The 21st Annual VES Awards

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How the community voted

  • The Zerply community voted like the VES in 68% of the cases.
You can find a breakdown of the community vote and the VES picks below.
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Congratulations to everyone in the industry who contributed to the nominated projects and a special shoutout to the 2,428 Zerply community members involved.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

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Avatar: The Way of Water

Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm

VES Winner
71% of Z votes
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams

4% of Z votes
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Jurassic World: Dominion

David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould

1% of Z votes
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The Batman

Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy

4% of Z votes
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Top Gun: Maverick

Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

19% of Z votes

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

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Death on the Nile

George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins

15% of Z votes
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The Fabelmans

Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker

20% of Z votes
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds

7% of Z votes
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The Gray Man

Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus

21% of Z votes
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The Pale Blue Eye

Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays

26% of Z votes
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Thirteen Lives

Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox

VES Winner
11% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons

VES Winner
42% of Z votes
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Strange World

Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi

7% of Z votes
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The Bad Guys

Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans

15% of Z votes
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The Sea Beast

Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders

16% of Z votes
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Turning Red

Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

19% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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House of the Dragon "The Black Queen"

Angus Bickerton, Nikeah Forde, Sven Martin, Michael Bell, Michael Dawson

19% of Z votes
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Prehistoric Planet "Ice Worlds"

Lindsay McFarlane, Fay Hancocks, Elliot Newman, Kirstin Hall

19% of Z votes
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Stranger Things "The Piggyback"

Jabbar Raisani, Terron Pratt, Niklas Jacobson, Justin Mitchell, Richard E. Perry

25% of Z votes
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The Boys "Payback"

Stephan Fleet, Shalena Oxley-Butler, Tristan Zerafa, Anthony Paterson, Hudson Kenny

12% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Udûn"

Jason Smith, Ron Ames, Nigel Sumner, Tom Proctor, Dean Clarke

VES Winner
25% of Z votes

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

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Five Days at Memorial "Day Two"

Eric Durst, Danny McNair, Matt Whelan, Goran Pavles, John MacGillivray

VES Winner
10% of Z votes
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See "I See You"

Chris Wright, Parker Chehak, Tristan Zerafa, Oscar Perea, Tony Kenny

16% of Z votes
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Severance "Pilot"

Vadim Turchin, Nicole Melius, David Piombino, David Rouxel

41% of Z votes
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The Old Man "Episode III"

Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Jamie Klein, Sylvain Théroux, J.D. Streett

8% of Z votes
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Vikings Valhalla "The Bridge"

Ben Mossman, Melanie Callaghan, Matt Schofield, Chris Cooper, Paul Byrne

25% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

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God of War: Ragnarök

Christopher Lloyd, Carrie Watts, James Adkins, Kevin Huynh

34% of Z votes
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Gotham Knights

Jay Evans, Bryan Theberge, Mathieu Houle, Alexandre Bélanger

8% of Z votes
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The Quarry

Aruna Inversin, Paul Pianezza, Kevin Williams, Kimberly Cheifer

2% of Z votes
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The Callisto Protocol

Glen Schofield, Steve Papoutsis, Chris Stone, Demetrius Leal

13% of Z votes
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The Last of Us: Part I

Erick Pangilinan, Evan Wells, Eben Cook, Mary Jane Whiting

VES Winner
44% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

B&Q: Flip

Patrick Krafft, Holly Treacy, Alex Snookes

7% of Z votes
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Frito-Lay: Push It

Tom Raynor, Sophie Harrison, Ben Cronin, Martino Madeddu

VES Winner
13% of Z votes
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Ladbrokes: Rocky

Greg Spencer, Alex Fitzgerald, Mickey O’Donoghue, Adame Boutrif

16% of Z votes
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The Office x Minions

Gerome Viavant, Gilles de Lusignan, Benjamin Le Ster

36% of Z votes
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Virgin Media: Highland Rider

Amir Bazzazi, George Reid, Sebastian Caldwell, Alex Kulikov

27% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

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ABBA Voyage

Ben Morris, Edward Randolph, Stephen Aplin, Ian Comley

VES Winner
34% of Z votes
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Avengers: Quantum Encounter

Alan Woods, Bernice Howes, Scott Sohan, Jason Fox

9% of Z votes
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Christopher Smith, Meghan Short, William George, Jon Alexander

18% of Z votes
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Jumanji: The Adventure

Martin Cutbill, Liam Thompson, Baptiste Roy, Marco Parenzi

5% of Z votes
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Star Wars - Galactic Starcruiser

Rob Blue, Patrick Kearney, Khatsho Orfali, Gabe Sabourin, Daniel Joseph

13% of Z votes

Stranger Things: The Experience

Javier Roca, Antoine Sitruk, Cale Jacox, Julien Forest, Camille Michaud

21% of Z votes

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Kiri"

Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang

VES Winner
81% of Z votes
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Beast "Lion"

Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko

7% of Z votes
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Pinocchio "Honest John"

Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim

3% of Z votes
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Slumberland "Pig"

Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

9% of Z votes

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio "Geppetto"

Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker

26% of Z votes
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio "Pinocchio"

Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate

VES Winner
32% of Z votes
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Strange World "Splat"

Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones

6% of Z votes
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Turning Red "Panda Mei"

Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

35% of Z votes

Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law "She-Hulk"

Elizabeth Bernard, Jan Philip Cramer, Edwina Ting, Andrew Park

42% of Z votes
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Skull and Bones "Sam"

Jonas Skoog, Jonas Törnqvist, Goran Milic, Jonas Vikström

17% of Z votes
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The Callisto Protocol "Jacob Lee"

Martin Contel, Glauco Longhi, Jorge Jimenez, Atsushi Seo

13% of Z votes
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The Umbrella Academy "Pogo"

