VES Awards 2014: Complete list of winners and nominees

The nominees for the 12th Annual VES Awards are:

Visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity�
Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride

“Iron Man 3�
Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill

“Pacific Rim�
John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel

“Star Trek Into Darkness�
Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug�
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton

Supporting visual effects in a feature motion picture

“Rush�
Jody Johnson, Moriah Etherington-Sparks, Mark Hodgkins, Antoine Moulineau

“The Great Gatsby�
Chris Godfrey, Prue Fletcher, Joyce Cox

WINNER: “The Lone Ranger�
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Shari Hanson, Kevin Martel

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty�
Guillaume Rocheron, Kurt Williams, Monette Dubin, Ivan Moran

“The Wolf of Wall Street�
Robert Legato, Mark Russell, Joseph Farrell, Lisa Spence

“White House Down�
Marc Weigert, Volker Engel, Julia Frey, Ollie Rankin

Animation in an animated feature motion picture

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2�
Peter Nash, Michael Ford, Chris Juen, Mandy Tankenson

“Despicable Me 2�
Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

WINNER: “Frozen�
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, Lino Di Salvo

“Monsters University�
Kori Rae, Sanjay Bakshi, Jon Reisch, Scott Clark

“The Croods�
Jane Hartwell, Chris Sanders, Kirk Demicco, Markus Manninen

Visual effects in a broadcast program

“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.� - “Pilot�
Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, David Altenau, H Haden Hammond

“Almost Human�
Jay Worth, Robert Habros, Michael Cliett, David Beedon

“Battlestar Galactica - Blood & Chrome�
Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Derek Ledbetter, Heather Mcauliff

WINNER: “Game of Thrones� - “Valar Dohaeris�
Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Sven Martin

“Inseparable� - “Chernobyl�
Egor Olesov, Egor Borschevsky, Dmitry Ovcharenko, Mykhailo Datsyk

Supporting visual effects in a broadcast program

WINNER: “Banshee� - “Pilot�
Armen Kevorkian, Mark Skowronski, Jeremy Jozwik, Ricardo Ramirez

“Da Vinci’s Demons� - “The Lovers�
Kevin Blank, Simon Frame, Ante Dekovic, Oliver Arnold

“Hawaii 5-0� - “Ho’onani Makuakane�
Armen Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan

“Mob City� - “A Guy Walks Into a Bar�
Jason Sperling, Michael Morreale, Valeri Pfahning, Mike Enriquez

“Moonfleet� - “Episode 2�
Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, John O’Connell, Joe Courtis

“The Borgias� - “Relics�
Wojciech Zielinski, Neishaw Ali, Bill Halliday, Jp Giamos

Real-time visuals in a video game

WINNER: “Call of Duty - Ghosts�
Mark Rubin, Richard Kriegler, David Johnson, Alessandro Nardini

“Crysis 3�
Magnus Larbrant, Tiago Sousa, Steven Bender, Cevat Yerli

“Killzone Shadow Fall�
Marijn Giesbertz, Jan-Bart Van Beek, Angie Smets

“NBA 2K14�
Heather Marshall, Joseph Clark, Jeff Thomas, Anton Dawson

“Ryse - Son of Rome�
Cevat Yerli, Peter Gornstein, Chris Evans, Brian Chambers

Visual effects in a commercial

“Call of Duty - Epic Night Out�
Leighton Greer, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza, Chris Knight

“Galaxy Chauffeur�
Helen Hughes, Simon French, William Bartlett, Stephen Cullingford

“Liberty Group Limited - Answer�
James Atkinson, Rachel Mariscal, Scott Meadows, David Liu

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human�
Angus Kneale, Vince Baertsoen, Colin Blaney, Kyle Cody

“Sony PlayStation - Perfect Day�
Charlotte Arnold, Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Olivier Mitonneau

Visual effects in a special venue project

“Hayden Planetarium’s Dark Universe�
Vivian Trakinski, Jon Parker, Carter Emmart, Andreas Wetteborn

