24TH ANNUAL VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Visual Effects: Richard Baneham, Peter Litvack, Eric Saindon, Nicky Muir, Steve Ingram
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
F1: THE MOVIE • Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films
Visual Effects: Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Keith Alfred Dawson
Joseph Kosinski | Director
Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chad Oman | Producers
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON • Universal Pictures
Visual Effects: Christian Manz, Christopher Raimo, Glen McIntosh, Glenn Melenhorst, Terry Palmer
Dean DeBlois | Director
Marc Platt, Adam Siegel | Producers
JURASSIC PARK: REBIRTH • Universal Pictures
Visual Effects: David Vickery, Carlos Ciudad, Steve Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, VES
Gareth Edwards | Director
Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley | Producers
THE LOST BUS • Apple TV+
Visual Effects: Charlie Noble, Gavin Round, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin
Paul Greengrass | Director
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Brad Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman | Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
After the Hunt • Amazon MGM Studios
Visual Effects: Fabio Cerrito, Virginia Cefaly, Marco Fiorani Parenzi, Maura Manfredi
Luca Guadagnino | Director
Brian Grazer, Luca Guadagnino, Jeb Brody, Allan Mandelbaum | Producers
Dongji Rescue • Well Go USA Entertainment
Visual Effects: Tim Crosbie, Celeste Chen, Christian Sjöstedt, Lea Benjovitz
Hu Guan, Fei Zhen Xiang | Directors
Jing Liang | Producer
A House of Dynamite • Netflix
Visual Effects: Chris Harvey, Dione Wood, Jon Mitchell, Matthew Lane
Kathryn Bigelow | Director
Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, Greg Shapiro | Producers
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Visual Effects: Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Nick Marshall, Espen Nordahl, Donnie Dean
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
WARFARE • A24
Visual Effects: Simon Stanley-Clamp, Kaley Edwards, Andrew Kinnear, Samir Ansari, Ryan Conder
Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | Directors
Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Matthew Penry-Davey, Peter Rice | Producers
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OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
THE BAD GUYS 2 • Dreamworks Animation / Universal Pictures
Visual Effects: Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, Benjamin Willis
Pierre Perifel, JP Sans | Directors
Damon Ross | Producer
ELIO • Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Pictures
Visual Effects: Claudia Chung Sanii, Mary Alice Drumm, Harley Jessup, Dave Quirus
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina | Directors
Mary Alice Drumm | Producer
IN YOUR DREAMS • Netflix
Visual Effects: Sacha Kapijimpanga, Carey Smith, Nicola Lavender, Steve Pilcher
Alex Woo | Director
Timothy Hahn, Gregg Taylor | Producers
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Visual Effects: Joshua Beveridge, Jacky Priddle, Benjamin Hendricks, Clara Chan
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Visual Effects: Gregory Smith, Laurie Au, Marlon West, Shweta Viswanathan
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
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OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
ANDOR • Disney+
EPISODE: “Who Are You?”
Visual Effects: Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Scott Pritchard, Olivier Beaulieu, Luke Murphy
Tony Gilroy | Creator
Tony Gilroy, Kathleen Kennedy, Diego Luna | Executive Producers
It: Welcome to Derry • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Winter Fire”
Visual Effects: Daryl Sawchuk, Steve Dellerson, Pier Lefebvre, Steven Tether, Darcy Callaghan
Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs | Creator
Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Bill Skarsgård | Executive Producers
THE LAST OF US • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Through the Valley”
Visual Effects: Alex Wang, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Nick Epstein, Philip Engström, Joel Whist
Peter Hoar | Creator
Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin | Executive Producers
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age • Apple TV+
EPISODE: “The Big Freeze”
Visual Effects: Russell Dodgson, Tracey Gibbons, Francois Dumoulin, Gavin McKenzie
Leah Arnold, Alec Ginns | Directors
Jon Favreau, Michael Gunton | Executive Producers
Stranger Things • Netflix
EPISODE: “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”
Visual Effects: Betsy Paterson, Tessa Roehl, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Hill
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Creators
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
DEATH BY LIGHTNING • Netflix
EPISODE: “The Man from Ohio”
