Awards for 2012

VES Award

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Hugo: Ben Grossmann, Karen M. Murphy, Alex Henning, Robert Legato
NOMINEES

War Horse: Ben Morris, Duncan Burbidge, Michael Mulholland, Christian Zeh

Source Code: Annie Godin, Louis Morin

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Seth Maury, Laya Armian, Sirio Quintavalle, Chas Jarrett

Anonymous: Rony Soussan, Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, André Cantarel

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

WINNER

Game of Thrones: Angela Barson, Ed Bruce, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Adam McInnes
For episode "Winter Is Coming"
NOMINEES

Pan Am: Sam Nicholson, Matt Robken, Christopher D. Martin, Tavis Larkham
For episode "Pilot"

Boardwalk Empire: Robert Stromberg, Richard Friedlander, David Taritero
For episode "Georgia Peaches"

Breaking Bad: William Powloski, Bruce Branit, Werner Hahnlein, Gregory Nicotero
For episode "Face Off"

Bones: Buddy Gheen, Andy Simonson, Christian Cardona, Beau Janzen
For episode "The Twist in the Twister" aka "Tornado Case"

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Hugo: Fabio Zangla, Martin Chamney, Adam Watkins, Robert Legato
NOMINEES

Thor: Xavier Allard, Pierre Buffin, Nicolas Chevallier

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Erik Winquist, Thelvin Cabezas, Mike Perry, R. Christopher White

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Michael Balog, Richard Bluff, Shawn Kelly, Jeff White

Shawn Kelly, Richard Bluff, Jeff White, Michael Balog (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM))

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rango: Nick Walker, Colin Benoit, Nelson Sepulveda, Philippe Rebours
The Dirt Saloon
NOMINEES

The Adventures of Tintin: Wayne Stables, Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith Miller

Arthur Christmas: Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira

Cars 2: Jeremy Lasky, Mahyar Abousaeedi, Sharon Calahan, Jonathan Pytko

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

WINNER

Gears of War 3: Richard Morton, Niles Heckman, Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.
Dust to Dust
NOMINEES

Steve Beck, Felix E. Urquiza, Robert Sethi
Mattel: Hot Wheels

Once Upon a Time: Sallyanne Massimini, Nathan Matsuda, Stephen Jackson, Kevin Struckman
Cinderella's Courtyard

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier: David Liu
Camo Up

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

WINNER

Transformers: The Ride - 3D: Delio Tramontozzi, Lori Arnold, Jeff White, Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault
NOMINEES

Humbugged: Rockettes to the Rescue: Mike Fortner, Troy Griffin, Glo Minaya, Jasmine Johnson

Lisa Zusmer, Barry Safley, Marc D. Rienzo, Eric Sanford
Amazin'

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue: Glen McIntosh, Jeanmarie King, Bill George, Marianne McLean

Brent Young, Michael Oz Smith, Peter Crosman, Seung Yong Lee
Typhoon 360

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

WINNER

Terra Nova: Jason Michael Zimmerman, Adica Manis, Kevin Blank, Colin Brady
For episodes "Occupation" and "Resistance"
NOMINEES

Falling Skies: Sean Tompkins, Curt Miller, Andrew Orloff, Roberto Biagi

Once Upon a Time: Doug Ludwig, Andrew Orloff, Nathan Overstrom, Laura Jones

Fringe: Chris Wright, Jay Worth, Andrew Orloff, Robert Habros

Planet Dinosaur: Luke Dodd, Philip Dobree, Hasraf Dulull, Mark Sherwood

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Commercial or Video Game Trailer

WINNER

Chris Thunig, Taka Yasuda, Nicholas S. Carpenter, Graham Cunningham
For video game "Diablo III: The Black Soulstone"
NOMINEES

David Liu, Melanie La Rue, Richard Morton
For the video game "Sony: 2 Worlds"

Dave Wilson, Brandon Riza, Heikki Anttila, Al Shier
For the video game "Prey 2"

