2007 Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards
2007 VES award nominations: January 7, 2008.
2007 VES award winners: Kodak Grand Ballroom in Hollywood on February 10, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture
* HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton, Richard Farns, Stephen Hutchinson
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
I AM LEGEND – Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
* TRANSFORMERS – Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza
THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
* RATATOUILLE – Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
ZODIAC – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
WE OWN THE NIGHT – Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
THE KITE RUNNER – David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
BLADES OF GLORY – Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
* TRANSFORMERS – Desert Highway Sequence
Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – Jack and Davy Duel
John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert, Philippe Rebours
300 – Crazy Horse Sequence
Chris Watts, Gayle Busby, Kirsty Millar
SURF'S UP – Riding the Visual Effects Tube
Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman
SPIDER-MAN 3 – The Birth of Sandman
Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Sandman
Chris Yang, Bernd Anger, Dominick Cecere, Remington Scott
THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP – Crusoe
Richard Frances-Moore, Martin Hill, Marco Revelant, Daniel Barrett
* PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – Davy Jones
Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser
ENCHANTED – Pip
Tom Gibbons, James W. Brown, David Richard Nelson, John Koester
TRANSFORMERS – Optimus Prime
Rick O'Connor, Doug Sutton, Keiji Yamaguchi, Jeff White
I AM LEGEND – The Infected Leader
David Schaub, Marco Marenghi, Josh Beveridge
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
SURF'S UP – Chicken Joe
David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper, Andreas Procopiou
SHREK THE THIRD – King Harold
John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung, Sean Mahoney
BEOWULF – Beowulf
Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn McDonald
SURF'S UP – Cody
David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley, Shia LaBeouf
* RATATOUILLE – Colette
Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi, Paul Aichele
Outstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture
BEOWULF – Dragon Chase
Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle, Pericles Michielin
SHREK THE THIRD – Effects
Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost, Anthony Field
* RATATOUILLE – Food
Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling, Tolga Goktekin
SURF'S UP – Riding Wave – CG Style
Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman, Danny Dimian
RATATOUILLE – Rapids
Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture
SWEENEY TODD – The Old Bailey
Raf Morant, Julian Gnass, Nakia McGlynn, Christine Wong
* PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – The Maelstrom
Frank Losasso Petterson, Paul Sharpe, Joakim Arnesson, David Meny
ZODIAC – Washington and Cherry
Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw, Karl Denham
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – The Hall of Prophecy
David Vickery, Philippe LePrince, Trina Roy, Jolene McCaffrey
RUSH HOUR 3
Barry Williams, Robert Weaver, Jay Cooper, Masahiko Tani
I AM LEGEND – Times Square Hunt
Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Gress, Daveed Shwartz
Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Motion Picture
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – Practical and Digital Ships
Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller, Geoff Heron
LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD – Freeway Sequence – F35 Miniature and Effects
Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly, John Cazin
* TRANSFORMERS
Dave Fogler, Ron Woodall, Alex Jaeger, Brian Gernand
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Hogwarts School
Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Building / Crane Destruction Miniature and Effects
Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Raymond Moore
Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture
* TRANSFORMERS
Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END – Death of Beckett
Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Lingenfelser
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hillier
I AM LEGEND – Seaport Evacuation
Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP – Crusoe
Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates, Caterina Schiffers
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Hall of Prophecy and Comp Shots
Jolene McCaffrey, Jelena Stojanovic, Victor Wade, Adam Pashke
TELEVISION
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
* BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – Razor
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Sean Jackson, Pierre Drolet
RACE TO MARS – Getting to Mars
