The Visual Effects Society has announced its nominations for the 24th Visual Effects Society Awards. In the feature film categories, Avatar: Fire and Ash expectedly leads with 10 nominations, including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.
Full list of nominations below. The winners will be announced on February 25.
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
F1
Ryan Tudhope
Nikeah Forde
Robert Harrington
Nicolas Chevallier
Keith Alfred Dawson
Jurassic World: Rebirth
David Vickery
Carlos Ciudad
Steve Aplin
Charmaine Chan
Neil Corbould, VES
The Lost Bus
Charlie Noble
Gavin Round
David Zaretti
Russell Bowen
Brandon K. McLaughlin
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Richard Baneham
Peter Litvack
Eric Saindon
Nicky Muir
Steve Ingram
How To Train Your Dragon
Christian Manz
Christopher Raimo
Glen McIntosh
Glenn Melenhorst
Terry Palmer
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Dongji Rescue
Tim Crosbie
Celeste Chen
Christian Sjöstedt
Lea Benjovitz
A House of Dynamite
Chris Harvey
Dione Wood
Jon Mitchell
Matthew Lane
Warfare
Simon Stanley-Clamp
Kaley Edwards
Andrew Kinnear
Samir Ansari
Ryan Conder
Sinners
Michael Ralla
James Alexander
Nick Marshall
Espen Nordahl
Donnie Dean
After the Hunt
Fabio Cerrito
Virginia Cefaly
Marco Fiorani Parenzi
Maura Manfredi
OUTSTANDING ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
The Bad Guys 2
Pierre Perifel
Damon Ross
Matt Baer
Benjamin Willis
KPop Demon Hunters
Joshua Beveridge
Jacky Priddle
Benjamin Hendricks
Clara Chan
Zootopia 2
Gregory Smith
Laurie Au
Marlon West
Shweta Viswanathan
In Your Dreams
Sacha Kapijimpanga
Carey Smith
Nicola Lavender
Steve Pilcher
Elio
Claudia Chung Sanii
Mary Alice Drumm
Harley Jessup
Dave Quirus
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
A Minecraft Movie; Queen Malgosha
Kevin Estey
Fabio Leporelli
Matteo Stirati
Nick Grace
Lilo & Stitch; Stitch
Matthew Shumway
Claus Pedersen
Xiying Zhai
Enrique Mateo-Sagasta
Superman; Krypto the Superdog
Loic Mireault
Martine Chartrand
Marianne Morency
Matthias Schoenegger
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Varang: Leader of the Ash Clan
Stephen Clee
Stuart Adcock
Keven Norris
Joseph Kim
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Elio; Ooooo the Liquid Supercomputer
Catherine Luo
Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Ferdi Scheepers
Julian Teo
Elio; Glordon
Marco Burbano
Edgar Rodriguez
Ben Rush
Patrick Yu Wang
Zootopia 2; Gary De’Snake
Adam Green
Jennifer Stratton
Christoffer Pedersen
Jesse Erickson
KPop Demon Hunters; Rumi
Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee
Andrea Centeno
Marc Souliere
Joshua Beveridge
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Tron: Ares; Dillinger’s Grid City
Jared Michael
Noor Valibhoy
Cody Gramstad
Stefan Litterini
The Lost Bus; The Wildfires of Roe Road
Jamie Haydock
Francesco Ferraresi
Sergei Konorev
Frederick Vallee
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Bridgehead Industrial City
Gianluca Pizzaia
Steve Bevins
Dziga Kaiser
Zsolt Máté
The Lost Bus; Feather River Canyon by the Pulga Bridge
David Schulz
Mareike Loges
Björn Markgraf
Philipp Hafellner
The Gorge; The Bodyweb
Daniel James Cox
Yosuke Inomata
Clint Rea
Gabriel Pires
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia 2; Marsh Market
Limei Z. Hshieh
Alexander Nicholas Whang
Joshua Fry