Visual Effects: Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Marko Ljubez, David Ramos
Matt Ross | Director
David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Matthew Macfadyen, Mike Makowsky, Duncan Muggoch, Matt Ross, Michael Shannon, Mark Taylor | Executive Producers
Man vs Baby • Netflix
EPISODE: “Chapter One”
Visual Effects: Rob Duncan, Ashlee Turner, Jean-Nicolas Costa, Adrian Eugene Daniel Williams
Rowan Atkinson, William Davies | Creators
Chris Clark, William Davies | Executive Producers
The Residence • Netflix
EPISODE: “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Visual Effects: Seth Hill, Tesa Kubicek, John Nelson, Gabriel Vargas
Paul William Davies | Creator
Paul William Davies, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers | Executive Producers
SEVERANCE • Apple TV+
EPISODE: “COLD HARBOR”
Visual Effects: Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Brian Holligan, Radost Ridlen
Dan Erickson | Creator
Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Jackie Cohn, Chris Black, Andrew Colville, John Cameron | Executive Producers
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon • AMC
EPISODE: “Costa Da Morte”
Visual Effects: Jao M’Changama, Justine Paynat-Sautivet, Sébastien Voisin, Xavier Allard, Pau Costa Moeller
David Zabel | Creator
Scott M. Gimple, David Zabel, Norman Reedus, Greg Nicotero, Angela Kang, Brian Bockrath, Daniel Percival | Executive Producers
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OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT
Battlefield 6 • Electronic Arts
Visual Effects: Chris Bayol, Sean Tomek, Skye White, Jacob Bergman
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach • Sony Interactive Entertainment
Visual Effects: Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Shota Hirasawa
DOOM: THE DARK AGES • Bethesda Softworks
Visual Effects: Todd Boyce, Andrew Willis, Ian Malerich, Derek Best
Ghost of Yōtei • Sony Interactive Entertainment
Visual Effects: Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Joanna Wang, Jasmin Patry
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT • Xbox Game Studios
Visual Effects: Ian Mac Gregor, Yasmeen Leclerc, Petro Kosariekov, Connor Bugni
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OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
Battlefield 6 • “It’s Good to Be Back”
Visual Effects: Michael Ralla, James Alexander, Brian Creasey, Luca Pelegatta
BMW • “Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus”
Visual Effects: Tom Raynor, Helen Tang, Jack Harris, Alex Kulikov
Columbia Sportswear • “Engineered for Whatever”
Visual Effects: Kamen Markov, Alexia Paterson, David Lochhead, Henrique Campanha
Coors Light • “Slow Monday”
Visual Effects: Bruno Fukumothi, Ella Glazer, David Fleet, Martino Madeddu
Virgin Media • “Trunk Trucker”
Visual Effects: Sebastian Caldwell, Larisa Covaciu, Ben Cronin, Alex Grey
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT
Disney Tales of Magic
Visual Effects: Tim Lutkin, Patrick Aigouy, Adrien Mourey, Lydia Caplan
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment
Visual Effects: Alan Woods, Maximilian McNair MacEwan, Jason Fox, Iris Chailloux
Stranger Things: Escape the Dark
Visual Effects: Julien Héry, Antoine Sitruk, Simon Lecavalier, Martin Hesselink
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
Visual Effects: Ben Grossmann, Tamara Watts Kent, Dr. Irfan Essa, Matt Dougan, Glenn Derry
Zootopia: Better Zoogether!
Visual Effects: Rich Enders, Kirk Bodyfelt, Darin Hollings, Darren Simpson
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OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Character: Varang: Leader of the Ash Clan
Visual Effects: Stephen Clee, Stuart Adcock, Keven Norris, Joseph Kim
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
LILO & STITCH • Walt Disney Pictures
Character: Stitch
Visual Effects: Matthew Shumway, Claus Pedersen, Xiying Zhai, Enrique Mateo-Sagasta
Dean Fleischer-Camp | Director
Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin | Producers
A Minecraft Movie • Warner Bros Pictures
Character: Queen Malgosha
Visual Effects: Kevin Estey, Fabio Leporelli, Matteo Stirati, Nick Grace
Jared Hess | Director
Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Jill Sobel Messick, Torfi Frans Ólafsson, Vu Bui | Producers
SUPERMAN • DC Studios / Warner Bros Pictures
Character: Krypto the Superdog
Visual Effects: Loic Mireault, Martine Chartrand, Marianne Morency, Matthias Schoenegger
James Gunn | Director
Peter Safran, James Gunn | Producers
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OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
ELIO • Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Pictures
Character: Ooooo the Liquid Supercomputer
Visual Effects: Catherine Luo, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Ferdi Scheepers, Julian Teo
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina | Directors
Mary Alice Drumm | Producer
ELIO • Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Pictures
