23rd Visual Effects Society Awards

{{Short description|2025 visual effects awards ceremony for 2024 works}}

23rd Visual Effects Society Awards

February 11, 2025

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:

Shōgun: "Anjin"

The 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Visual Effects Society to recognize the best in visual effects in film, television and other media in 2024. Nominations were announced on January 14, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/ves-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236255921/|title=VES Awards Nominations: Sandworms, Apes, Felines & Tornadoes Vie For Top Film Prize|work=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pederson|date=January 14, 2025|accessdate=January 14, 2025}} The ceremony took place on February 11, 2025 at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood and was hosted by the Sklar Brothers.{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/comedians-sklar-brothers-host-23rd-annual-ves-awards|title=Comedians The Sklar Brothers to Host 23rd Annual VES Awards|work=Animation World Network|first=Dan|last=Sarto|date=January 29, 2025|accessdate=January 30, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/ves-awards-winners-2025-1236284419/ |title=VES Awards: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Takes Top Film Prize As ‘Dune: Part Two’ & ‘Wild Robot’ Lead With Four Each; ‘Shōgun’ & ‘Penguin’ Pace TV – Full List |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=February 12, 2025 |accessdate=February 12, 2025 }}

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and in bold.

= Honorary Awards =

Georges Méliès Award:

  • Dr. Jacquelyn Ford Morie{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/ves-awards-career-award-jacquelyn-ford-morie-vr-1236194060/|title=Visual Effects Society Sets VR Pioneer Jacquelyn Ford Morie For Career Honor At VES Awards|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=December 4, 2024|accessdate=January 14, 2025}}

Creative Excellence Award

  • Hiroyuki Sanada{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/visual-effects-society-honor-hiroyuki-sanada-takashi-yamazaki-23rd-ves-awards-1236201790/|title=Visual Effects Society To Honor Hiroyuki Sanada & Takashi Yamazaki At 23rd VES Awards|website=Deadline|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=December 13, 2024|accessdate=January 14, 2025}}

Visionary Award

= Film =

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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

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style="width=50%" |Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Character in a Photoreal Feature

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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

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  • Dune: Part Two: "Arrakeen Basin" – Daniel Rhein, Daniel Anton Fernández, Marc James Austin, Christopher Anciaume
  • Civil War: "Washington, D.C." – Matthew Chandler, James Harmer, Robert Moore, Adrien Zeppieri
  • Gladiator II: "Rome" – Oliver Kane, Stefano Farci, John Seru, Frederick Vallee
  • Wicked: "Emerald City" – Alan Lam, Steve Bevins, Deepali Negi, Miguel Sánchez López-Ruíz
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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

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  • Dune: Part Two: "Atomic Explosions and Wormriding" – Nicholas Papworth, Sandy la Tourelle, Lisa Nolan, Christopher Phillips
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: "Burning Village, Rapids and Floods" – Alex Nowotny, Claude Schitter, Frédéric Valleur, Kevin Kelm
  • Twisters – Matthew Hanger, Joakim Arnesson, Laurent Kermel, Zheng Yong Oh
  • Venom: The Last Dance: "Water, Fire & Symbiote Effects" – Xavi Martin Ramirez, Oscar Dahlen, Hedi Namar, Yuri Yang
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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Feature

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  • The Wild Robot – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 – Jinguang Huang, Zhao Wang, Hamid Shahsavari, Joshua LaBrot
  • Moana 2 – Zoran Stojanoski, Jesse Erickson, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Erin V. Ramos
  • Ultraman: Rising – Goncalo Cabaca, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Praveen Boppana

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  • Dune: Part Two: "Wormriding, Geidi Prime, and the Final Battle" – Christopher Rickard, Francesco Dell'Anna, Paul Chapman, Ryan Wing
  • Better Man – Mark McNicholl, Gordon Spencer de Haseth, Eva Snyder, Markus Reithoffer
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Joerg Bruemmer, Zachary Brake, Tim Walker, Kaustubh A. Patil
  • The Wild Robot – Sondra L. Verlander, Baptiste Van Opstal, Eszter Offertaler, Austin Casale
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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

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  • Alien: Romulus: "Renaissance Space Station" – Waldemar Bartkowiak, Trevor Wide, Matt Middleton, Ben Shearman
  • Deadpool & Wolverine: "Ant-Man Arena" – Carlos Flores Gomez, Corinne Dy, Chris Byrnes, Gerald Blaise
  • Dune: Part Two: "Harkonnen Harvester" – Andrew Hodgson, Timothy Russell, Erik Lehmann, Louie Cho
  • Gladiator II: "Colosseum" – Oliver Kane, Marnie Pitts, Charlotte Fargier, Laurie Priest
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project

!Emerging Technology Award

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  • The Penguin: "Safe Guns" – Devin Maggio, Johnny Han, Cory Candrilli, Alexandre Prod'homme (HBO)
  • Blitz – Hayley Williams, David Eves, Alex Freeman, David Watson
  • Constellation – Martin Goeres, Johara Raukamp, Lion David Bogus, Leon Mark (Apple TV+)

