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Visual Effects Society 1st Annual Awards
Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
 Date: Wed Jan 15 2003
The Visual Effects Society, an organization comprised of visual effects
professionals who desire to honor, advance and promote visual effects for
its membership and the industry as a whole, has announced the nominees for
its 1st Annual VES Awards. In addition to expected categories like "Best
Special Effects in a Motion Picture" and "Best Character Animation,", Society will present awards such as "Best Effects Art Direction," "Best
Compositing" and "Best Actor in an Effects Film."

The full list of nominees is below:

Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture

MEN IN BLACK II - John Berton, Tom Bertino
STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall Cook, Alex Funke


Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures

GANGS OF NEW YORK - Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS - Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro
FRIDA - Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker


Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special

STEPHEN KING'S ROSE RED - Robin Griffin, Stuart Robertson, Dion Hatch, and Nelson Sepulveda
JAMES CAMERON'S EXPEDITION BISMARCK - Dean Lewis
DINOTOPIA - Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn


Best Visual Effects in a Television Series

DINOTOPIA "Marooned & Making Good" - Guy Hudson, Sharon Fitzgerald, Frazer Churchill, David Hulin
FIREFLY "Serenity" pilot - Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Persterc, Kristen Branan
ENTERPRISE "Shockwave: Part One" - Dan Curry, Ronald Moore, Liz Castro


Best Visual Effects in a Commercial

Blockbuster Entertainment "Prima Donna" - Scott Souter, Frank Petzond
XBOX "Mosquito" - William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie
Adidas "Mechanical Legs" - Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio


Best Visual Effects in a Music Video

Linkin Park "Points of Authority" - Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher, Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan
Will Smith "Black Suits Coming" - Greg Strause, Colin Strause
DJ? Acucrack "So to Speak" - Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade


Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley
HARRY POTTER "Dobby's Face" - David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: "THE TWO TOWERS" - Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Den McGaugh, Bay Raitt


Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

STARGATE SG-1 "Revelations" - James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De Bosch Kemper
Blockbuster Entertainment "Kung Fu" - Scott Souter, Frank Petzond
DINOTOPIA - Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White


Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON - James Baxter
STUART LITTLE 2 - Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen


Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture

DIE ANOTHER DAY - Chris Corbould
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rech Cordobes, Scott Harens


Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb
GANGS OF NEW YORK - Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelain, Mathieu Raynault


Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS - Mark Fordham, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Audurm Heinze
DINOTOPIA - Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae


Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte
DIE ANOTHER DAY - John Richardson
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken

Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

STEPHEN KING�S ROSE RED - Michael Joyce
Gatorade "Visitors" - Mathew Gratzner, James Waterhouse, Scott Lukowski, Eric Coon
ENTERPRISE "Dead Stop" - John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott


Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers
STUART LITTLE 2 - Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Alex Funke, Bran Hul, Richard Bluck


Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture

MINORITY REPORT - Alexander Laurant, Alex McDowell
STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Alex Jaeger, Doug Chiang, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo


Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

Linkin Park "Points of Authority" - Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan, Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino
Adidas "Mechanical Legs" - Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio


Best Compositing in a Motion Picture

MINORITY REPORT - Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS "Quidditch Match" - Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Mark Lewis, Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle


Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

DINOTOPIA - Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn
FIREFLY "Serenity" Pilot - Andrew Orloff, Emile Smith, Kristen Branan, Kyle Torcher
Adidas "Mechanical Legs" - Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio


Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin
ADAPTATION Nicholas Cage
MEN IN BLACK II Will Smith

Related Links:
Visual Effects Society website


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