The Visual Effects Society will unveil their winners for 2010’s best visual effects on January 28 and at the same time they are set to award Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight) with the Society’s inaugural VES Visionary Award.
As reported by The Envelope, the award is designed to honor “an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of visual effects to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work.”
As much as I love Nolan’s work, it seems odd to give the award to him the year after James Cameron’s Avatar took the world by storm and is considered a film that changed the landscape of visual effects as we know them. I believe the phrase most often associated with Avatar is “game changer.”
Nolan’s Inception is visually impressive and a terrific example of an imagination hard at work, but I think awarding Cameron would have made a bit more sense. Avatar won six awards from the VES last year including its top award for best visual effects in a feature film.
What do you think, is Nolan a good choice for the inaugural VES Visionary Award?
