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Visual Effects Society Awards: 2008

VES Award

Date:	10 February
Location:	Kodak Grand Ballroom, Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles, California, USA

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program


Winner:
	"Rome" (2005) - James Madigan (I); Barrie Hemsley; Duncan Kinnaird (I); Gary Brozenich - For "Philippi". - For episode 6.
Other Nominees:
	"Drive" (2007) - Raoul Bolognini; Loni Peristere; Steven Meyer (I); Chris John Jones - For the driving sequence. - For episode "The Starting Line". "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Sam Nicholson (I); Scott Ramsey (I); Valeri Pfahning; Michael Enriquez (II) - For the ferryboat crash. - For episode "Walk On Water". "Pushing Daisies" (2007) - Craig Weiss; Toni Pace Carstensen; Brian Vogt (II); Jimmy Berndt - For the pilot episode. Marie-Antoinette (2006) (TV) - Richard Martin (V); Pierre Raymond (I); S�bastien Rioux; Nadine Homier

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture


Winner:
	Ratatouille (2007) - Michael Fong (I); Apurva Shah (I); Christine Waggoner; Michael Fu
Other Nominees:
	Blades of Glory (2007) - Mark Breakspear; Randy Starr (III); Shauna Bryan; Kody Sabourin Kite Runner, The (2007) - David Ebner; Les G. Jones; Todd Perry; Leif Einarsson We Own the Night (2007) - Kelly Port; Julian Levi; Bradley Parker; Olivier Sarda Zodiac (2007/I) - Eric Barba; Craig Barron; Janelle Crowshaw; Christopher Evans (I)

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture


Winner:
	Transformers (2007) - Scott Farrar (I); Shari Hanson; Russell Earl; Scott Benza
Other Nominees:
	Golden Compass, The (2007) - Michael L. Fink; Susan MacLeod (I); Bill Westenhofer; Ben Morris (III) I Am Legend (2007) - Janek Sirrs; Mike Chambers (II); Jim Berney; Crys Forsyth-Smith Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - John Knoll; Jill Brooks (I); Hal T. Hickel; Charlie Gibson (I) Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Scott Stokdyk; Terry Clotiaux; Peter Nofz; Spencer Cook

Outstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture


Winner:
	Ratatouille (2007) - Jon Reisch; Jason Johnston (II); Eric Froemling; Tolga Goktekin - For the food.
Other Nominees:
	Beowulf (2007) - Theo Vandernoot; Vincent Serritella; Rob Engle (I); Pericles Michielin - For the dragon chase. Ratatouille (2007) - Darwyn Peachey; Chen Shen; Eric Froemling; Tolga Goktekin - For the rapids. Shrek the Third (2007) - Matt Baer; Greg Hart (IV); Krzysztof Rostek; Anthony Field (II) - For the effects. Surf's Up (2007) - Rob Bredow; Daniel Kramer (I); Matt Hausman; Danny Dimian - For the riding Wave - CG style.

Outstanding Special Effects in a Broadcast Program or Commercial


Winner:
	David Peterson (I); Anthony De La Cruz - For Actively Safe - Lexus Hydrant.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special


Winner:
	Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) (TV) - Mike Gibson (II); Gary Hutzel; Sean M. Jackson; Pierre Drolet (II)
Other Nominees:
	"Race to Mars" (2007) - Manon Barriault; Jacques Levesque (I); Olivier Goulet; Benoit Girard - For Getting To Mars. "Tin Man" (2007) - Lee Wilson (I); Lisa K. Sepp; S�bastien Bergeron (II) - For night one. Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007) (TV) - Dina Benadon; Evan Jacobs (I); Brent Young (I); Chris Christman - (VFX compilation). Doctor Who Christmas Special 2007 (2007) - Dave Houghton (I); Will Cohen (I); Nicolas Hernandez (I); Sara Bennett (II) - For the voyage of the damned.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project


Winner:
	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007) - Sean MacLeod Phillips; Jack Geist; Robin Aristorenas (I); Mark Dubeau
Other Nominees:
	Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007) - Mario Couturier; Vincent Roberge (II); Richard Bergeron (I); Martin L'Heureux (I) - For the 38_011. Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor (2007) - Roger Gould; Liz Gazzano; Joe Garlington; Daniele Colajacomo - For the show edit.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial


Winner:
	William Bartlett (II); Scott Griffin (I); Dan Seddon; David Mellor (IV) - For Smirnoff - Sea.
Other Nominees:
	Chris Fieldhouse; Jay Barton; Ronald D. Herbst; Dave Stern (I) - For BMW - Road. Vittorio Giannini (III); Franck Lambertz; Robin Carlisle (I); Nicolas Cotta - For Bacardi - Bacardi Sun. Simon Maddison (I); Dave Kelly (X); Mike Bain; Sam Cole (I) - For BMW Commercial - Hydrogen. Luisa Murray; Laurent Ledru; Katrina Salicrup; Miles Essmiller - For Zune - The Ballad of Tina Pink.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series


