OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
“Dune”
Paul Lambert
Brice Parker
Tristan Myles
Brian Connor
Gerd Nefzer
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
John “D.J.” Des Jardin
Tamara Kent
Bryan Hirota
Kevin Smith
Mike Meinardus
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Matrix Resurrections”
Dan Glass
Nina Fallon
Tom Debenham
Huw J Evans
James Schwalm
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“No Time To Die”
Charlie Noble
Mara Bryan
Joel Green
Jonathan Fawkner
Chris Courbold
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Christopher Townsend
Damien Carr
Joe Farrell
Sean Walker
Dan Oliver
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Kelly Port
Julia Neighly
Chris Waegner
Scott Edelstein
Dan Sudick
(Columbia Pictures)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
“Candyman”
Andrew Zink
James McQuaide
Josh Simmonds
Drew Dir
Ryan Evans
(Universal Pictures)
“The Last Duel”
Gary Brozenich
Helen Judd
Jessica Norman
Yann Blondel
Stefano Pepin
(20th Century Studios)
“Last Night in Soho”
Tom Proctor
Gavin Gregory
Julian Gnass
Fabricio Baessa
(Focus Features)
“Nightmare Alley”
Dennis Berardi
Ryan MacDuff
Mark Hammond
David Roby
Geoff Hill
(Searchlight Pictures)
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Alex Lemke
Michael Huber
Michael Ralla
Benedikt Laubenthal
(A24)
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
“Encanto”
Scott Kersavage
Bradford Simonsen
Thaddeus P. Miller
Ian Gooding
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Luca”
Enrico Casarosa
Andrea Warren
David Ryu
Jon Reisch
(Pixar Animation)
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Alan Hawkins
Carey A. Smith
Mike Lasker
Nicola Lavender
(Netflix)
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Kyle Odermatt
Osnat Shurer
Kelsey Hurley
Paul Felix
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Sing 2”
Patrick Delage
Nathalie Vancauwenberghe
Christophe Lourdelet
Boris Jacq
(Universal Pictures)
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
“Foundation”
Episode: “The Emperor’s Peace”
Chris MacLean
Addie Manis
Mike Enriquez
Chris Keller
Paul Byrne
(Apple TV+)
“Loki”
Episode: “Journey Into Mystery”
Dan DeLeeuw
Allison Paul
Sandra Balej
David Seager
(Disney+)
“Lost in Space”
Episode: “Trust”
Jabbar Raisani
Terron Pratt
Juri Stanossek
Niklas Jacobson
Paul Benjamin
(Netflix)
“The Nevers”
Episode: “Ignition”
Johnny Han
Jack Geist
Justin Mitchell
Emanuel Fuchs
Michael Dawson
(HBO)
“The Stand”
Jake Braver
Phillip Hoffman
Laurent Hugueniot
Vincent Papaix
(CBS)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
“9-1-1 Lone Star”
Episode: “Hold the Line”
Brigitte Bourque
Tyler Deck
Jason Gottlieb
Josephine Noh
Elia Popov
(Fox)
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
Episode: “Chicago”
Brendan Taylor
Stephen Lebed
Kayla Cabral
Brannek Gaudet
(Hulu)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society”
Episode: “A Bunch of Smart Orphans”
Philippe Thibault
Marie-Pierre Boucher
Alexis Belanger
Gabriel Beauvais
(Disney+)
“See”
Episode: “Rock-A-Bye”
Chris Wright
Parker Chehak
Javier Roca
Tristan Zerafa
Tony Kenny
(Apple TV+)
“Squid Game”
Episode: “VIPS”
Jaihoon Jung
Hyejin Kim
Hyungrok Kim
Sungman Jun
(Netflix)
“Sweet Tooth”
Episode: “Sorry About All the Dead People”
Rob Price
Danica Tsang
Matt Bramante
Jayme Vandusen
(Netflix)
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT
“Battlefield 2042”
Anders Egleus
Jeremy Chubb
Gray Horsfield
Sean Ellis
“Call of Duty: Vanguard”
Sandy Lin-Chiang
Joseph Knox
Gareth Richards
Shane Daley
“Forza Horizon 5”
Don Arceta
Valentyn Minytskyi
Conar Cross
George Ilenei
“Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”
Grant Hollis
Yancy Young
Steven Russell
Sean Applegate
“Returnal” Playstation 5
Harry Krueger
Tony Salkovuo
Risto Jankkila
Sharman Jagadeesan
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
“Far Cry 6” Chicharrón Run
Niklas Ström
Kajsa Kurtén
Nicklas Andersson
Adrian Tsang
