Awards for 2006

VES Award

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

WINNER

Lost: Kevin Blank, Mitchell Ferm, Eric Chauvin, John Teska
For episode "Exodus", part 2.
NOMINEES

Alias: Kevin Blank, Armen V. Kevorkian, Eric Chauvin, Jonathan Spencer Levy
For episode "The Index".

Warm Springs: Camille Cellucci, Jonathan Keeton, Kirk Cadrette, John Baker

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

WINNER

Kingdom of Heaven: Wesley Sewell, Victoria Alonso, Tom Wood, Gary Brozenich
NOMINEES

Jarhead: Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, Grady Cofer, Brett Northcutt

Memoirs of a Geisha: Robert Stromberg, Julia Frey, Paul Graff, Adam Watkins

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

WINNER

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D: Jack Geist, Sean MacLeod Phillips, Johnathan R. Banta, Jerome Morin
NOMINEES

Curse of Darkastle... The Ride!: Dina Benadon, Brent Young, Chuck Comisky, Mario Kamberg

Deepo's Undersea 3D Wondershow: Michel Heroux, Benoit Girard, Jerome Morin, Chris Del Conte

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

WINNER

Rome: Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Duncan Kinnaird, Joe Pavlo
For episode #1.
NOMINEES

Invasion: Armen V. Kevorkian, Matt Scharf, John Karner, Neal Sopata
For episode "Origin of Species".

Smallville: Mat Beck, John C. Wash, John H. Han, Trent Smith
For episode "Commencement".

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

WINNER

William Bartlett, Scott Griffin, Andy Boyd, Dan Seddon
For Guinness: noitulovE.
NOMINEES

Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Janelle Croshaw, Greg Teegarden
For Motorola: PEBL.

William Bartlett, Scott Griffin, Jake Mengers, Andy Boyd
For Esuvee: Keep it on all Fours.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video

WINNER

Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Jay Barton, James Gaczkowski
For Nine Inch Nails: Only.
NOMINEES

Ben Cronin, Rebecca Barbour, Andy Boyd, Jamie Isles
For The Chemical Brothers: Believe.

Bert Yukich
For Rob Thomas: Lonely No More.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special

WINNER

Walking with Monsters: Timothy Greenwood, Joanna Nodwell, Neil Glasbey, Darren Byford
NOMINEES

Comet Collision!: John F. Gross, Nick Black, Christian Bloch, Casey Benn

Super Bowl XXXIX: Benoit Girard, Jason Crosby, Jerome Morin, Chris Del Conte
For the open(ing).

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

WINNER

King Kong: Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon
NOMINEES

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Jim Mitchell, Theresa Corrao, Tim Alexander, Timothy Webber

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman, Denise Ream

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video

WINNER

Battlestar Galactica: Andrew Karr, Louie Hinayo, Gary Hughes, Allan Henderson
For "Cylon Centurion".
For episode "Fragged".
NOMINEES

Battlestar Galactica: Dustin Adair, Mark Shimer, Lane Jolly, Steve Graves
For "Cylon".
For episode "Valley of Darkness".

Surface: Eric Hance, Rob Bonchune, John Teska, Sean M. Jackson
For "Nimrod".
For episode #102.

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video

WINNER

Empire: Stefano Trivelli, Michele Moen, Kelly Bumbarger, Sean Wilson
NOMINEES

Into the West: Jared Jones, Jason Korber, Geeta Basantani, Ryan Dutour
For movie I: Wheel to the Stars

Mark Rienzo, Feliciano di Giorgio, Maciek Sokalski, Jay Frankenberger
For Mezzo Djarum: Race.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video

WINNER

Into the West: Cedric Tomacruz, David Bailey, Valeri Pfahning, Siddhartha Jayakar
For movies I, II and III.
NOMINEES

Janelle Croshaw, Greg Teegarden, James Gaczkowski, Scott Edelstein
For Nine Inch Nails: Only.

James Gaczkowski, Daniel Thron, Janelle Croshaw, Greg Teegarden
For Motorola: PEBL.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture

WINNER

King Kong: Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, Charles Tait
For the New York dawn attack.
NOMINEES

Batman Begins: Alex Wuttke, Pete Bebb, Dayne Cowan, Imery Watson
For the Gotham City monorail chase.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Andy Kind, Ivan Moran, Rob Allman, Justin Martin
For the Black Lake environment.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: Jonathan Harb, Hilmar Koch, Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault, Brett Northcutt

Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game

WINNER

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones: Jean-Jacques Tremblay, Raphael Lacoste, Anne Mai Lebouyonnec
For the palace balcony cinematic.
NOMINEES

Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Habib Zargarpour, Michael Mann, Mataio Gardi, Jason Dowdeswell

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath: Sherry McKenna, Lorne Lanning, Raymond Swanland, Iain Morton
For the in-game story clips.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones: Jean-Jacques Tremblay, Raphael Lacoste, Kun Chang
For the battle cinematic.

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture

WINNER

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Loyd Price
For "Gromit".
NOMINEES

Madagascar: Rex Grignon, Denis Couchon
For "King Julian".

Robots: Robin Williams, David Torres, Mark Piretti, Ben Williams
For "Fender".

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

WINNER

War of the Worlds: Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Sandra Scott, Marshall Richard Krasser
For the "fleeing the neighborhood".
NOMINEES

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Nick Davis, Nikki Penny, Jon Thum, Ben Morris
For the "nut room".

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: John Knoll, Jill Brooks, David Weitzberg, Jeff Sutherland
For the "opening space battle".

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture

WINNER

War of the Worlds: Marshall Richard Krasser, Mike Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman, W. Regan McGee
NOMINEES

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ben Shepherd, Uel Hormann, Charley Henley, Nicolas Aithadi
For Voldemort's nose.

King Kong: Erik Winquist, Michael Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, Suzanne Jandu
For the T-Rex fight.

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

WINNER

War of the Worlds: Edward Hirsh, Steve Gawley, Joshua Ong, Russell Paul
NOMINEES

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: José Granell, Nigel Stone
For Hogwarts school.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: Brian Gernand, Pamela J. Choy, Ron Woodall, Kevin Reuter

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game

WINNER

Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Habib Zargarpour, Greg D'Esposito, Eduardo Agostini, Colin O'Connor
NOMINEES

James Bond 007: From Russia with Love: Dave Carson, Darren Pattenden, Ben Wanat

Madden NFL 2006: Mark Mongie, Jim Spoto, Tommy Cinquegrano, Dale Jackson
(Xbox 360).

NBA '06: Greg Juby, Tim Tschirner, Jim Perkins, Alex Ferrier
(Xbox 360).

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture

WINNER

King Kong: Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, Guy Williams
For "Kong".
NOMINEES

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Richard Baneham, Erik De Boer, Matt Logue, Joe Ksander
For "Aslan".

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Steve Rawlins, Eric Wong, Robert Weaver, Steve Nichols
For "Dragon".

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program

WINNER

Las Vegas: Michael Cook, Anthony Ocampo, Eugene Kim, Renaud Talon
For episode "Bold, Beautiful and Blue".
NOMINEES

Matthew Gratzner, Greg M. Boettcher, Enrico Altmann, Matt Burlingame
For Ford: World Traveler.

Ian Hunter, Forest P. Fischer, Seth Curlin, Joachim Duppel
For Walgreens Giving Tree/Last Minute: Winter Neighborhood.