19th Visual Effects Society Awards
April 6, 2021
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
The Midnight Sky
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
The Mandalorian – The Marshal
The 19th Visual Effects Society Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Visual Effects Society. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2021, [1] and the ceremony took place on April 6, 2021.
Lifetime Achievement Award:
VES Award for Creative Excellence
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature |
|---|---|
The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, David Watkins
| Mank – Wei Zheng, Peter Mavromates, Simon Carr, James Pastorius
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature |
Soul – Pete Docter, Dana Murray, Michael Fong, Bill Watral
| The One and Only Ivan – Ivan – Valentina Rosselli, Thomas Huizer, Andrea De Martis, William Bell
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| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature |
Soul – Terry – Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas, Ron Zorman
| Mulan – Imperial City – Jeremy Fort, Matt Fitzgerald, Ben Walker, Adrian Vercoe
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| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project |
Soul – You Seminar – Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, Frank Tai
| Soul – Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben
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| Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature |
The Midnight Sky – Aether – Michael Balthazart, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, John-Peter Li, Simon Aluze
| Project Power – Yin Lai Jimmy Leung, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl, Pierpaolo Navarini, Michelle Lee
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| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature |
Soul – Alexis Angelidis, Keith Daniel Klohn, Aimei Kutt, Melissa Tseng
| Project Power – Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau
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| Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project | |
Fear the Walking Dead – Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg – Frank Iudica, Scott Roark, Daniel J. Yates |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode |
|---|---|
The Mandalorian – The Marshal – Joe Bauer, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Richard Bluff, Roy Cancino
| The Crown – Gold Stick – Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Andrew Scrase, Jonathan Wood
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project |
Walmart – Famous Visitors – Chris “Badger” Knight, Lori Talley, Yarin Mares, Matt Fuller
| The Mandalorian – The Jedi; The Child – John Rosengrant, Peter Clarke, Scott Patton, Hal Hickel
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| Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial | Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project |
Arm & Hammer – Once Upon a Time; Tuxedo Tom – Shiny Rajan, Silvia Bartoli, Matias Heker, Tiago Dias Mota
| The Mandalorian – The Believer; Morak Jungle – Enrico Damm, Johanes Kurnia, Phi Tran, Tong Tran
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| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Outstanding Compositing in an Episode |
Lovecraft Country – Strange Case; Chrysalis – Federica Foresti, Johan Gabrielsson, Hugo Medda, Andreas Krieg
| Lovecraft Country – Strange Case; Crysalis – Viktor Andersson, Linus Lindblom, Mattias Sandelius, Crawford Reilly
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| Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial | |
Burberry – Singin' In the Rain – Alex Lovejoy, Mithun Alex, David Filipe, Amresh Kumar
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project |
|---|---|
Ghost of Tsushima – Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Jasmin Patry, Joanna Wang
| The Bourne Stuntacular – Salvador Zalvidea, Tracey Gibbons, George Allan, Matthías Bjarnason, Scott Smith
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| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | |
Migrants – Antoine Dupriez, Hugo Caby, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2004. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture", and changed in 2007 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". It was again changed in 2009, this time to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture", and again in 2011 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". Before its final change in 2015, to its current title, it was re-titled in 2014 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture".
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