“Lego” Rebuild the World
Fabian Frank
Anandi Peiris
Kiril Mirkov
Platon Filimonov
“Lexus” Parking Spot
Alex Thomas
Andrew McLintock
JD Yepes
Clement Renaudin
“Sheba” Hope Reef
Grant Walker
Sophie Harrison
Hernan Llano
Michael Baker
“Zillow” The Journey
Ben Kwok
Ashley Goodwin
Oliver Varteressian
Yebin Ahn
Tom Bussell
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT
“Hôtel de la Marine”
Franck Lambertz
Hugues Allart
Olivier Jarry
Pierre Jury
“Jurassic World Adventure”
Eugénie von Tunzelmann
Maximilian McNair MacEwan
Stephen Goalby
Brad Silby
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
“Finch”
Character: Jeff
Harinarayan Rajeev
Matthias Schoenegger
Simon Allen
Paul Nelson
(Apple TV+)
“Flora & Ulysses”
Character: Ulysses
Pierre-Loïc Hamon
Sachin Tyagi
Nandini Nambiar
Loïc Mireault
(Disney+)
“Jungle Cruise”
Character: Aguirre
Alexander Lee
Claus Pedersen
Rasely Ma
Gary Wu
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage”
Character: Carnage
Richard Spriggs
Ricardo Silva
Lucas Cuenca
Federico Frassinelli
(Sony Pictures)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER
IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
“Encanto”
Character: Mirabel Madrigal
Kelly McClanahan
Sergi Caballer
Mary Twohig
Jose Luis “Weecho” Velasquez
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Luca”
Character: Luca
Gwendelyn Enderoglu
Laurie Nguyen Kim
Tanja Krampfert
Maria Lee
(Pixar Animation)
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Character: Katie Mitchell
Lindsey Olivares
Kurt Judson
Soh-I Jeong
Rohini Kumar
(Netflix)
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Character: Tuk Tuk
Brian Menz
Punn Wiantrakoon
Erik Hansen
Vicky YuTzu Lin
(Walt Disney Pictures)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER
IN AN EPISODE OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
“Lisey’s Story”
Character: The Long Boy
Mohsen Mousavi
Salauddin “Sallu” Kazi
Mattias Brunosson
Pablovsky Ramos-Nieves
(Apple TV+)
“Love, Death & Robots”
Character: Snow in the Desert; Hirald
Maxime Luere
Zoé Pelegrin-Bomel
Laura Guerreiro
Florent Duport
(Netflix)
“The Witcher”
Character: Leshy Eskel ; Tree Branch Creature
Hannes Faupel
Stéphane Paccolat
Ivan Cadena Ayala
Laurent Fortin
(Netflix)
“The Witcher”
Character: Nivellen the Cursed Man
Marko Chulev
Rasely Ma
Mike Beaulieu
Robin Witzsche
(Netflix)
“Y: The Last Man”
Character: Ampersand
Mike Beaulieu
Michael Dharney
Peter Pi
Aidana Sakhvaliyeva
(FX on Hulu)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER
IN A COMMERCIAL
Avanti West Coast; Feel Good Travel
Character: Terri
Tom Raynor
Chloe Dawe
Suvi Jokiniemi
Alex Doyle
Far Cry 6
Character: Chicharrón
Elin Laven
Gustav Ahren
Anton Stattin
Simon Decombel
France Télévision
Character: Sumo
Geoffroy Barbet-Massin
Vincent Venchiarutti
Antoine Antin
Mathias Lachal
ING; Do Your Thing
Character: Roary the Lion
Chris Welsby
Clementine Supiot
Kiril Mirkov
Arnau Gilabert
Smart Energy; Einstein Knows Best
Character: Einstein
Alex Hammond
Harsh Borah
Clare Williams
Andreas Graichen
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT
IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
“Dune”
Environment: Arrakeen City
Rhys Salcombe
Seungjin Woo
Jeremie Touzery
Marc Austin
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Jungle Cruise”
Environment: Waterfall Canyon
Mark McNicholl
Frédéric Valleur
Hamish Beachman
Mark Wainwright
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Environment: The Mirror Dimension
Eric Le Dieu de Ville
Thomas Dotheij
Ryan Olliffe
Claire Le Teuff
(Columbia Pictures)
“The Suicide Squad”
Environment: Valle Del Marre
Nick Cattell
Jason Desjarlais
Matt Fitzgerald
Jerome Moo
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT
IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
“Encanto”
Environment: Antonio’s Room
Camille Andre
Andrew Finley
Chris Patrick O’Connell
Amol Sathe
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Luca”
Environment: Portorosso Piazza
Airton Dittz, Jr.
