The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society. The award goes to artists whose work in virtual cinematography. It was first awarded in 2003 and 2004 for, under the title "Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture", before being scrapped from the ceremony. The award was given separately to artists in live-action film, animated film, and commercials/television. These categories were first awarded in 2012. The following year, the category specifically awarding animated film was dropped, with only live-action film and commercial/television being awarded. In 2015, only live-action films were awarded. The following year, the category's title changed to "Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project". It has held its current title since 2020.
2000s Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture Year Film Nominee(s) 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers Stuart Little 2 Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster 2003 The Matrix Reloaded (U-Cap Facial Photography) Kim Libreri, George Borshukov, Paul Ryan, John Gaeta The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Alex Funke, Rob Kerr, Henk Prins Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Carl Miller, Mike Conte, Tami Carter Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Pat Sweeney, Mike Bienstock, Grady Cofer, John Hansen
2010s Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Year Film Nominee(s) 2011 Hugo Martin Chamney, Rob Legato, Adam Watkins, Fabio Zangla Rise of the Planet of the Apes Thelvin Cabezas, Mike Perry, R. Christopher White, Erik Winquist Thor Xavier Allard, Pierre Buffin, Nicolas Chevallier Transformers: Dark of the Moon Michael Balog, Richard Bluff, Shawn Kelly, Jeff White 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Matt Aitken, Victor Huang, Christian Rivers, R. Christopher White The Amazing Spider-Man Rob Engle, David Schaub, Cosku Turhan, Max Tyrie The Avengers (Downtown Manhattan) Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu Total Recall (Hover Car Pursuit) Daniel Baldwin, Mattias Forsstrom, Sam Schwier, Joshua Wassung 2013 Gravity Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard McBride, Dale Newton The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Cabezas Iron Man 3 Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez Man of Steel Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis Pacific Rim (Hong Kong Ocean Fight) Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Year Film Nominee(s) 2011 Rango Colin Benoit, Philippe Rebours, Nelson Sepulveda, Nick Walker The Adventures of Tintin Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables Arthur Christmas Jericca Cleland, Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira Cars 2 Mahyar Abousaeedi, Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky, Jonathan Pytko
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial Year Commercial/Program Nominee(s) 2011 Gears of War 3: Dust to Dust Niles Heckman, Richard Morton, Vernon Wilbert Jr. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier "Camo Up" Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables Hot Wheels Steve Beck, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza Once Upon a Time (Cinderella's Courtyard) Stephen Jackson, Sallyanne Massimini, Nathan Matsuda, Kevin Struckman 2012 ZombiU Dominique Boidin, Léon Bérelle, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu Toyota: Real Deal Adam Berg, Niles Heckman, Ronald Herbst, Vernon Wilbert
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live-Action Commercial or Broadcast Program Year Commercial/Program Nominee(s) 2013 The Crew Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère Mad Max: Ethos Aladino Debert, Neil Huxley, David Liu, Michael Harbour Murdered: Soul Suspect Vernon Wilbert, Tim Jones, Rafael Colon, April Warren Qualcomm Snapdragon: A Dragon is Coming Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Year Film Piece Nominee(s) 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Kitchen Scene Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Saponi, David Houghton Williams Edge of Tomorrow Beach and Paris Attacks Albert Cheng, Jose Enrique Astacio Jr., Michael Havart, Dion Beebe Interstellar Tesseract Faraz Hameed, Stephen Painter, Hoyte van Hoytema, Dorian Knapp
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project Year Film/Program Piece Nominee(s) 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Falcon Chase/Graveyard Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter Ant-Man Macro Action James Baker, Alex Kahn, Thomas Luff, Rebecca Baehler Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Underwater Torus Chamber Vincent Aupetit, Margaux Durand-Rival, Christopher Anciaume, Robert Elswit The Walk Towers Walk Shawn Hull, Suzanne Cipolletti, Laurent Taillefer, Dariusz Wolski 2016 The Jungle Book Bill Pope, Robert Legato, Gary Roberts, John Brennan Doctor Strange New York Mirror Dimension Landis Fields, Mathew Cowie, Frederic Medioni, Faraz Hameed Game of Thrones: "Battle of the Bastards" Patrick Tiberius Gehlen, Michelle Blok, Christopher Baird, Drew Wood-Davies Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Space Battle John Levin, Euisung Lee, Steve Ellis, Barry Howell 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Groot Dance/Opening Fight James Baker, Steven Lo, Alvise Avati, Robert Stipp Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest Shannon Justison, Casey Schatz, Neil Weatherley, Claire Michaud Star Wars: The Last Jedi Crait Surface Battle Cameron Nielsen, Albert Cheng, John Levin, Johanes Kurnia Thor: Ragnarok Valkyrie's Flashback Hubert Maston, Arthur Moody, Adam Paschke, Casey Schatz 2018 Ready Player One New York Race Daniele Bigi, Edmund Kolloen, Mathieu Vig, Jean-Baptiste Noyau Aquaman Third Act Battle Claus Pedersen, Mohammad Rastkar, Cedric Lo, Ryan McCoy Echo Time Displacement Victor Perez, Tomas Tjernberg, Tomas Wall, Marcus Dineen Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Gyrosphere Escape Pawl Fulker, Matt Perrin, Oscar Faura, David Vickery Welcome to Marwen Town of Marwen C. Kim Miles, Matthew A. Ward, Ryan Beagan, Marc Chu
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project Year Film/Program Piece Nominee(s) 2019 The Lion King Robert Legato, Caleb Deschanel, Ben Grossmann, AJ Sciutto Alita: Battle Angel Emile Ghorayeb, Simon Jung, Nick Epstein, Mike Perry The Mandalorian: "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" The Roost Richard Bluff, Jason Porter, Landis R. Fields IV, Barry "Baz" Idoine Toy Story 4 Jean-Claude Kalache, Patrick Lin
2020s Year Project Piece Nominee(s) 2020 Soul Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben Ghost of Tsushima A Storm is Coming Aladino Debert, Matt Dougan, Eric Beaver, David Liu The Mandalorian: "Chapter 12: The Siege" Dave Crispino, Kyle Winkelman, Paul Kavanagh, Jose Burgos The Mandalorian: "Chapter 15: The Believer" Richard Bluff, Matthew Jensen, Chris Williams, Landis Fields IV 2021 Encanto We Don't Talk About Bruno Nathan Detroit Warner, Dorian Bustamante, Tyler Kupferer, Michael Woodside Godzilla vs. Kong Ocean Battle Shawn Hull, Robert Wiese, Steven Tom, Eric Petey Loki: Lamentis Race to the Ark Jesse Lewis-Evans, Luke Avery, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Scott InksterRaya and the Last Dragon Rob Dressel, Adolph Lusinsky, Paul FelixShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sebastian Trujillo, Louis-Daniel Poulin, Nathan Abbot, Shannon Justison 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones ABBA Voyage Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos The Batman Rain Soaked Car Chase Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel Prehistoric Planet Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chaun Hsu, Claire Hill 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Joanna Davison, Cheyana Wilkinson, Michael Cozens, Jason Desjarlais The Creator Roel Coucke, Christopher Potter, Amanda Johnstone-Batt, Jeremy Bloch Migration Guylo Homsy, Damien Bapst, Antoine Collet, David Dangin Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Rich Turner, Randolph Lizarda, Daniela Campos Little, Thomas Campos
External links Visual Effects Society
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