VES Awards 2022: ‘Dune’ And ‘Encanto’ Win Top Awards

Loki; Lamentis; Shuroo City Destruction

Paul Chapman

Tom Truscott

Biagio Figliuzzi

Attila Szalma
Encanto

Scott Kersavage

Bradford Simonsen

Thaddeus P. Miller

Ian Gooding
The Foundation; The Emperor’s Peace

Chris MacLean

Addie Manis

Mike Enriquez

Chris Keller

Paul Byrne
Disney’s Marvel content had a total of 21 nominations, but went home with just one win: Loki for compositing and lighting in an episode.
Encanto; Mirabel Madrigal

Kelly McClanahan

Sergi Caballer

Mary Twohig

Jose Luis “Weecho” Velasquez

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

The Witcher; Nivellen the Cursed Man

Marko Chulev

Rasely Ma

Mike Beaulieu

Robin Witzsche

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Sandy Lin-Chiang

Joseph Knox

Gareth Richards

Shane Daley

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto led the animation pack with six nominations, and also won four awards, including the top animation award for visual effects in an animated feature.

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

Dune; Attack on Arrakeen

Gregory Haas

Francesco Dell’Anna

Abhishek Chaturvedi

Cleve Zhu

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

Finch; Jeff

Harinarayan Rajeev

Matthias Schoenegger

Simon Allen

Paul Nelson

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT

Encanto; We Don’t Talk about Bruno

Nathan Detroit Warner

Dorian Bustamante

Tyler Kupferer

Michael Woodside

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL

Encanto; Antonio’s Room

Camille Andre

Andrew Finley

Chris Patrick O’Connell

Amol Sathe

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT

See; Rock-A-Bye

Chris Wright

Parker Chehak

Javier Roca

Tristan Zerafa

Tony Kenny

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

Verizon; The Reset

David Piombino

Rajesh Kaushik

Manideep Sanisetty

Tim Crean

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

Raya and the Last Dragon

Le Joyce Tong

Henrik Fält

Rattanin Sirinaruemarn

Jacob Rice

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

Sheba; Hope Reef

Henrique Campanha

Baptiste Roy

Luca Veronese

Timothee Maron

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A COMMERCIAL

The Foundation; Collapse of the Galactic Empire

Giovanni Casadei

Mikel Zuloaga

Steven Moor

Louis Manjarres

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

Last Night in Soho

Tom Proctor

Gavin Gregory

Julian Gnass
Fabricio Baessa

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

Sheba; Hope Reef

Grant Walker

Sophie Harrison

Hernan Llano

Michael Baker

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

The only other winner in the animated feature categories was Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon which won for effects simulation in an animated feature. Both Disney-Pixar’s Luca and Sony Pictures Animation’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines were shut out at the awards.

OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT

Winners have been announced for the 20th annual VES Awards, which recognize outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, and video games. The Visual Effects Society ceremony took place yesterday evening at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT

Green

Camille Poiriez

Arielle Cohen

Eloise Thibaut

Louis Florean

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

Jungle Cruise

JD Schwalm

Nick Rand

Robert Spurlock

Nick Byrd

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

Besides the awards below, the VES Lifetime Achievement award was presented to EVP/general manager of Lucasfilm Lynwen Brennan and the VES Award for Creative Excellence went to Guillermo del Toro.

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

Warner Bros.’s Dune, which had the most nominations of any “photoreal” (i.e. live-action/hybrid) feature with six, won in four of its categories, including the key award for visual effects in a photoreal feature.

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE

Dune; Royal Ornithopter

Marc Austin

Anna Yamazoe

Michael Chang

Rachael Dunk

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE

Dune
Paul Lambert
Brice Parker

Tristan Myles

Brian Connor

Gerd Nefzer

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL

Smart Energy; Einstein Knows Best; Einstein

Alex Hammond

Harsh Borah

Clare Williams

Andreas Graichen

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT

The Apple TV+ series Foundation picked up two awards, including best photoreal episode for “The Emperor’s Peace.” On the commercial side, “Hope Reef” for Sheba topped the field with two wins.

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT

Dune; Dunes of Arrakis

Gero Grimm

Ivan Larinin

Hideki Okano

Zuny An