Ryan DeYoung
Elio; The Communiverse
Steve Arguello
Christopher M. Burrows
Andy Lin
Laura Murphy
KPop Demon Hunters; Seoul
Rafael Lescano
Gunsik Kim
Tyquane Wright
Hee-Chel Nam
The Bad Guys 2; Cairo City
John J. Lee
Greg Hettinger
Mikael Genachte-Le Bail
Mayumi Shimokawa
OUTSTANDING CG CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zootopia 2
Tyler Kupferer
Daniel Rice
Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Steve Deane
AJ Briones
Zachary Brake
Andrew Moffett
Tron: Ares
Jhon Alvarado
Michael Beaulieu
Jayden Beveridge
Hayley Kim
KPop Demon Hunters
Benjamin Hendricks
Gary H. Lee
Randolph Lizarda
Linh Mai Nguyen Chan
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
Mickey 17; The Niflheim Spaceship
Bikas Panigrahi
Nikolai Razuev
Ajinkya Nitin Phokmare
Manoj Vijay Kamble
Wicked: For Good; Bison
Marco Chau
Giorgio Pennisi
Sowmya Ramakumar
Balazs Meszaros
Avatar: Fire and Ash; The Windtraders’ Gondola
Michael Smale
Sam Sharplin
Joe W. Churchill
Jacqi Dillon
Superman; The Fortress of Solitude
Crystal Bretz
Martin Pelissier
Klaudio Ladavac
Conner Wessinger
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Simulating Pandora
Nicholas Illingworth
Sarah C. Farmer
James Robinson
Ryan Bowden
Superman; Metropolis City Destruction
Rick Hankins
Marcel Kern
Eric Hollands
Masoud Aziminajjar
The Lost Bus; Escape from Hell
Billy Copley
Mathieu Chardonnet
Chetan Patkar
David Schott
Together
Darcy George
Andrew Dunkerley
Ray Leung
Steve Oakley
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
In Your Dreams
Stephanie McNair
Dmitiry Kolesnik
Stephen Paschke
David Sellares
The Bad Guys 2
Michael Losure
Landon Gray
Zachary Glynn
Steve Avoujageli
Zootopia 2
Sujil Sukumaran
Stuart Griese
Zoran Stojanoski
Paul Carman
KPop Demon Hunters
Filippo Maccari
Nikolaos Finizio
Daniel La Chapelle
Srdjan Milosevic
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Bridgehead Industrial City
Ziad Shureih
Stefano Oggeri
Jaume Creus Costabella
Hugo Debat-Burkarth
F1; Modern Race and POV Footage
Hugo Gauvreau
Chris Davies
Raushan Raj
Amaury Rospars
Superman; Fights and Metropolis City Destruction
Can Chang
Nicolas Caillier
Bryan Smeall
Elona Musha
Avatar: Fire and Ash; The Wind Traders, Bridgehead, Rivers and Ocean
Alex Klaricich
Gianfranco Sgura
Brad Floyd
Ari Ross
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Win or Lose; Detached Facial Features
David Munier
Ana Gabriela Lacaze
Jonathan Page
Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Mickey 17; REVIZE
John Bastian
Ben Ward
Thomas Rowntree
Robert Beveridge
Avatar: Fire and Ash; BodyOpt
Christoph Sprenger
Tobias Mack
Florian Fernandez
Niall Ryan
Elio; Real-Time High Fidelity Animation System Using Signed Distance Functions
Andrew Butts
Trent Crow
Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Catherine Luo
Avatar: Fire and Ash; Kora Fire Toolset
Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin
John Edholm
Murali Ramachari
Aleksandr Isakov
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT
Au Delà des Mots
Antoine Barbannaud
Leandro Leijnen
Timothé Vergught
Mathis De Sauvecanne
Flying From War
Ciara Borgards
Two Kings
Eliot Hervier Blondel
Mathieu Keraudran
Adrian Delmotte
Jonas Lopez Del Castillo
Azimuth
Thomas Teisseire
Cassandre Cinier
Martin Bluy
Mathis Giraudeau
A Sparrow’s Song
Tobias Eckerlin
Vincent Maurer
Elias Weber
Lilli-Luisa Heckmann