Character: Glordon
Visual Effects: Marco Burbano, Edgar Rodriguez, Ben Rush, Patrick Yu Wang
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina | Directors
Mary Alice Drumm | Producer
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Character: Rumi
Visual Effects: Sophia (Seung Hee) Lee, Andrea Centeno, Marc Souliere, Joshua Beveridge
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Character: Gary De’Snake
Visual Effects: Adam Green, Jennifer Stratton, Christoffer Pedersen, Jesse Erickson
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
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OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
It: Welcome to Derry • HBO Max
EPISODE: “The Thing in the Dark”
Character: The Pickle Monster
Visual Effects: Philip Harris-Genois, Pierric Danjou, Chloe Ostiguy, Jonathan Bourdua
Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs | Creator
Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Bill Skarsgård | Executive Producers
It: Welcome to Derry • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Winter Fire”
Character: Pennywise
Visual Effects: Théo Perronard, Yan Morin-Dubuisson, Yan Detang, Jonathan Fleming-Bock
Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs | Creator
Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Bill Skarsgård | Executive Producers
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age • Apple TV+
Character: Female Smilodon
Visual Effects: Alvise Avati, Marc-André Coulombe, Youen Leclerc, Andrea De Martis
Leah Arnold, Alec Ginns | Directors
Jon Favreau, Michael Gunton | Executive Producers
Stranger Things • Netflix
EPISODE: “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”
Character: Mindflayer
Visual Effects: James Moore, Layne Howe, Shawn Warawa, Yoshihiro Harimoto
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Creators
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Environment: Bridgehead Industrial City
Visual Effects: Gianluca Pizzaia, Steve Bevins, Dziga Kaiser, Zsolt Máté
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
THE GORGE • Apple TV+
Environment: The Bodyweb
Visual Effects: Daniel James Cox, Yosuke Inomata, Clint Rea, Gabriel Pires
Scott Derrickson | Director
Scott Derrickson, Zach Dean, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, C. Robert Cargill, Sherryl Clark, Adam Kolbrenner, Gregory Goodman | Producers
THE LOST BUS • Apple TV+
Environment: Feather River Canyon by the Pulga Bridge
Visual Effects: David Schulz, Mareike Loges, Björn Markgraf, Philipp Hafellner
Paul Greengrass | Director
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Brad Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman | Producers
THE LOST BUS • Apple TV+
Environment: The Wildfires of Roe Road
Visual Effects: Jamie Haydock, Francesco Ferraresi, Sergei Konorev, Frederick Vallee
Paul Greengrass | Director
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Brad Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman | Producers
TRON: ARES • Walt Disney Pictures
Environment: Dillinger’s Grid City
Visual Effects: Jared Michael, Noor Valibhoy, Cody Gramstad, Stefan Litterini
Joachim Rønning | Director
Sean Bailey, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Silver, Steven Lisberger, Justin Springer | Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
THE BAD GUYS 2 • Dreamworks Animation / Universal Pictures
Environment: Cairo City
Visual Effects: John J. Lee, Greg Hettinger, Mikael Genachte-Le Bail, Mayumi Shimokawa
Pierre Perifel, JP Sans | Directors
Damon Ross | Producer
ELIO • Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Pictures
Environment: The Communiverse
Visual Effects: Steve Arguello, Christopher M. Burrows, Andy Lin, Laura Murphy
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina | Directors
Mary Alice Drumm | Producer
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Environment: Seoul
Visual Effects: Rafael Lescano, Gunsik Kim, Tyquane Wright, Hee-Chel Nam
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Environment: Marsh Market
Visual Effects: Limei Z. Hshieh, Alexander Nicholas Whang, Joshua Fry, Ryan DeYoung
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
ANDOR • Disney+
EPISODE: “Welcome to the Rebellion”
Environment: The Senate District
Visual Effects: John O’Connell, Falk Boje, Hasan Ilhan, Kevin George
Tony Gilroy | Creator
Tony Gilroy, Kathleen Kennedy, Diego Luna | Executive Producers
FOUNDATION • Apple TV+
EPISODE: “A Song for the End of Everything”
Environment: Clarion Station
Visual Effects: Sylvain Lesaint, Ilyes Boutemeur, Blake Dewoody, Benjamin Rojek
David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman | Directors
Robyn Asimov, David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman, Cameron Welsh, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, Victoria Morrow, Leigh Dana Jackson, Russell Rothberg | Producers
THE LAST OF US • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Through the Valley”
