Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting from 2002. Since its inception, the award's title has gone through several title changes, and one major category shift. First awarded in 2002, the award was titled "Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial" and given to the best character animation in a televised program, with no specific character cited. This would change in 2004, when the category was re-titled "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program", and given to visual effects artists for work on a specified character. The category was again re-titled the following year, this time to "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video". In 2008, it was titled "Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial", but changed in 2014 to "Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game" and once again the next year to "Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project". In the title changed to "Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project" and, finally, in 2017 to "Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project"

Winners and nominees 2000s Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial Year Program/Video/Commercial Nominee(s) Network 2002 Dinotopia Mike Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White ABCBlockbuster Entertainment: Kung Fu Scott Souter, Frank Petzold, Eric Reynolds, Todd Labonte Stargate SG-1: "Revelations" James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De Bosch Kemper Showtime Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program Year Program Character Nominees Network 2004 Kingdom Hospital Antubis Adam de Bosch Kemper, Brian Harder, Patrick Kalyn, Scott Paquin ABC Battlestar Galactica: "33" Cylon Dustin Adair, Mark Shimer, Jesse Toves, Sean M. Jackson Sci Fi Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video Year Program Character Nominees Network 2005 Battlestar Galactica: "Fragged" Cylon Centurion Andrew Karr, Louie Hinayo, Gary Hughes, Allan Henderson Sci Fi Battlestar Galactica: "Valley of Darkness" Cylon Dustin Adair, Mark Shimer, Lane Jolly, Steve Graves Sci Fi Surface: "Episode 2" Nimrod Eric Hance, Rob Bonchune, John Teska, Sean M. Jackson NBC 2006 GEICO: Chat The GEICO Gecko David Hulin, Seth Gollub, Andy Walker, Jenny Bichsel Battlestar Galactica: "Downloaded" Cylon Ryan Cronin, Louie Hinayo, Andy Asperin, Trevor Adams Sci Fi Doctor Who: "Tooth and Claw" Werewolf Nicolas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara, Neil Roche, Jean-Yves Audouard BBC One 2007 The Chemical Brothers: The Salmon Dance Fatlip Shots Mike Mellor AMP Paper Ryan Cronin, Louie Hinayo, Andy Asperin, Trevor Adams Ben 10: Race Against Time Grey Matter Sequence Brent Young Cartoon Network Doctor Who: "Last of the Time Lords" Ancient Time Lord Nicolas Hernandez, Adam Burnett, Neil Roche, Jean-Claude Deguara BBC One Primeval: "Episode 6" Predator Animation Mathieu Vig, Antoine Birot, Simon Thistlethwaite, Kevin O'Sullivan ITV Propel: Stress Monster Stress Monster Jeff Willette, Sean Andrew Faden, Matthew Hackett, Denis Gauthier Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial Year Program Character Nominees Network 2008 Britvic: Drench Brains Dance Thomas Tannenberger, Olcun Tan Bacardi Sundance James J. Atkinson, John Cooper, Phillip Prahl Coke: Parade Stewie Griffin Ben Smith, Andrew Proctor Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial Year Program Character Nominees Network 2009 AMF: Caterpillar The Caterpillar Steve Beck, Jamie O'Hara, Becky Porter, Robert Sethi Évian: Roller Babies Skating Babies Jorge Meurer, Jordi Oñate Isal, Emanuele Pavarotti, Wayne Simmons Pepsi: The Flight of the Penguin Penguin James Dick, Seth Gollub, R. Spencer Lueders, Andy Walker Prep & Landing Wayne Dave Foley, Mark Mitchell, Hidetaka Yosumi, Leo Sanchez Barbosa ABC