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  • Here: "Neural Performance Toolset" – Jo Plaete, Oriel Frigo, Tomas Koutsky, Matteo Oliviero Dancy
  • Dune: Part Two: "Nuke CopyCat" – Ben Kent, Guillaume Gales, Mairead Grogan, Johanna Barbier
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: "Artist-driven Machine Learning Character" – John Bastian, Ben Ward, Thomas Rowntree, Robert Beveridge
  • Mufasa: The Lion King: "Real-Time Interactive Filmmaking, From Stage to Post" – Callum James, James Hood, Lloyd Bishop, Bruno Pedrinha
  • The Penguin: "Phase Synced Flash-Gun System" – Johnny Han, Jefferson Han, Joseph Menafra, Michael Pynn (HBO)

= Television =

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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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  • The Penguin: "Bliss" – Johnny Han, Michelle Rose, Goran Pavles, Ed Bruce, Devin Maggio (HBO)
  • Expats: "Home" – Robert Bock, Glorivette Somoza, Charles Labbé, Tim Emeis (Prime Video)
  • Lady in the Lake: "It Has to Do With the Search for the Marvelous" – Jay Worth, Eddie Bonin, Joe Wehmeyer, Eric Levin-Hatz, Mike Myers (Apple TV+)
  • Masters of the Air: "Part Three" – Stephen Rosenbaum, Bruce Franklin, Xavier Matia Bernasconi, David Andrews, Neil Corbould (Apple TV´+)
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz: "Pilot" – Simon Giles, Alan Church, David Schneider, James Hattsmith (Peacock)
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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project

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  • Coca-Cola: "The Heroes" – Greg McKneally, Antonia Vlasto, Ryan Knowles, Fabrice Fiteni
  • YouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket: "The Magic of Sunday" – Chris Bayol, Jeremy Brooks, Lane Jolly, Jacob Bergman
  • Disney Holidays 2024 – Adam Droy, Helen Tang, Christian Baker-Steele, David Fleet
  • Virgin Media: "Walrus Whizzer" – Sebastian Caldwell, Ian Berry, Ben Cronin, Alex Grey
  • Six Kings Slam: "Call of the Kings" – Ryan Knowles, Joe Billington, Dean Robinson, George Savvas

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  • Ronja, the Robber's Daughter: "Vildvittran the Queen Harpy" – Nicklas Andersson, David Allan, Gustav Åhren, Niklas Wallén (Netflix)
  • Secret Level: "Armored Core: Asset Management" ("Mech Pilot") – Zsolt Vida, Péter Krucsai, Ágnes Vona, Enric Nebleza Pañella (Prime Video)
  • Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred: "Neyrelle" – Chris Bostjanick, James Ma, Yeon-Ho Lee, Atsushi Ikarashi
  • Disney Holidays 2024: "Octopus" – Alex Doyle, Philippe Moine, Lewis Pickston, Andrea Lacedelli
style="width=50%" |Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic or Real-Time Project

! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic or Real-Time Project

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style="width=50%" |Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in an Episode

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  • The Penguin: "After Hours" – Jonas Stuckenbrock, Karen Chang, Eugene Bondar, Miky Girón (HBO)
  • Shōgun: "Broken to the Fist" (Landslide) – Benjamin Bernon, Douglas Roshamn, Victor Kirsch, Charlie Raud (FX)
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: "Episode 6" ("Jaws") – Rich Grande, Tomas Lefebvre, Ian Dodman, Rey Reynolds (Disney+)
  • The Boys: "Life Among the Septics" – Tristan Zerafa, Mike Stadnyckyj, Toshi Kosaka, Rajeev BR (Prime Video)

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  • Coca-Cola: "The Heroes" – Ryan Knowles, Alex Gabucci, Jack Powell, Dan Yarcigi
  • Virgin Media: "Walrus Whizzer" – Sebastian Caldwell, Alex Grey, Kanishk Chouhan, Shubham Mehta
  • Corcept: "Marionette" – Yongchan Kim, Arman Matin, Yoon Bae, Rajesh Kaushik
  • Disney Holidays 2024 – Christian Baker-Steele, Luke Warpus, Pritesh Kotian, Jack Harris

= Other categories =

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! style="width=50%" |Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

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  • D23: "Real-Time Rocket" – Evan Goldberg, Alyssa Finley, Jason Breneman, Alice Taylor
  • The Goldau Landslide Experience – Roman Kaelin, Gianluca Ravioli, Florian Baumann
  • MTV Video Music Awards: "Slim Shady Live" – Jo Plaete, Sara Mustafa, Cameron Jackson, Andries Courteaux
  • Tokyo DisneySea: "Peter Pan's Never Land Adventure" – Michael Sean Foley, Kirk Bodyfelt, Darin Hollings, Bert Klein, Maya Vyas
  • Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: "Run" – Benjamin Le Ster, Gilles De Lusigman, Gerome Viavant, Romain Tinturier
colspan="2"| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
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  • Pittura (ARTFX – Schools of Digital Arts) – Lauriol Adam, Lassère Titouan, Vivenza Rémi, Marre Helloïs
  • Dawn (École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques (ESMA)) – Noah Mercier, Apolline Royer, Lorys Stora, Marie Pradeilles
  • Student Accomplice (Brigham Young University) – Spencer Blanchard, Lisa Bird, Anson Savage, Kiara Spencer
  • Courage (SupinfocomRubika) – Salomé Cognon, Margot Jacquet, Nathan Baudry, Lise Delcroix
  • References

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