Bluff, Giles Hancock, David Meny, Andy Proctor | Winner

“Life of Pi”: Open Ocean | Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones

Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

“Brave”: The Forest | Tim Best, Steve Pilcher, Inigo Quilez, Andy Whittock | Winner

“ParaNorman”: Graveyard | Phil Brotherton, Robert Desue, Oliver Jones, Nick Mariana

“ParaNorman”: Main Street | Alice Bird, Matt Delue, Caitlin Pashalek

“Rise of the Guardians”: The North Pole | Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, Peter Maynez

Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” | Matt Aitken, Victor Huang, Christian Rivers, R. Christopher White | Winner

“The Avengers”: Downtown Manhattan | Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Anthony Rispoli

“Total Recall”: Hover Car Chase | Daniel Baldwin, Mattias Forsstrom, Sam Schwier, Joshua Wassung

“The Amazing Spider-Man” | Rob Engle, David Schaub, Cosku Turhan, Max Tyrie

Models in a Feature Motion Picture

“The Avengers”: Helicarrier | Rene Garcia, Bruce Holcomb, Polly Ing, Aaron Wilson | Winner

“The Impossible”: Orchid Hotel | Markus Donhauser, Patrick Lehn, Angel Martinez, Juergen Pirman

“Men in Black 3”: Cape Canaveral / Apollo Launch | Craig Feifarek, Hee-Chel Nam, Erik Neill, Taehyun Park

“The Dark Knight Rises”: Airplane Heist | Scott Beverly, Alan Faucher, Ian Hunter, Steve Newburn

FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

“Brave” | Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Michael K. O’Brien, Bill Watral | Winner

“ParaNorman”: Practical Volumetrics | Aidan Fraser, Joe Gorski, Eric Kuehne, Andrew Nawrot

“ParaNorman”: Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity | Michael Cordova, Grant Laker, Susanna Luck, Peter Vickery

“Rise of the Guardians”: Last Stand | Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Wood

Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program

“Sinbad” | James Moxon, Lyndall Spagnoletti, Greg Spencer, Simon Wicker

“Games of Thrones”: “Pyke” | Rene Borst, Thilo Ewers, Adam Figielski, Jonas Stuckenbrock | Winner

“Call of Duty: Eclipse - Surprise” | Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi

“5 Gum RPM: Choose Your Energy” | Kaan Atilla, Kevin Gillen, Isaac Irvin, Brandon Lester

Virtual Cinematography in a Commercial or Broadcast Program

“Toyota: Real Deal” | Adam Berg, Niles Heckman, Ronald Herbst, Vernon Wilbert

“Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” | Steven Chen, Phil Dakin, Paul Stodolny

“Call of Duty: Eclipse - Surprise” | Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi

“ZombiU” | Dominique Boidin, Léon Bérelle, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère | Winner

FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” | Areito Echevarria, Chet Leavai, Garry Runke, Francois Sugny

“Life of Pi”: Storm of God | Harry Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe | Winner

“Battleship” | Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel

“Life of Pi”: Ocean | Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scott Townsend, Miles Vignol

FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast Program

“Nike: Biomorph” | Aladino Debert, Eric Ebling, Ken Mitchel Jones, Jason Mortimer

“Last Resort: Captain” | Matt Von Brock, Bruce Coy, Junaid Farooq, Aldo Ruggiero

“Guinness: Cloud” | Tom Bussell, Neil Davies | Winner

“Nissan Altima: Wouldn’t it be Cool” | Tim Borgmann, David Forcada, Aron Hjartarson, Shayne Ryan

Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” | Jean-Luc Azzis, Steven Mcgillen, Christoph Salzmann, Charles Tait

“Life of Pi”: Storm of God | Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher | Winner

“The Avengers”: Hulk Punch | Chris Balog, Peter Demarest, Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis

“Prometheus”: Engineers & the Orrery | Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan

Compositing in a Broadcast Program

“Hemingway & Gellhorn” | Nathan Abbot, Shelley Campbell, Chris Morley, Christopher Paizis

“Last Resort”: Captain | Matt Von Brock, Jason Fotter, Aldo Ruggiero, Brian Williams

“Game of Thrones”: White Walker Army | Falk Boje, Esther Engel, Alexey Kuchinsky, Klaus Wuchta | Winner

“Hell On Wheels”: Blood Moon | Antonio Chang, Jason Fotter, Eric Hayden, Josh Miyaji

Compositing in a Commercial

“Chevy 2012 Silverado” | Dominik Bauch, Nicholas Kim, Benjamin Walsh | Winner

“Norfolk Southern: City of Possibilities” | Tom Bardwell, Chris Bernier, Kyle Cody, Jeff Lopez

“Call of Duty: Eclipse - Surprise” | Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi

“Nike: Game On, World” | Daniel Marsh, Paul O’Shea

Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

“Despicable Me”: Minion Mayhem | Heather Drummons, Joel Friesch, Troy Griffin, Chris Hummel | Winner

“SeaWorld”: Turtle Trek 3D/360 | Timur “Taron” Baysal, Jae Choel Hong, Cecil Magpuri, Michael Roderick

“Earthquake”: Evidence of a Restless Planet | Matthew Blackwell, Tom Kennedy, Jeroen Lapré, Mike Schmitt

“The Ball Unleashed” | Gianni Aliotti, Lisa Zusmer Delprete, Marc Dominic Rienzo, Eric Sanford

Visual Effects in a Student Project

“Voile Noir” | Michael Balthazart, Raphaël Gaudin, Clément Granjon De Lepinay, Quentin Sauvinet

“Globosomev” | Sascha Geddert, Johannes Peter, Patrick Schuler, Philipp Wolf

“Rollin’ Safari” | Kyra Buschor, Anna Habermehl, Constantin Päplow

“Natalis” | Daniel Brkovic, David Kirchner, Jan-Marcel Kuehn | Winner