VES Awards Honor ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Revenant,’ Pixar, ‘Game of Thrones’

The VES Awards were presented Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, with the top awards going to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Good Dinosaur, The Revenant, Inside Out and Game of Thrones.

The full list of winners follows:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant — Rich McBride, Ivy Agregan, Jason Smith, Nicolas Chevallier, Cameron Waldbauer

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur — Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini, Jon Reisch

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
The Order: 1886 — Nathan Phail-Liff, Dana Jan, Anthony Vitale, Scot Andreason

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Game of Thrones, “The Dance of Dragons” — Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Eric Carney, Derek Spears, Stuart Brisdon

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
SSE, “Pier” — Neil Davies, Tim Lyall, Hitesh Patel, Jorge Montiel

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Fast and Furious: Supercharged — Chris Shaw, Alysia Cotter, Ben White, Diego Guerrero

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Falcon Chase / Graveyard — Yanick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek, Quentin Marmier

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Vikings, “To the Gates” — Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Paul Wishart, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant, “The Bear” — Matt Shumway, Gaelle Morand, Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
Inside Out, “Joy” — Shawn Krause, Tanja Krampfert, Jacob Merrell, Alexis Angelidis

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur, The Farm — David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
SSE, “Pier,” Orangutan — Jorge Montiel, Sauce Vilas, Philippe Moine, Sam Driscoll

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Game of Thrones, City of Volantis — Dominic Piche, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant, Thomas Montminy-Brodeur

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Falcon Chase / Graveyard — Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Game of Thrones, “Hardhome” — David Ramos, Antonio Lado, Piotr Weiss, Félix Bergés

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant, Bear Attack — Donny Rausch, Alan Travis, Charles Lai, TC Harrison

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, BB-8 — Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis Fields, Cyrus Jam

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Mad Max: Fury Road, Toxic Storm — Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
Game of Thrones, “Hardhome” — Eduardo Díaz, Guillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea, Inmaculada Nadela

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur — Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Hemagiri Arumugam

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial
SSE, “Pier” — Gary Driver, Greg Spencer, Grant Connor

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Citipati — Andreas Feix, Francesco Faranna