“It’s quite a process to be nominated,” admits Oscar nominated visual effects supervisor Matt Kasmir about the nerve-wracking build-up to the Oscar nominations announcement. Last month, after ten films made it to the rigorous VFX “bakeoff” process, all members of the motion picture academy’s visual effects branch are invited to view video presentations for the shortlisted films, where five films are cut and the remaining five become Oscar-nominated.
See Visual Effects Society Awards 2021: ‘The Midnight Sky’ wins big at Ves Awards
Kasmir acknowledges that while “it’s a huge amount of effort, you have to edit a reel, there are rules,” it is all worth it on the morning of the announcement. “Just to be nominated is such an accolade, it’s hugely exciting,” he says. He now enjoys his first ever nod, alongside his colleagues Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins. Watch our exclusive video interview with Kasmir above.
See Visual Effects Society Awards 2021: ‘The Midnight Sky’ wins big at Ves Awards
Kasmir acknowledges that while “it’s a huge amount of effort, you have to edit a reel, there are rules,” it is all worth it on the morning of the announcement. “Just to be nominated is such an accolade, it’s hugely exciting,” he says. He now enjoys his first ever nod, alongside his colleagues Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins. Watch our exclusive video interview with Kasmir above.
- 4/9/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
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