Environment: Post-Apocalyptic Seattle
Visual Effects: Alex Wang, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Nick Epstein, Philip Engström, Joel Whist
Peter Hoar | Creator
Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin | Executive Producers
The Residence • Netflix
EPISODE: “Dial M for Murder”
Environment: The White House Exterior
Visual Effects: Gabriel Vargas, Eric Schoellnast, Andrew Wilkins, Omer Gurkan
Paul William Davies | Creator
Paul William Davies, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Visual Effects: Steve Deane, AJ Briones, Zachary Brake, Andrew Moffett
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Visual Effects: Benjamin Hendricks, Gary H. Lee, Randolph Lizarda, Linh Mai Nguyen Chan
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
TRON: ARES • Walt Disney Pictures
Visual Effects: Jhon Alvarado, Michael Beaulieu, Jayden Beveridge, Hayley Kim
Joachim Rønning | Director
Sean Bailey, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Silver, Steven Lisberger, Justin Springer | Producers
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Visual Effects: Tyler Kupferer, Daniel Rice, Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
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OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Model: The Windtraders’ Gondola
Visual Effects: Michael Smale, Sam Sharplin, Joe W. Churchill, Jacqi Dillon
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
MICKEY 17 • Warner Bros. Pictures
Model: The Niflheim Spaceship
Visual Effects: Bikas Panigrahi, Nikolai Razuev, Ajinkya Nitin Phokmare, Manoj Vijay Kamble
Bong Joon Ho| Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bong Joon Ho, Dooho Choi | Producers
SUPERMAN • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Model: The Fortress of Solitude
Visual Effects: Crystal Bretz, Martin Pelissier, Klaudio Ladavac, Conner Wessinger
James Gunn | Director
Peter Safran, James Gunn | Producers
WICKED: FOR GOOD • Universal Pictures
Model: Bison
Visual Effects: Marco Chau, Giorgio Pennisi, Sowmya Ramakumar, Balazs Meszaros
Jon M. Chu | Director
Marc Platt, David Stone | Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Simulation: Simulating Pandora
Visual Effects: Nicholas Illingworth, Sarah C. Farmer, James Robinson, Ryan Bowden
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
THE LOST BUS • Apple TV+
Simulation: Escape from Hell
Visual Effects: Billy Copley, Mathieu Chardonnet, Chetan Patkar, David Schott
Paul Greengrass | Director
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Brad Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman | Producers
SUPERMAN • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Simulation: Metropolis City Destruction
Visual Effects: Rick Hankins, Marcel Kern, Eric Hollands, Masoud Aziminajjar
James Gunn | Director
Peter Safran, James Gunn | Producers
TOGETHER • NEON
Visual Effects: Darcy George, Andrew Dunkerley, Ray Leung, Steve Oakley
Michael Shanks | Director
Mike Cowap, Andrew Mittman, Erik Feig, Julia Hammer, Tim Headington, Max Silva, Alison Brie, Dave Franco | Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
THE BAD GUYS 2 • Dreamworks Animation / Universal Pictures
Visual Effects: Michael Losure, Landon Gray, Zachary Glynn, Steve Avoujageli
Pierre Perifel, JP Sans | Directors
Damon Ross | Producer
IN YOUR DREAMS • Netflix
Visual Effects: Stephanie McNair, Dmitiry Kolesnik, Stephen Paschke, David Sellares
Alex Woo | Director
Timothy Hahn, Gregg Taylor | Producers
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Visual Effects: Filippo Maccari, Nikolaos Finizio, Daniel La Chapelle, Srdjan Milosevic
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
ZOOTOPIA 2 • Walt Disney Pictures
Visual Effects: Sujil Sukumaran, Stuart Griese, Zoran Stojanoski, Paul Carman
Jared Bush, Byron Howard | Directors
Yvett Merino Flores | Producer
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
Battlefield 6 • Electronic Arts
Visual Effects: Björn Åkerstedt, Anders Egleus, Kasra Kalami, Craig Moroney
THE LAST OF US • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Through the Valley”
Simulations: The Infected Horde
Visual Effects: Duarte Victorino, Claudio Gonzalez, Andre Castelao, Igor Bondar
Peter Hoar | Creator
Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin | Executive Producers
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age • Apple TV+
EPISODE: “The Big Freeze”
Visual Effects: Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Kevin Tarpinian
Leah Arnold, Alec Ginns | Directors
Jon Favreau, Michael Gunton | Executive Producers
Stranger Things • Netflix
EPISODE: “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”
Visual Effects: Michael Chrobak, Brandon James Fleet, Yasunobu Arahori, Hoi Ying Fung
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Creators
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Compositing & Lighting: Bridgehead Industrial City
Visual Effects: Ziad Shureih, Stefano Oggeri, Jaume Creus Costabella, Hugo Debat-Burkarth