AIdan Martin, Hannah Dockerty, Olivier Beierlein, Miae Kang

VES Winner
28% of Z votes

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Metkayina Village"

Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim

28% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water "The Reef "

Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny

VES Winner
51% of Z votes
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Jurassic World: Dominion "Biosyn Valley"

Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru

13% of Z votes
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Slumberland "The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream"

Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

9% of Z votes

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio "In the Stomach of a Sea Monster"

Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho

VES Winner
29% of Z votes
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Lightyear "T’Kani Prime Forest"

Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano

27% of Z votes
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Strange World "The Windy Jungle"

Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske

12% of Z votes
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The Sea Beast "The Hunting Ship"

Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace

18% of Z votes
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Wendell & Wild "The Scream Fair"

Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

14% of Z votes

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

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Andor "Reckoning: Ferrix"

Pedro Santos, Chris Ford, Jeff Carson-Bartzis, Alex Murtaza

40% of Z votes
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The Book of Boba Fett " In the Name of Honor: Mos Espa"

Daniel Schmid Leal, Phi Tran, Hasan Ilhan, Steve Wang

27% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Adar: Númenor City"

Dan Wheaton, Nico Delbecq, Dan LeTarte, Julien Gauthier

VES Winner
27% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Adrift: Khazud Dûm"

James Ogle, Péter Bujdosó, Lon Krung, Shweta Bhatnagar

6% of Z votes

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project

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ABBA Voyage

Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos

7% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water

Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones

VES Winner
53% of Z votes
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Prehistoric Planet

Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill

9% of Z votes
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The Batman "Rain Soaked Car Chase"

Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

31% of Z votes

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

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Avatar: The Way of Water "The Sea Dragon"

Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois

VES Winner
51% of Z votes
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The Sea Beast

Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith

7% of Z votes
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Top Gun: Maverick "F-14 Tomcat"

Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik

29% of Z votes
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Wendell & Wild "Dream Faire"

Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

13% of Z votes

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Fire and Destruction"

Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim

21% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water "Water Simulations"

Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian

VES Winner
54% of Z votes
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever "City Street Flooding"

Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga

19% of Z votes
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

6% of Z votes

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

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Lightyear

Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn

21% of Z votes
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang

VES Winner
40% of Z votes
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Strange World

Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed

17% of Z votes
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The Sea Beast

Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

22% of Z votes

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities "Graveyard Rats"

Amit Khanna, Oleg Memukhin, Mario Marengo, Josh George

18% of Z votes
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Stranger Things "Hawkins Destructive Fissures"

Ahmad Ghourab, Gavin Templer, Rachel Ajorque, Eri Ohno

36% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Udûn: Volcano Destruction"

Kurt Debens, Hamish Bell, Robert Kelly, Gabriel Roccisano

26% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Udûn: Water and Magma"

Rick Hankins, Aron Bonar, Branko Grujcic, Laurent Kermel

VES Winner
20% of Z votes

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Landing Rockets Forest Destruction"

Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho

24% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water "Water Integration"

Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews

VES Winner
39% of Z votes
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The Batman "Rainy Freeway Chase"

Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert

19% of Z votes
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Top Gun: Maverick

Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

19% of Z votes

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in an Episode

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House of the Dragon "The Black Queen: Dance of Dragons"

Kevin Friederichs, Sean Raffel, Florian Franke, Andreas Steinlein

22% of Z votes
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Love, Death & Robots "Night of the Mini Dead"

Tim Emeis, José Maximiano, Renaud Tissandié, Nacere Guerouaf

VES Winner
39% of Z votes
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The Book of Boba Fett "From the Desert Comes a Stranger"

Luke Alike, Peter Demarest, Tami Carter, Brandon McNaughton, Sirak Ghebremusse

19% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Udûn: Tirharad Cavalry Charge"

Sornalingam P, Ian Copeland, Nessa Mingfang Zhang, Yuvaraj S

20% of Z votes

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Commercial

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Cartier: Tank

Stephane Pivron, Mathias Barday, Valentin Lesueur, Eric Lemains

22% of Z votes
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Ladbrokes: Rocky

Greg Spencer, Theajo Dharan, Georgina Ford, Jonathan Westley

VES Winner
27% of Z votes

Samsung: Playtime Is Over

Damien Canameras, Guillaume Dadaglio, Sébastien Podsiadlo, Christophe Plouvier

14% of Z votes

Samsung: The Spider and the Window

Marta Carbonell Amela, Stefan Susemihl, Lonni Wong, Jiyoung Lee

37% of Z votes

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Current Machine and Wave Pool"

JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock

VES Winner
56% of Z votes
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Black Adam "Robotic Flight"

JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod

13% of Z votes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Adrift: Middle Earth Storm"

Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

32% of Z votes

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project (Award Sponsored by Autodesk)

A Calling. From the Desert. To the Sea

Mario Bertsch, Max Pollmann, Lukas Löffler, Till Sander-Titgemeyer

VES Winner
37% of Z votes

Boom

Romain Augier, Charles Di Cicco, Gabriel Augerai, Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo

24% of Z votes

Macula

Hady Abou Ghazale, Lothaire Rialhe, Marta Rodriguez-Noriega Nava, Jules Machicot

14% of Z votes

Maronii

Maxime Guitet, Dimitri Allonneau, Lucas Plata, Ngoc Mai Nguyen

24% of Z votes

Emerging Technology Award

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Avatar: The Way of Water "Depth Comp"

Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave

15% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water "Facial System"

Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant

21% of Z votes
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Avatar: The Way of Water "Water Toolset"

Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale

VES Winner
32% of Z votes
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio "3D Printed Metal Armature"

Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen

23% of Z votes
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Turning Red "Profile Mover and CurveNets"

Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

10% of Z votes