Star Wars Wins at Visual Effects Society Awards
The Visual Effects Society has granted Star Wars: The Force Awakens a total of four awards, including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. Meanwhile, The Revenant won three awards while Mad Max: Fury Road only took home one.
The Force Awakens was left out of the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards, but could this development mean its the new Oscar front-runner for Best Visual Effects?
See the full list of VES winners below:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
The Order: 1886
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Game of Thrones — The Dance of Dragons
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
SSE — Pier
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Fast and Furious: Supercharged
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Vikings — To the Gates
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant — The Bear
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
Inside Out — Joy
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur — The Farm
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project
SSE — Pier — Orangutan
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project
Game of Thrones — City of Volantis
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project
Game of Thrones — Hardhome
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant — Bear Attack
Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — BB-8
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature :
Mad Max: Fury Road — Toxic Storm
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
Game of Thrones — Hardhome
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
The Good Dinosaur
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial
SSE — Pier
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Citipati
Visionary Award
Syd Mead
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ridley Scott