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Compositing & Lighting: The Wind Traders, Bridgehead, Rivers and Ocean
Visual Effects: Alex Klaricich, Gianfranco Sgura, Brad Floyd, Ari Ross
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
F1: THE MOVIE • Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films
Compositing & Lighting: Modern Race and POV Footage
Visual Effects: Hugo Gauvreau, Chris Davies, Raushan Raj, Amaury Rospars
Joseph Kosinski | Director
Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chad Oman | Producers
SUPERMAN • DC Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures
Compositing & Lighting: Fights and Metropolis City Destruction
Visual Effects: Can Chang, Nicolas Caillier, Bryan Smeall, Elona Musha
James Gunn | Director
Peter Safran, James Gunn | Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE
THE LAST OF US • HBO Max
EPISODE: “Through the Valley”
Compositing & Lighting: A Storm of Ice, Fire and Flesh
Visual Effects: Tobias Wiesner, Mark Julien, Owen Longstaff, Brendan Naylor
Peter Hoar | Creator
Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin | Executive Producers
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age • Apple TV+
Visual Effects: Puff Pisanwalerd, Jean-Baptiste Noyau, Marion Nove-Josserand, Sue Nelson
Leah Arnold, Alec Ginns | Directors
Jon Favreau, Michael Gunton | Executive Producers
The Residence • Netflix
EPISODE: “Pilot”
Visual Effects: Spencer Hecox, Gunnar Heiss, Alexander Greenberg, Eric Schoellnast
Paul William Davies | Creator
Paul William Davies, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers | Executive Producers
Stranger Things • Netflix
EPISODE: “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”
Compositing & Lighting: The Abyss and Vecna’s Face
Visual Effects: Ben Roberts, Rachel E. Herbert, Don Bradford, Ken Lam
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Creators
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL
BMW • “Heart of Joy | Meet Okto the Octopus”
Visual Effects: Alex Kulikov, Jack Harris, Adam Chabane, Nicola Borsari
Disney • “Best Christmas Ever”
Visual Effects: Hudson Martins, Luke Warpus, Jinhui Wang, Alex Miller
Genesis • “No Old Ideas”
Visual Effects: Greg McKneally, Christian Block, Alberto Pizzocchero, Alessandro Granella
Virgin Media • “Trunk Trucker”
Visual Effects: Alex Grey, Sebastian Caldwell, Nicola Borsari, Giacomo Cavaletti
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OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS
IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
ANDOR • Disney+
EPISODE: “Who Are You?”
Visual Effects: Luke Murphy, Dean Ford, Jody Eltham, Darrell Guyon
Tony Gilroy | Creator
Tony Gilroy, Kathleen Kennedy, Diego Luna | Executive Producers
GEN V • Amazon Prime Video
EPISODE: “Bags”
Visual Effects: Hudson Kenny, Curtis Carlson, John Koyama, Bruno Larizza
Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, Craig Rosenberg | Creators
Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Zak Schwartz, Erica Rosbe, Brant Englestein, Lisa Kussner, Gabriel Garcia, Judalina Neira | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Technology: BodyOpt
Visual Effects: Christoph Sprenger, Tobias Mack, Florian Fernandez, Niall Ryan
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • 20th Century Studios
Technology: Kora Fire Toolset
Visual Effects: Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, John Edholm, Murali Ramachari, Aleksandr Isakov
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
ELIO • Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Pictures
Technology: Real-Time High Fidelity Animation System Using Signed Distance Functions
Visual Effects: Andrew Butts, Trent Crow, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard, Catherine Luo
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina | Directors
Mary Alice Drumm | Producer
MICKEY 17 • Warner Bros. Pictures
Technology: REVIZE
Visual Effects: John Bastian, Ben Ward, Thomas Rowntree, Robert Beveridge
Bong Joon Ho| Director
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bong Joon Ho, Dooho Choi | Producers
WIN OR LOSE • Disney+
Technology: Detached Facial Features
Visual Effects: David Munier, Ana Gabriela Lacaze, Jonathan Page, Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates | Creators
Lindsey Collins, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Michael Yates, Carrie Hobson, David Lally | Executive Producers
— 24th Annual Visual Effect Society Awards —
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT
Au Delà des Mots
Visual Effects: Antoine Barbannaud, Leandro Leijnen, Timothé Vergught, Mathis De Sauvecanne
Azimuth
Visual Effects: Thomas Teisseire, Cassandre Cinier, Martin Bluy, Mathis Giraudeau
Flying From War
Visual Effects: Ciara Borgards
A Sparrow’s Song
Visual Effects: Tobias Eckerlin, Vincent Maurer, Elias Weber, Lilli-Luisa Heckmann
Two Kings
Visual Effects: Eliot Hervier Blondel, Mathieu Keraudran, Adrian Delmotte, Jonas Lopez Del Castillo