Jack Hattori
Michael Rutter
Joshua West
(Pixar Animation)
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Environment: Talon
Mingjue Helen Chen
Chaiwon Kim
Virgilio John Aquino
Diana Jiang LeVangie
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Sing 2”
Environment: Crystal Theater
Ludovic Ramière
Théo Rivoalen
Henri Deruer
Frédéric Mainil
(Universal Pictures)
“Vivo”
Environment: Mambo Cabana
Bertrand Bry-Marfaing
Josef Dylan Swift
Geeta Basantani
Jeremy Kim
(Netflix)
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
“Foundation”
Environment: Trantor Cityscape
Samuel Simanjuntak
Melaina Mace
Benjamin Ruiz
Alessandro Vastalegna
(Apple TV+)
“Hawkeye”
Episode: “Echoes”
Environment: Manhattan Bridge
Nicholas Hodgson
David Abbott
Nick Cattell
Jin Choi
(Disney+)
“Hawkeye”
Environment: Rockefeller Center
John O’Connell
Tiffany Yung
Orion Terry
Ho Kyung Ahn
(Disney+)
“Sheba”
Environment: Hope Reef
Henrique Campanha
Baptiste Roy
Luca Veronese
Timothee Maron
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT
“Encanto”
“We Don’t Talk about Bruno”
Nathan Detroit Warner
Dorian Bustamante
Tyler Kupferer
Michael Woodside
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
Ocean Battle
Shawn Hull
Robert Wiese
Steven Tom
Eric Petey
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Loki”
Episode: “Lamentis”
Race to the Ark
Jesse Lewis-Evans
Luke Avery
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Scott Inkster
(Disney+)
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Rob Dressel
Adolph Lusinsky
Paul Felix
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Sebastian Trujillo
Louis-Daniel Poulin
Nathan Abbot
Shannon Justison
(Walt Disney Pictures)
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
“Black Widow”
Model: The Red Room
Tristan John Connors
Bo Kwon
James Stuart
Ryan Duhaime
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Dune”
Model: Royal Ornithopter
Marc Austin
Anna Yamazoe
Michael Chang
Rachael Dunk
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Encanto”
Model: Casita Madrigal
Jonathan Lin
Chris Patrick O’Connell
Christoffer Pedersen
Alberto Abril
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“The Suicide Squad”
Model: Jotunheim
Simon Dean Morley
Cedric Enriquez Canlas
Layne Howe
Alberto R. S. Hernandez
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
“Dune”
Effects: Dunes of Arrakis
Gero Grimm
Ivan Larinin
Hideki Okano
Zuny An
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
Effects: Ocean Water & Battle Destruction
Jonathan Freisler
Nahuel Alberto Letizia
Eloi Andaluz Fullà
Saysana Rintharamy
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Effects: Water, Bubbles & Magic
Simone Riginelli
Claude Schitter
Teck Chee Koi
Arthur Graff
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“The Suicide Squad”
Effects: Corto Maltese City Destruction
David R. Davies
Rogier Fransen
Sandy Sutherland
Brandon James Fleet
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
“Encanto”
Francisco Rodriguez
Christopher Hendryx
Brent Burley
David Hutchins
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Luca”
Amit Baadkar
Greg Gladstone
Emron Grover
Tim Speltz
(Pixar Animation)
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Le Joyce Tong