Winner:
	"Fight for Life" (2007) - Philip Dobree; Nicola Instone; Marco Iozzi; Matt Chandler - For episode 4.
Other Nominees:
	"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) - Mike Gibson (II); Gary Hutzel; Michael Davidson (IX); Kyle Toucher - For episode "Maelstrom". "Doctor Who" (2005) - Dave Houghton (I); Will Cohen (I); Jean-Claude Deguara; Nicolas Hernandez (I) - For episode "The Last of the Time Lords". "Heroes" (2006/II) - Eric Grenaudier; Mark Spatny; Diego Galtieri; Michael Enriquez (II) - For episode "Four Months Ago". "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) - Mark Savela; Shannon Gurney; Erica Henderson (I); James Kawano - For episode "Adrift".

Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture


Winner:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - John Richardson (II); Steve Hamilton (III); Ricky Farns; Stephen Hutchinson (I)

Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Motion Picture


Winner:
	Transformers (2007) - Dave Fogler; Ron Woodall; Alex Jaeger; Brian Gernand
Other Nominees:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Jos� Granell; Nigel Stone (I) - For the Hogwarts school. Live Free or Die Hard (2007) - Ian Hunter (II); Scott Schneider (I); Scott Beverly; John Cazin - For the freeway sequence - F35 miniature and effects. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Kenneth Bailey (II); Bruce Holcomb; Carl Miller (III); Geoff Heron (I) - For the practical and digital ships. Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Ian Hunter (II); Scott Beverly; Forest Fischer; Ray Moore (I) - For the building/crane destruction miniature and effects.

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture


Winner:
	Transformers (2007) - Pat Tubach; Beth D'Amato; Todd Vaziri; Michael Conte (I)
Other Nominees:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Jolene McCaffrey; Jelena Stojanovic (I); Victor Wade; Adam Paschke - For the Hall of Prophecy and comp shots. I Am Legend (2007) - Darren Lurie; John E. Sasaki; Rita Kunzler; Fish Essenfeld - For the seaport evacuation. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Eddie Pasquarello; Katrin Klaiber; Jen Howard (I); Shawn Hillier Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Lou Pecora; Joel Behrens; Ted Andre; Kevin Lingenfelser - For the Death of Beckett Water Horse, The (2007) - Areito Echevarria; Gareth Dinneen; Norman Cates; Caterina Schiffers - For Crusoe.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial


Winner:
	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV) - Phi Tran; Matthew Lee (II); Martin Hilke; Justin Mitchell (III) - For 002_05.
Other Nominees:
	"Smallville" (2001) - Kaz Yoshida; Jack Matsumoto; Andrea Shear; Eli Jarra - For episode "Metropolis City". "Tin Man" (2007) - Les Quinn (I); Ken Lee (II); Andrew Domachowski; Jonah West - For night one. "Ugly Betty" (2006) - Christopher D. Martin; Michael Cook (VI); Cedric Tomacruz - For "A League of Their Own". Graham Fyffe; Christopher Nichols; Chris Bankoff; Daniel Buck - For Subaru - Peel Out.

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial


Winner:
	Nicklas Andersson; Mike Mellor; Sylvain Marc; Florent Dela Taille - For The Chemical Brothers: Salmon Dance - Fatlip Shots.
Other Nominees:
	"Doctor Who" (2005) - Nicolas Hernandez (I); Adam Burnett (I); Neil Roche; Jean-Claude Deguara - For "The Last of the Time Lords". - For episode "The Last of the Time Lords". "Primeval" (2007) - Mathieu Vig; Antoine Birot; Simon Thistlethwaite; Kevin O'Sullivan (VIII) - For the predator animation. - For episode 6. Fred Raimondi (II); Chris De Santis; Angie Jones; Narbeh Mardirossian - For Amp - Paper. Jeff Willette; Sean Andrew Faden; Matthew Hackett; Denis Gauthier - For Propel - Stress Monster. Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007) (TV) - Brent Young (I); Michael Smith - For the grey matter sequence.

