It was a good night for The Jungle Book and Game of Thrones, with each winning five categories at the 15th annual VES Awards held Feb. 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Jungle Book won five of the six awards it was nominated for, shutting out Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which lead features with six nominations. Deepwater Horizon won two awards in the photoreal feature categories.
In animation, the awards were spread around a bit more, with LAIKA’s Kubo and the Two Strings winning best effects in an animated featured, while Disney’s Moana won two honors and Pixar’s Finding Dory won one.
The full list of winners follows:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, JD Schwalm
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
Deepwater Horizon | Craig Hammack, Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Jason Snell, John Galloway, Burt Dalton
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature:
Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner, Steve Emerson, Brad Schiff
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones, “Battle of the Bastards” | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Matthew Rouleau, Sam Conway
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Black Sails, “XX” | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Aladino Debert, Yafei Wu, Paul Stephenson
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project:
Uncharted 4 | Bruce Straley, Eben Cook, Iki Ikram
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Hannah Ruddleston, Fabian Frank, William Laban
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure | Bill George, Amy Jupiter, Hayden Landis, David Lester
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book — King Louie | Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Jack Tema, Andrei Coval
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature:
Finding Dory — Hank | Jonathan Hoffman, Steven Clay Hunter, Mark Piretti, Audrey Wong
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Drogon | James Kinnings, Michael Holzl, Matt Derksen, Joeseph Hoback
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Tim van Hussen, David Bryan, Chloe Dawe, Maximillian Mallman
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature:
Doctor Strange — New York City | Adam Watkins, Martijn van Herk, Tim Belsher, Jon Mitchell
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature:
Moana — Motonui Island | Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman, Larry Wu
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Meereen City | Deak Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, François Croteau, Alexandru Banuta
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project:
The Jungle Book | Bill Pope, Robert Legato, Gary Roberts, John Brennan
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project:
Deepwater Horizon — Deepwater Horizon Rig | Kelvin Lau, Jean Bolte, Kevin Sprout, Kim Vongbunyong
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book — Nature Effects | Oliver Winwood, Fabian Nowak, David Schneider, Ludovic Ramisandraina
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature:
Moana | Marc Henry Bryant, David Hutchins, Ben Frost, Dale Mayeda
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Meereen City | Thomas Hullin, Dominik Kirouac, James Dong, Xavier Fourmond
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature:
The Jungle Book | Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew Adams, Max Stummer
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones “Battle of the Bastards” — Retaking Winterfell | Dominic Hellier, Morgan Jones, Thijs Noij, Caleb Thompson
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial:
John Lewis “Buster the Boxer” | Tom Harding, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Andreas Feix
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project:
Breaking Point | Johannes Franz, Nicole Rothermel, Thomas Sali, Alexander Richter
