The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced their awards for excellence in visual effects in 2009 and no big surprise, Avatar and Up were the big winners, but Sherlock Holmes and District 9 did squeeze their way in to two of the categories. Sherlock won for Supporting Visual Effects, a category Avatar was not nominated in for good reason, but District 9 did beat out two Avatar noms for Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture.
I think we all expect Avatar to take home Best Visual Effects at the Oscars as it faces off against District 9 and Star Trek, but is there anyone out there that thinks otherwise?
The complete list of winners is directly below.
Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
- 2012
- Avatar
- District 9
- Star Trek
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
- Angels & Demons
- The Box
- Invictus
- The Road
- Sherlock Holmes
Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- 9
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Coraline
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Up
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
- 2012 (Escape From L.A.)
- Avatar (Quarich’s Escape)
- Avatar (Neytiri Drinking)
- Knowing (Plane Crash)
- Terminator Salvation (VLA Escape)
Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion Picture
- Avatar (Neytiri)
- District 9 (Christopher Johnson)
- G-Force (Bucky)
- Watchmen (Doctor Manhattan)
Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Coraline (Coraline)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Buck)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (B.O.B.)
- Up (Carl, No Dad Scene)
Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Coraline
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Up
Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
- Avatar (Pandora)
- Franklyn (Meanwhile City Scapes)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Star Trek
Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
- Avatar (Samson / Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit)
- Coraline
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (National Air and Space Museum Escape)
- Terminator Salvation
Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
- 2012 (Los Angeles Destruction)
- Avatar (Floating Mountains)
- Avatar (Jungle / Biolume)
- Avatar (Willow Glade)
Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
- Avatar
- Avatar (End Battle)
- District 9
- Sherlock Holmes (Wharf Explosion Sequence)