Rahel Makonnen, Tom Russell, Jorge Montiel, Hugo Guerra
For the commercial "Audi A6 Avant - Hummingbird"

Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Russell Dodgson, Simon French, Sarah Hiddlestone
For the commercial "Coca-Cola Siege"

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial

WINNER

Stéphane Pivron, Manuel Souillac, Pascal Giroux, Julien Meesters
For the commercial "Dior J'adore"
NOMINEES

Nordin Rahhali, Mike Wigart, Andy Boyd, Charles Abou Aad
For the commercial "Kia: Share Some Soul"

Sascha M. Flick, Jeff Willette, Dan Glass, Chris Bankoff
For the commercial "Jameson: Fire"

Camila de Biaggi, Angus Kneale, Rob Petrie, Vincent Baertsoen
For the commercial "Johnnie Walker: Rock Giant"

Stéphane Montel, Emilie Nicodex, Mhamed Elmezoued
For the commercial "Volkswagen: Hedgehog"

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

NOMINEE

Renee: Zack Heimbegner (vfx animator), Nathaniel Skinner (vfx animator), Brian Mullen (vfx compositor), Syrena Edmonds (vfx animator)

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special

WINNER

Inside the Human Body: Sophie Orde, Philip Dobree, Dan Upton
NOMINEES

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice: John Murrah, Stevie Wermers, Kevin Deters, Dorothy McKim

Nova: Hasraf Dulull, Francisco Lima, Simon Clarke, Vikas Gandhi
For episode "Finding Life Beyond Earth"

Gettysburg: Jon Rosenthal, Kent Johnson, J. David Everhart, Jon Rhinehardt

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rango: Hal T. Hickel, Kathleen Lynch, Tim Alexander, Jacqueline Lopez
NOMINEES

Kung Fu Panda 2: Alex Parkinson, Jennifer Yuh, Melissa Cobb, Raymond Zibach

Arthur Christmas: Chris Juen, Doug Ikeler, Mandy Tankenson, Alan Short

Puss in Boots: Ken Bielenberg, Chris Miller, Guillaume Aretos, Joe M. Aguilar

The Adventures of Tintin: Meredith Meyer-Nichols, Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Jamie Beard

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Dan Lemmon, Kurt Williams
NOMINEES

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: David Conley, Gary Brozenich, Charles Gibson, Ben Snow

Captain America: The First Avenger: Christopher Townsend, Mark G. Soper, Edson Williams, Charlie Noble

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: David Vickery, John Richardson, Tim Burke, Emma Norton

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Scott Farrar, Wayne Billheimer, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler

Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Dave Fogler, Kelvin Chu, Rene Garcia, Timothy Brakensiek
Driller
NOMINEES

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: Victor Schutz, Kristian Pedlow, Paul Francis Russell, John Goodson
Parking Garage

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Tania Richard, Steve Godfrey, Pietro Ponti, Andy Warren
Hogwarts School Buildings

Hugo: Alan K.M. Faucher, Matthew Gratzner, Scott Beverly, Forest P. Fischer
Train Crash

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Tom Martinek, Giles Hancock, John Hansen, Scott Younkin
155 Wacker Drive
NOMINEES

Thor: Audrey Ferrara, Yoel Godo, Dominique Vidal, Pierre Buffin
Heimdall's Observatory

Anonymous: André Cantarel, Robert Freitag, Rony Soussan, Greg Strasz
London

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stephen Ellis, Clement Gerard, Keziah Bailey, Pietro Ponti
Hogwarts

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rango: Brian Paik, Kevin Martel, Steve Walton, Frank Gravatt
For the character "Rango"
NOMINEES

Puss in Boots: Laurent Caneiro, Ludovic Bouancheau, Antonio Banderas, Olivier Staphylas
For the character of "Puss"

The Adventures of Tintin: Jamie Beard, Simon Clutterbuck, Gino Acevedo, Gustav Ahren
For the character of "Tintin"