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game


Winner:
	Halo 3 (2007) (VG) - Marcus Lehto; Jonty Barnes; Steve Scott (III); C.J. Cowan - For the Halo 3 footage.
Other Nominees:
	Crysis (2007) (VG) - Michael Endres (I); Michael Khaimzon - For the realtime visuals. Mass Effect (2007) (VG) - Derek Watts; Casey Hudson - For the game sequence. Need for Speed: Pro Street (2007) (VG) - Michael Mann (XVI); Wilson Tang (I); Eduardo Agostini; Carl Jarrett - For the Prostreet. Team Fortress 2 (2007) (VG) - Jason Mitchell (X); Moby Franke; Chris R. Green; Dhabih Eng

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture


Winner:
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Frank Losasso Petterson; Paul Sharpe (I); Joakim Arnesson; David Meny - For the Maelstrom.
Other Nominees:
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - David Vickery (I); Philippe Leprince; Trina M. Roy; Jolene McCaffrey - For the Hall of Prophecy. I Am Legend (2007) - Daniel Eaton; Blaine Kennison; Ron Gress; Daveed Shwartz - For the Times Square hunt. Rush Hour 3 (2007) - Barry Williams (IV); Robert Weaver (I); Jay Cooper (I); Masahiko Tani Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Rafael Morant; Julian Gnass; Nakia McGlynn; Christine Wong (II) - For the Old Bailey. Zodiac (2007/I) - Wei Zheng; Greg Szafranski; Janelle Crowshaw; Karl Denham - For Washington and Cherry.

Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial


Winner:
	Halo 3 (2007) (VG) - Matthew Gratzner (I); Alan Scott (V); Seth Curlin; Greg M. Boettcher - For the Believe Campaign.

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture


Winner:
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Hal T. Hickel; Marc Chu; Jakub Pistecky; Maia Kayser - For "Davy Jones".
Other Nominees:
	Enchanted (2007) - Tom Gibbons (I); James W. Brown; David Richard Nelson; John Koester (II) - For "Pip". I Am Legend (2007) - David Schaub; Marco Marenghi; Joshua Beveridge - For "The Infected Leader". Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Chris Y. Yang; Bernd Angerer; Dominick Cecere; Remington Scott - For "Sandman". Transformers (2007) - Rick O'Connor (I); Doug Sutton; Keiji Yamaguchi; Jeff White (VI) - For "Optimus Prime". Water Horse, The (2007) - Richard Frances-Moore; Martin Hill (II); Marco Revelant; Daniel Barrett (III) - For "Crusoe".

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year


Winner:
	Transformers (2007) - Scott Farrar (I); Shari Hanson; Shawn Kelly (I); Michael Jamieson - For the desert highway sequence.
Other Nominees:
	300 (2006) - Chris Watts (I); Gayle Busby; Kirsty Millar - For the crazy horse sequence. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - John Knoll; Jill Brooks (I); Fran�ois Lambert (I); Philippe Rebours - For the Jack and Davy duel. Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Scott Stokdyk; Terry Clotiaux; Spencer Cook; Doug Bloom (II) - For the birth of Sandman. Surf's Up (2007) - Rob Bredow; Lydia Bottegoni; Daniel Kramer (I); Matt Hausman - For riding the visual effects tube.

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture


Winner:
	Ratatouille (2007) - Janeane Garofalo; Jaime Landes; Konishi Sonoko; Paul Aichele - For "Colette".
Other Nominees:
	Beowulf (2007) - Keith W. Smith; Scott Holmes (III); Pericles Michielin; Kenn McDonald - For "Beowulf". Shrek the Third (2007) - John Cleese; Guillaume Aretos (II); Tim Cheung; Sean Mahoney (I) - For "King Harold". Surf's Up (2007) - David Schaub; Moon-Jung Kang; Brian Casper (I); Andreas Procopiou - For "Chicken Joe". Surf's Up (2007) - David Schaub; Peter Nash (I); James Crossley (II); Shia LaBeouf - For "Cody".

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial


Winner:
	James Allen; Rob Trent - For Nike - Leave Nothing.
Other Nominees:
	"Smallville" (2001) - David Alexander (X); Kaz Yoshida; Geeta Basantani; Tony White (II) - For episode "Bizarro Flood". "Smallville" (2001) - Rob Reinhart; Jack Matsumoto; Takashi Takeoka; Christina Spring - For episode "Justice". "Tin Man" (2007) - Todd Liddiard; Philippe Thibault (I); Lionel Lim; Annabelle Kent - For night one. Tim Davies (IX); Jason Schugardt; Yuichiro Yamashita - For Levis - Change.

Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game


Winner:
	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007) (VG) - Jeff Chamberlain (III); Scott Abeyta - For the cinematic intro.
Other Nominees:
	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007) (VG) - Richard Taylor (V); Matt J. Britton; Benjamin Hopkins; Ka Tai Tang - For the GDI, Nod & Scrin scenes. Hellgate: London (2007) (VG) - Tim Miller (IV); Jerome Denjean; Al Shier Witcher, The (2007) (VG) - Tomek Baginski; Marcin Kobylecki; Grzegorz Kukus; Maciek Jackiewicz - For the cinematic intro.

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Steven Spielberg