“Mysteries of the Unseen World�
Sean Phillips, Andy Yamada, Fred Pienkos, Matthew Sugars, Mystic Manor, Tim Landry, John Guerra, Mark Schirmer, Ken Horii

WINNER: “Space Shuttle Atlantis�
Daren Ulmer, John Gross, Cedar Connor, Christian Bloch

“SpongeBob SquarePants 4D - The Great Jelly Rescue!�
Kate Crandall, Brent Young, Michael “Oz� Smith, Andrei Brovcenco

Animated character in a live-action feature motion picture

“Gravity� - Ryan
Max Solomon, Mathieu Vig, Michael Brunet, David Shirk

“Oz the Great and Powerful� - China Girl
Troy Saliba, In-Ah Roediger, Carolyn Vale, Kevin Souls

“Pacific Rim� - Kaiju - Leatherback
Jakub Pistecky, Frank Gravatt, Cyrus Jam, Chris Havreberg

WINNER: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug� - Smaug
Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Myriam Catrin, Guillaume Francois

Animated character in an animated feature motion picture

“Epic� - “Bomba�
Thom Roberts, Haven Gordon Cousins, Tim Bower, Daniel Lima

“Epic� - “Mary Katherine�
Jeff Gabor, Dylan C. Maxwell, Sang Jun Lee, Chris Pagoria

WINNER: “Frozen� - “Bringing the Snow Queen to Life�
Alexander Alvarado, Joy Johnson, Chad Stubblefield, Wayne Unten

“The Croods� - “Eep�
Line Andersen, Won Young Byun, Koji Morihiro, Chris De St. Jeor

Animated character in a commercial or broadcast program

“Game of Thrones� - “Raising the Dragons�
Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human�
Vince Baertsoen, Alex Allain, Henning Koczy

“Smithwick’s� - “Squirrel�
Tom Bussell, Jorge Montiel, Tom Raynor, Leonardo Costa

“Three, The Pony�
Carsten Keller, Jake Mengers, Tim Van Hussen

“Toy Story of Terror�
Paul Aichele, Kiki Mei Kee Poh, Andrew Coats

Created environment in a live-action feature motion picture

“Elysium� - Torus
Votch Levi, Joshua Ong, Barry Poon

“Gravity� - Interior
Harry Bardak, Nathan Walster, Jonathan Fawkner, Claire Michaud

WINNER: “Gravity� - Exterior
Paul Beilby, Kyle Mcculloch, Stuart Penn, Ian Comley

“Iron Man 3� - Shipyard
John Stevenson-Galvin, Greg Notzelman, Paul Harris, Justin Stockton

“Pacific Rim� - Virtual Hong Kong
Johan Thorngren, Jeremy Bloch, David Meny, Polly Ing

Created environment in an animated feature motion picture

“Epic� - Pod Patch
Aaron Ross, Travis Price, Jake Panian, Antelmo Villarreal

WINNER: “Frozen� - Elsa’s Ice Palace
Virgilio John Aquino, Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, David Womersley

“Monsters University� - Campus
Robert Kondo, Eric Andraos, Dale Ruffolo, Peter Sumanaseni

“The Croods� - The Maze
Jonathan Harman, Violette Sacre-Shaik, Benjamin Venancie, Philippe Brochu

Created environment in a commercial or broadcast program

WINNER: “Game of Thrones� - The Climb
Patrick Zentis, Mayur Patel, Nitin Singh, Tim Alexander

“Hell on Wheels� - Big Bad Wolf
Steve Meyer, Matt Von Brock, Mitch Gates, Antonio Chang

“Inseparable� - Chernobyl
Dmitry Ovcharenko, Igor Chopenko, Dmitry Eremenko, Andrey Bogdanov

“Liberty Group Limited� - Answer
Greg Teegarden, Kevin Bouchez, Brian Creasey, Kurt Lawson

Virtual cinematography in a live-action feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity�
Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard Mcbride, Dale Newton

“Iron Man 3�
Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez

“Man of Steel�
Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis

“Pacific Rim� - Hong Kong Ocean Brawl
Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug�
Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Tico Cabezas

