VES Awards: Big Hero 6 and Apes Big Winners
February 5, 2015

VES Awards: Big Hero 6 and Apes Big Winners

The VES members have voted, and the winners for the 13th annual Visual Effects Society Awards have been revealed. This year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Big Hero 6 were the big winners.

Both Hero and Apes went into the awards as finalists in give categories, with Hero winning all of its categories. The Boxtrolls also started the evening as a nominee in five categories but came up short of the award. The VES Awards are given to those artists and animators who exemplify their craft, from effects to modeling to compositing and more. 

The winners are:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini


Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6

Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, Zach Parrish


Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Birdman

Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau, Isabelle Langlois


Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

Game of Thrones; The Children

Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Stuart Brisdon, Thomas Schelesny, Sven Martin


Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

American Horror Story; Freak Show; Edward Mordrake, Part 2

Jason Piccioni, Jason Spratt, Mike Kirylo, Justin Ball, Eric Roberts

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli


Outstanding Compositing in a in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial

SSE

Neil Davies, Leonardo Costa, Gianluca DiMarco


Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

Game of Thrones; The Watchers on the Wall

Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn


Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

SSE; Maya

Neil Davies, Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel, Beth Vander


Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Yi-chao Sandy Lin-Chiang, Joseph Salud, Demetrius Leal, Dave Blizard


Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Wrapped

Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Paolo Tamburrino


Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Torquee de Remy

Tony Apodaca, Marianne McLean, Gilles Martin, Edwin Chang, Mark Mine


Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene

Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel


Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project

Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo

Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu


Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6; Into the Portal

Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley


Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Game of Thrones; Braavos Establisher

Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner


Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Interstellar; Tesseract

Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlen, Kirsty Clark


Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin


Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6

Henrik Falt, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, John Kosnik


Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Dominique Vidal, Isabelle Perin-Leduc, Sandrine Lurde, Alexandre Lerouge


Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6; Baymax

Colin Eckart, John Kahwaty, Zach Parrish, Zack Petroc


Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar

Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani


Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

SSE; Maya

Jorge Mon