Rio: Sang Jun Lee, Sergio Pablos, Diana Diriwaechter
For the character of "Nigel"

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rango: Polly Ing, Martin Murphy, John Bell, Russell Paul
Main Street Dirt
NOMINEES

The Adventures of Tintin: Jason Lazaroff, Jeff Capogreco, Alessandro Mozzato, Matt Aitken
Docks

Puss in Boots: Peter Zaslav, Guillaume Aretos, Greg Lev, Brett Miller
The Cloud World

The Adventures of Tintin: Hamish Beachman, Mark Tait, Wayne Stables, Adam King
Bagghar

The Adventures of Tintin: Christoph Sprenger, Keith Miller, Alessandro Saponi, Phil Barrenger
Pirate Battle

Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

WINNER

Game of Thrones: Fani Vassiadi, Markus Kuha, Damien Macé, Dante Harbridge Robinson
The Icewall
NOMINEES

Alex Hammond, Amaan Akram, Tom Russell
Audi A6 Avant - Hummingbird

Pan Am: William L. Arance, Anthony Ocampo, Diego Galtieri, Martin Hilke
Pilot Worldport Terminal

Boardwalk Empire: Matthew Conner, Robert Stromberg
Two Boats and a Lifeguard

Terra Nova: Eric Hance, Kevin Kipper, Mike Bozulich, David R. Morton
Terra Nova

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

WINNER

Boardwalk Empire: Eran Dinour, David W. Reynolds, Anton Dawson, Austin Meyers
Gimcrack & Bunkum
NOMINEES

Channel 4 News: Anthony Bloor, Giacomo Mineo, Michael Gregory, Stirling Archibald
Street Summer

DirecTV Concert Series: Franck Lambertz
Hot House

Más que a nada en el mundo: Steven Meyer, Jason M. Bergman, Peter Sidoriak, Rodrigo Dorsch
Any World - Jeep Call of Duty MWF3

Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

WINNER

Boardwalk Empire: Szymon Weglarski, Matthew Conner, Eran Dinour, David W. Reynolds
Georgia Peaches
NOMINEES

Hayley O'Neill, Ian Hunter, Carl Horner, Miyo Nakamura
Arrowhead Nature's Fix

Once Upon a Time: Jeremy Melton, Jason O. Monroe, Chris Strauss, Michael Kirylo
Snow's Castle

Falling Skies: Jon Chesson, Steve Graves, Michael Kirylo, Renaud Talon
Airbase

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Captain America: The First Avenger: Cliff Welsh, Casey Allen, Brian Hajek, Trent Claus
NOMINEES

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Amy Shepard, Ben O'Brien, Chris Balog, Jeff Sutherland

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Simon Jung, Quentin Hema, Christoph Salzmann, Jean-Luc Azzis

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Thomas Dyg, Michele Benigna, Martin Ciastko, Andy Robinson

Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

WINNER

Philip Ineno, Frederic Hopp, Matt Heimlich, Robert Ramsdell
For the character "Robot" of Carls Jr.
NOMINEES

Game of Thrones: Rafael Morant, James Sutton, Mark A. Brown, Henry Badgett
For episode "Fire and Blood"

Tom Russell, Jorge Montiel
For the character "Hummingbird" of Audi A6 Avant

Olivier Mitonneau, Michael Nauzin, Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Laurent Creusot
For the character "The Bear" by Canal+

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

WINNER

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Daniel Barrett, Matthew Muntean, Eric Reynolds, Florian Fernandez
For the character "Caesar"
NOMINEES

The Thing: Lyndon Barrois, Fred Chapman, Greg Massie, Marco Menco
For the character "Edvard/Adam"

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Yasunobu Arahori, Tom Bracht, Chris Lentz, Gavin Harrison
For the character "The Gringotts Dragon"

Paul: Julian Foddy, David Lowry, Jody Johnson, Anders J.L. Beer
For the character "Paul"