Virtual cinematography in a live-action commercial or broadcast program

“Mad Max� - “Ethos�
Aladino Debert, Neil Huxley, David Liu, Michael Harbour

“Murdered� - “Soul Suspect�
Vernon Wilbert, Tim Jones, Rafael Colon, April Warren

“Qualcomm Snapdragon� - “A Dragon Is Coming�
Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub

WINNER: “The Crew�
Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère

Models in a feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity� - ISS Exterior
Ben Lambert, Paul Beilby, Chris Lawrence, Andy Nicholson

“Pacific Rim�
David Fogler, Alex Jaeger, Aaron Wilson, David Behrens

“Star Trek Into Darkness�
Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, Thomas Fejes

“The Lone Ranger� - Colby Locomotive
Rene Garcia, Steve Walton, Brian Paik, Gerald Gutschmidt

FX and simulation animation in a live-action feature motion picture

WINNER: “Gravity� - Parachute and ISS Destruction
Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Horacio Mendoza, Juan-Luis Sanchez

“Man of Steel�
Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet

“Pacific Rim� - Fluid Simulation & Destruction
Ryan Hopkins, Michael Balog, Patrick Conran, Rick Hankins

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug�
Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger

FX and simulation animation in an animated feature motion picture

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2�
Andrew Hofman, Alex Moaveni

“Epic� - Boggan Crowds
Thierry Dervieux-Lecocq, David Gatenby, Mark Adams, Matthew D. Simmons

WINNER: “Frozen� - Elsa’s Blizzard
Eric W. Araujo, Marc Bryant, Dong Joo Byun, Tim Molinder

“The Croods�
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Jason Mayer, Michael Losure

FX and simulation animation in a commercial or broadcast program

WINNER: “PETA - 98% Human�
Vince Baertsoen, Jimmy Gass, Dave Barosin

“Sony PlayStation� - “Perfect Day�
Joji Tsuruga, Gavin Wellsman, Nick Couret, Hassan Taimur

“Toyota Avalon� - “Formula�
Ed Laag, Eugene Gauran, Josh Hatton

“Toy Story of Terror�
Jane Yen, Rogan Griffin, Amit Baadkar, Keith Daniel Klohn

Compositing in a feature motion picture

“Elysium�
Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott

WINNER: “Gravity�
Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar

“Iron Man 3� - Barrel of Monkeys
Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin

“Iron Man 3� - House Attack
Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug�
Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston

Compositing in a broadcast program

“Banshee� - “Pilot�
Gevork Babityan, Andranik Taranyan, Matt Kelly, Matthieu Perin

WINNER: “Game of Thrones� - The Climb
Kirk Brillon, Steve Gordon, Geoff Sayer, Winston Lee

“The Conquering of Yunkai�
Sean Faden, Greg Szafranski, Florian Friedmann, Travis Nobles

“Vikings� - “Dispossessed�
Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Marco Lee, Maria Gordon

Compositing in a commercial

WINNER: “Call of Duty’ - “Epic Night Out�
Chris Knight, Daniel Thuresson, Nick Tayler, Dag Ivarsory

“Jean-Paul Gaultier� - “The Sailor�
Jerome Billet, Arnaud Leviez

“Mercedes Sensations�
Laurent Creusot, Pierre Emmanuel Genin, David Roubah, Damien Canameras

“Sony PlayStation� - “Greatness Awaits�
Kyle Cody, Dan Difelice

“Sony PlayStation� - “Perfect Day�
Gavin Wellsman, John Mangia, Leonardo Costa, Kristen Johnson

Visual effects in a student project

“Initium�
Alexandre Dechel, Adrien Lambert, Larochette Emeric, James Ross-Greetham

“Morphium�
Linus Stetter

WINNER: “Rugbybugs�
Alexandra Stautmeister

“Runaway�
Ludovic Fregé, Quentin Medda, Romain Chauliac, Yoann Gouraud

“Where the Dream Begins�
Dun Ma, Dan Wen Lei, Xuan Xia