The Visual Effects Society has announced its nominations for the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards. In the feature film categories, Dune: Part Two leads with seven nominations including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. Elsewhere, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes scored six nominations, while Better Man earned four nods.
Full list of nominations below. The winners will be announced on February 11.
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Better Man
Luke Millar
Andy Taylor
David Clayton
Keith Herft
Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two
Paul Lambert
Brice Parker
Stephen James
Rhys Salcombe
Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Erik Winquist
Julia Neighly
Paul Story
Danielle Immerman
Rodney Burke
Mufasa: The Lion King
Adam Valdez
Barry St. John
Audrey Ferrara
Daniel Fotheringham
Twisters
Ben Snow
Mark Soper
Florian Witzel
Susan Greenhow
Scott Fisher
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Blitz
Andrew Whitehurst
Sona Pak
Theo Demiris
Vincent Poitras
Hayley Williams
Civil War
David Simpson
Michelle Rose
Freddy Salazar
Chris Zeh
J.D. Schwalm
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Jason Neese
Armen Fetulagian
Jamie Neese
J.P. Jaramillo
Nosferatu
Angela Barson
Lisa Renney
David Scott
Dave Cook
Pavel Ságner
Young Woman and the Sea
Richard Briscoe
Carrie Rishel
Jeremy Robert
Stéphane Dittoo
Ivo Jivkov
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out 2
Kelsey Mann
Mark Nielsen
Sudeep Rangaswamy
Bill Watral
Moana 2
Carlos Cabral
Tucker Gilmore
Ian Gooding
Gabriela Hernandez
The Wild Robot
Chris Sanders
Jeff Hermann
Jeff Budsberg
Jacob Hjort Jensen
Transformers One
Frazer Churchill
Fiona Chilton
Josh Cooley
Stephen King
Ultraman: Rising
Hayden Jones
Sean M. Murphy
Shannon Tindle
Mathieu Vig
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Better Man – Robbie Williams
Milton Ramirez
Andrea Merlo
Seoungseok Charlie Kim
Eteuati Tema
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Noa
Rachael Dunk
Andrei Coval
John Sore
Niels Peter Kaagaard
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Raka
Seoungseok Charlie Kim
Giorgio Lafratta
Tim Teramoto
Aidan Martin
Mufasa: The Lion King – Taka
Klaus Skovbo
Valentina Rosselli
Eli De Koninck
Amelie Talarmain
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Anxiety
Alexander Alvarado
Brianne Francisco
Amanda Wagner
Brenda Lin Zhang
The Wild Robot – Roz
Fabio Lignini
Yukinori Inagaki
Owen Demers
Hyun Huh
Thelma The Unicorn – Vic Diamond
Guillaume Arantes
Adrien Montero
Anne-Claire Leroux
Gaspard Roche
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Gromit
Jo Fenton
Alison Evans
Andy Symanowski
Emanuel Nevado
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Civil War – Washington, D.C.
Matthew Chandler
James Harmer
Robert Moore
Adrien Zeppieri
Dune: Part Two – The Arrakeen Basin
Daniel Rhein
Daniel Anton Fernandez
Marc James Austin
Christopher Anciaume
Gladiator II – Rome
Oliver Kane
Stefano Farci
John Seru
Frederick Vallee
Wicked – The Emerald City
Alan Lam
Steve Bevins
Deepali Negi
Miguel Sanchez López-Ruíz
OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda 4 – Juniper City
Benjamin Lippert
Ryan Prestridge
Sarah Vawter
Peter Maynez
The Wild Robot – The Forest
John Wake
He Jung Park
Woojin Choi
Shane Glading
Transformers One – Iacon City
Alex Popescu
Geoffrey Lebreton
Ryan Kirby
Hussein Nabeel
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aqueduct
Matt Perry
Dave Alex Riddett
Matt Sanders
Howard Jones
OUTSTANDING CG CINEMATOGRAPHY
Better Man
Blair Burke
Shweta Bhatnagar
Tim Walker
Craig Young
Dune: Part Two – Arrakis
Greig Fraser
Xin Steve Guo
Sandra Murta
Ben Wiggs
House of the Dragon – Season 2; “The Red Dragon and the Gold;” “Battle at Rook’s Rest“
Matt Perrin
James Thompson
Jacob Doehner
P.J. Dillon
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Egg Climb
Dennis Yoo
Angelo Perrotta
Samantha Erickstad
Miae Kang
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
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 – The Harkonnen Harvester
Andrew Hodgson
Timothy Russell
Erik Lehmann
Louie Cho
Gladiator II – The Colosseum
Oliver Kane
Marnie Pitts
Charlotte Fargier
Laurie Priest
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
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 – 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
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda 4
Jinguang Huang
Zhao Wang
Hamid Shahsavari
Joshua LaBrot
Moana 2
Zoran Stojanoski
Jesse Erickson
Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi
Erin V. Ramos
The Wild Robot
Derek Cheung
Michael Losure
David Chow
Nyoung Kim
Ultraman: Rising
Goncalo Cabaca
Zheng Yong Oh
Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang
Praveen Boppana
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
Better Man
Mark McNicholl
Gordon Spencer de Haseth
Eva Snyder
Markus Reithoffer
Dune: Part Two – Wormriding, Geidi Prime, and the Final Battle
Christopher Rickard
Francesco Dell’Anna
Paul Chapman
Ryan Wing
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
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
Blitz
Hayley Williams
David Eves
Alex Freeman
David Watson
Constellation
Martin Goeres
Johara Raukamp
Lion David Bogus
Leon Mark
The Penguin – “Safe Guns”
Devin Maggio
Johnny Han
Cory Candrilli
Alexandre Prod’homme
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
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
Here – Neural Performance Toolset
Jo Plaete
Oriel Frigo
Tomas Koutsky
Matteo Oliviero Dancy
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
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT
Dawn (entry from ESMA – École Supérieure Des Métiers Artistiques)
Noah Mercier
Apolline Royer
Lorys Stora
Marie Pradeilles
Student Accomplice (entry from Brigham Young University)
Spencer Blanchard
Lisa Bird
Anson Savage
Kiara Spencer
Pittura (entry from ARTFX – Schools of Digital Arts)
Lauriol Adam
Lassère Titouan
Vivenza Rémi
Marre Helloïs
Courage (entry from Supinfocom – Rubika)
Salomé Cognon
Margot Jacquet
Nathan Baudry
Lise Delcroix