Henrik Fält
Rattanin Sirinaruemarn
Jacob Rice
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Sing 2”
Richard Adenot
Guillaume Gay
Frédéric Valz-Gris
Antoine Brémont
(Universal Pictures)
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
“Foundation”
Effects: Collapse of the Galactic Empire
Giovanni Casadei
Mikel Zuloaga
Steven Moor
Louis Manjarres
(Apple TV+)
“Loki”
Episode: “Journey Into Mystery”
Effects: Alioth Cloud
George Kuruvilla
Menno Dijkstra
Matthew Hanger
Jiyong Shin
(Disney+)
“The Nevers”
David Stopford
Michele Stocco
Mike Hsu
Justin Mitchell
(HBO)
“WandaVision”
Effects: Vision’s Destruction
Sylvain Nouveau
Hakim Harrouche
Omar Meradi
Laurent Meste
(Disney+)
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING and LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
“Black Widow”
Red Room Crashing Back to Earth
Michael Melchiorre
Simon Twine
Daniel Harkness
Tim Crowson
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Dune”
Attack on Arrakeen
Gregory Haas
Francesco Dell’Anna
Abhishek Chaturvedi
Cleve Zhu
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Dune”
Hologram and Hunter Seeker
Patrick Heinen
Jacob Maymudes
Tj Burke
James Jooyoung Lee
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Macau City
Jeremie Maheu
Mathieu Dupuis
Karthic Ramesh
Jiri Kilevnik
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Liberty Island Battle and Christmas Swing Finale
Zac Campbell
Frida Nerdal
Louis Corr
Kelvin Yee
(Columbia Pictures)
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE
“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
New World Order
Nathan Abbot
Beck Veitch
Markus Reithoffer
James Aldous
(Disney+)
“Loki”
Lamentis; Shuroo City Destruction
Paul Chapman
Tom Truscott
Biagio Figliuzzi
Attila Szalma
(Disney+)
“WandaVision”
Goodbye, Vision
David Zaretti
Bimpe Alliu
Michael Duong
Mark Pascoe
(Disney+)
“WandaVision”
The Hex
Charles Labbé
Xavier Fourmond
Reuben Barkataki
Vanessa Delarosbil
(Disney+)
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING and LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL
Toyota
Never Stop
Michael Ralla
Alejandro Villabon
Alexander Osvaldsson
Paul Krist
Toyota
Upstream
JD Yepes
Paul Krist
Carlos Adarraga Gomez
Minsang Lee
Verizon
The Reset
David Piombino
Rajesh Kaushik
Manideep Sanisetty
Tim Crean
Zillow
The Journey
Ben Kwok
Yebin Ahn
Robert Bruce
Tuna Unalan
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
“Eternals”
Neil Corbould
Keith Corbould
Ray Ferguson
Chris Motjuoadi
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“Jungle Cruise”
JD Schwalm
Nick Rand
Robert Spurlock
Nick Byrd
(Walt Disney Pictures)
“The Matrix Resurrections”
JD Schwalm
Brendon O’Dell
Michael Kay
Pau Costa Moeller
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Tomorrow War”
JD Schwalm
Wayne Rowe
Jim Schwalm
Haukur Karlsson
(Amazon Studios)
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A STUDENT PROJECT
Green
Camille Poiriez
Arielle Cohen
Eloise Thibaut
Louis Florean
Le Souffleur de Rêves
Lea Desrozier
Paul Denis
Gregoire Hoarau
Lisa Ripper
Neoshin Episode 01: Cold Blood
Sebastian Selg
Ramon Schauer
Jiayan Chen
Bea Hoeller
Relativity
Hugo Astesano
Loïc Ciaux
Guillaume Hulot
Loïc Remy