2010s Year Program Character Nominees Network 2010 Citroën C3: The Spacebox Citro Michael Nauzin, Anne Chatelian, Gregory Mougne, Cedric Nicolas Cadbury Freida Steer Raphael Pimentel, Thana Siripopungul Logitech: Robot Robot Robert Ramsdell, Darnell Isom, James Springham, Shelly Dutcher Operation: Secret Santa — A Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer Lanny Tony Smeed, Chad Sellers, Patrick Osborne, John Wong ABC 2011 Canal+: The Bear The Bear Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Olivier Mitonneau, Michael Nauzin, Laurent Creusot Audi A6 Avant: Hummingbird The Hummingbird Tom Bussell, Jorge Meurer Carl's Jr.: Robot Robot Matt Heimlich, Robert Ramsdell, Frederic Hopp, Philip InenoGame of Thrones: "Fire and Blood" Henry Badgett, Mark A. Brown, Rafael Morant, James Sutton HBO 2012 Game of Thrones Training the Dragons Irfan Celik, Florian Friedmann, Ingo Schachner, Chris Stenner HBO Hallmark: Motherbrid Motherbird Vincent Baertsoen, Kevin Ives, Laurent Makowski, Joshua Merck Jimmy Kimmel Live! Ted James W. Brown, Brad Fox, Ross Nakamura, Jeffrey Woo ABCSinbad: "Pilot" Andrew Guest, James Moxon, James Reid, Greg Spencer Sky One 2013 PETA: 98% Human Apes Vincent Baertsoen, Alexandre Allain, Henning Koczy Three: #DancePonyDance The Pony Carsten Keller, Jake Mengers, Tim van Hussen Game of Thrones Raising the Dragons Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann HBO Smithwick's: Squirrel Squirrel Tom Bussell, Jorge Meurer, Tom Raynor, Leonardo Costa Toy Story of Terror! Paul Aichele, Kiki Mei Kee Poh, Andrew Coats ABC Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game Year Program Character Nominees Network 2014 SSE: Maya Maya Jorge Meurer, Alex Hammond, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine Freetime by Freesat Sheldon Russell Dodgson, Grant S.L. Walker, Juan Sebastian Niño Florez, Amar Chundavadra Game of Thrones Drogon Philip Meyer, Thomas Kutschera, Igor Majdandzic, Mark Spindler HBO John Lewis Christmas Advert: Monty the Penguin Monty the Penguin Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Tim van Hussen, Amir Bazazi, George Kyparissous Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project Year Program Character Nominees Network 2015 SSE: Pier Orangatan Jorge Meurer, Sauce Vilas, Daniel Kmet, Sam Driscoll Game of Thrones: "The Dance of Dragons" Drogon Arena Rescue James Kinnings, Michael Holzl, Joseph Hoback, Matt Derksen HBO Game of Thrones: "Mother's Mercy" Wounded Drogon Florian Friedmann, Jonathan Symmonds, Sven Schwarz, Sebastian Lauer Sainsbury's: Christmas Advert Mogs Juan Sebastian Niño Florez, Chris Hurtt, Joseph Henson, Gez Wright Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project Year Program Character Nominees Network 2016 Game of Thrones: "Battle of the Bastards" Drogon James Kinnings, Michael Holzi, Matt Derksen, Joeseph Hoback HBO Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Staff Sergeant Usef Omar James Kinnings, Michael Holzl, Joseph Hoback, Matt Derksen Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Graphorn John Montefusco, Michael Cable, Shayne Ryan, Andrew Rowan-Robinson Game of Thrones: "Home" Emaciated Dragon Sebastian Lauer, Jonathan Symmonds, Thomas Kutschera, Anthony Sieben HBO Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project Year Program Character Nominees Network 2017 Game of Thrones: "The Spoils of War" Drogon Loot Train Attack Murray Stevenson, Jason Snyman, Jenn Taylor, Florian Friedmann HBO Black Mirror: "Metalhead" Dog Steven Godfrey, Stafford Lawrence, Andrew Robertson, Iestyn Roberts Netflix Game of Thrones: "Beyond the Wall" Zombie Polar Bear Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Nicholas Wilson HBO Game of Thrones: "Eastwatch" Drogon Meets Jon Jonathan Symmonds, Thomas Kutschera, Philipp Winterstein, Andreas Krieg 2018 Lost in Space Robot Chad Shattuck, Paul Zeke, Julia Flanagan, Andrew McCartney Netflix Cycles Rae Jose Luis Gomez Diaz, Edward Robbins, Jorge Ruiz, Jose Luis 'Weecho' Velasquez Nightflyers: "All That We Have Found" Eris Peter Giliberti, James Chretien, Ryan Cromie, Cesar Dacol Jr. Syfy Spider-Man Doc Ock Brian Wyser, Henrique Naspolini, Sophie Brennan, William Salyers 2019 Stranger Things Tom/Bruce Monster Joseph Dubé-Arsenault, Antoine Barthod, Frederick Gagnon, Xavier Lafarge Netflix Lady and the Tramp Tramp Thiago Lima Martins, Arslan Elver, Stanislas Paillereau, Martine Chartrand Disney+ The Mandalorian: "Chapter 2: The Child" Mud Horn Terence Bannon, Rudy Massar, Hugo Leygnac The Umbrella Academy: "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals" Pogo Aidan Martin, Craig Young, Olivier Beierlein, Laurent Herveic Netflix

2020s Year Program Character Nominees Network 2020 The Mandalorian: "Chapter 13: The Jedi" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Child|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |John Rosengrant, Peter Clarke, Scott Patton, Hal Hickel || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Disney+|- | The Crown: "The Balmoral Test" || Imperial Stag || Ahmed Gharraph, Ross Burgess, Gabriela Ruch Salmeron, Joel Best || Netflix |- | The Mandalorian: "Chapter 9: The Marshal" || Krayt Dragon || Paul Kavanagh, Zaini Mohamed Jalani, Michal Kriukow, Nihal Friedel || rowspan="2"|Disney+ |- | Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made || Total || Maxime Masse, Hennadii Prykhodko, Luc Girard, Sophie Burie |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2021 | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Witcher: "A Grain of Truth || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Nivellen the Cursed Man || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Marko Chulev, Rasely Ma, Mike Beaulieu, Robin Witzsche || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Netflix|- | Lisey's Story: "Lisey's Story" || The Long Boy || Mohsen Mousavi, Salauddin "Sallu" Kazi, Mattias Brunosson, Pablovsky Ramos-Nieves || Apple TV+ |- | Love, Death & Robots: "Snow in the Desert" || Hirald || Maxime Luere, Zoé Pelegrin-Bomel, Laura Guerreiro, Florent Duport || rowspan="2"|Netflix |- | The Witcher: "What Is Lost" || Leshy Eskel || Hannes Faupel, Stéphane Paccolat, Ivan Cadena Ayala, Laurent Fortin |- | Y: The Last Man || Ampersand || Mike Beaulieu, Michael Dharney, Peter Pi, Aidana Sakhvaliyeva || FX on Hulu |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2022 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Umbrella Academy PogoAidan Martin, Hannah Dockerty, Olivier Beierlein, Miae Kang Netflix She-Hulk: Attorney at Law She-Hulk Elizabeth Bernard, Jan Philip Cramer, Edwina Ting, Andrew Park Disney+ Skull & Bones Sam Jonas Skoog, Jonas Törnqvist, Goran Milic, Jonas Vikström The Callisto Protocol Jacob Lee Martin Contel, Glauco Longhi, Jorge Jimenez, Atsushi Seo

Programs with multiple awards

3 awards Game of Thrones (HBO)

Programs with multiple nominations

11 nominations Game of Thrones (HBO)

4 nominations Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)

2 nominations Doctor Who (BBC) The Witcher (Netflix)

References

External links Visual Effects Society