Manon Barriault, Jacques Levesque, Olivier Goulet, Benoit Girard
DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2007 – Voyage of the Damned
David Houghton, Will Cohen
BEN 10: RACE AGAINST TIME – VFX Compilation
Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young, Chris Christman
TIN MAN – Night One
Lee Wilson, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Sebastien Bergeron
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
HEROES – Episode 208 – "Four Months Ago"
Eric Grenaudier, Mark Spatny, Diego Galtieri, Mike Enriquez
DOCTOR WHO "THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS" – Series 3, Episode 13
David Houghton, Will Cohen
STARGATE ATLANTIS – Adrift
Mark Savela, Shannon Gurney, Erica Henderson, Jamie Yukio Kawano
* FIGHT FOR LIFE – Episode 4
Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi, Matt Chandler
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – Episode 316 – "Maelstrom"
Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Michael J. Davidson, Kyle Toucher
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
GREY'S ANATOMY – WALK ON WATER – Ferryboat Crash
Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Valeri Pfahning, Mike Enriquez
MARIE-ANTOINETTE – Miniseries
Richard Martin, Pierre Raymond, Sebastien Rioux, Nadine Homier
DRIVE EPISODE 101 "THE STARTING LINE" – Driving Sequence
Raoul Yorke Bolognini, Loni Peristere, Steve Meyer, Chris Jones
* ROME 2 – Episode 6 – "Philippi"
James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Duncan Kinnard, Gary Broznich
PUSHING DAISIES – Pilot Episode
Craig Weiss, Toni Pace Carstensen, Brian Vogt, Jimmy Berndt
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
BACARDI – Bacardi Sun
Vittorio Giannini, Franck Lambertz, Robin Carlisle, Nico Cotta
ZUNE – The Ballad of Tina Pink
Luisa Murray, Laurent Ledru, Katrina Salicrup, Miles Essmiller
BMW COMMERCIAL – Hydrogen
Simon Maddison, Dave Kelly, Mike Bain, Sam Cole
BMW – Road
Chris Fieldhouse, Jay Barton, Ron Herbst, Dave Stern
* SMIRNOFF – Sea
William Bartlett, Scott Griffin, Dan Seddon, David Mellor
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial
DOCTOR WHO 'THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS' – Series 3 Episode 13
Nicolas Hernandez, Adam Burnett, Neil Roche
* CHEMICAL BROTHERS – SALMON DANCE – Fatlip shots
Nicklas Andersson, Mike Mellor, Sylvain Marc, Florent DeLa Taille
PRIMEVAL – Episode 6 – Predator Animation
Mathieu Vig, Antoine Birot, Simon Thistlethwaite, Kevin O'Sullivan
AMP – Paper
Fred Raimondi, Chris De Santis, Angie Jones, Narbeh Mardirossian
BEN 10: RACE AGAINST TIME – Grey Matter Sequence
Brent Young, Michael Smith
PROPEL – Stress Monster
Mitch Drain, Sean Faden, Matt Hackett, Denis Gauthier
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program or
Commercial
* BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE – 002_05
Phi Tran, Matthew Lee, Martin Hilke, Andrew Roberts
TIN MAN – Night One
Les Quinn, Ken Less, Andrew Domachowski, Jonah West
UGLY BETTY – "A League of their Own"
Chris Martin, Michael Cook, Cedric Tomacruz
SMALLVILLE – Metropolis City
Kaz Yoshida, Jack Matsumoto, Andrea Shear, Eli Jarra
SUBARU – "Peel Out"
Graham Fyffe, Chris Nichols, Chris Bankoff, Daniel Buck
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
SMALLVILLE, SEASON 6 – Episode 11, Justice
Rob Reinhart, Jack Matsumoto, Takashi Takeoka, Christina Spring
TIN MAN – Night One
Todd Liddiard, Philippe Thibault, Lionel Lim, Annabelle Kent
* NIKE – Leave Nothing
James Allen, Rob Trent
SMALLVILLE – Bizarro Flood
David Alexander, Kaz Yoshida, Geeta Basantani, Tony White
LEVIS – Change
Tim Davies, Jason Schugardt, Yuichiro Yamashito
Outstanding Special Effects in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
* ACTIVELY SAFE – Lexus Hydrant
Dave Peterson, Anthony De La Cruz
Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
* HALO 3/BELIEVE CAMPAIGN
Matthew Gratzner, Alan Scott, Seth Curlin, Greg Boettcher
OTHER
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game
NEED FOR SPEED PRO STREET – ProStreet
Michael Mann, Wilson Tang, Eduardo Agostini, Carl Jarrett
CRYSIS – Realtime Visuals
Michael Endres, Michael Khaimzon
TEAM FORTRESS 2
Jason Mitchell, Moby Franke, Chris Green, Dhabih Eng
* HALO 3 – Halo 3 Footage
Marcus Lehto, Jonty Barnes, Stephen Scott, CJ Cowan
MASS EFFECT – Game Sequence
Derek Watts, Casey Hudson
Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game
COMMAND AND CONQUER 3 TIBERIUM WARS – GDI, NOD & Scrin Scenes
Richard Taylor, Matt Britton, Ben Hopkins, Tang Katai
HELLGATE: LONDON
Tim Miller, Jerome Denjean, Al Shier
* WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE – Cinematic Intro
Jeff Chamberlain, Scott Abeyta
THE WITCHER CINEMATIC – Intro
Tomek Baginski, Marcin Kobylecki, Grzegorz Kukus, Maciek Jackiewicz
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
DINOSAURS-GIANTS OF PATAGONIA – 38_011
Mario Couturier, Vincent Roberge, Richard Bergeron, Martin L'Heureux
MONSTERS, INC. LAUGH FLOOR – Show Edit
Roger Gould, Liz Gazzano, Joe Garlington, Dan Colajacomo
* SEA MONSTERS
Sean Phillips, Jack Geist, Robin Aristorenas, Mark Dubeau
VES Lifetime Achievement Award: Steven Spielberg
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