Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2002. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in compositing.

Winners and nominees[]

2000s[]

Best Compositing in a Motion Picture

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2002 ^[1]^[2]	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Quiddich Match)	Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
	Minority Report	Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis
2003 ^[3]^[4]	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Philip R. Brennan
	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	George Macri, Mike Hardison, Patrick Murphy, Dan Trezise
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Mortitz Glaesle, Mark Lewis, Kara Vandeleur
2004 ^[5]	Spider-Man 2 (Train Sequence)	Colin Drobnis, Greg Derochie, Blaine Kennison, Kenny Lam
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer
	The Phantom of the Opera (Opening Shot)	Claas Henke, Laurent Ben-Minoun, Anupam Das
2005 ^[6]^[7]	*War of the Worlds*	Marshall Krasser, Michael Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman, Regan Mcgee
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Voldemort's Nose)	Ben Shepherd, Uel Horman, Charley Henley, Nicolas Aithadi
	King Kong (T-Rex Fight)	Erik Winquist, Michaell Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, Suzanne Jandu

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2006 ^[8]^[9]	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Jeff Sutherland, Tory Mercer
	The Da Vinci Code (Saint Sulpice Sequence)	Mathew Krentz, Jordan Benwick, Enrico Perei, Rafal Kaniewski
	Poseidon	Scott Younkin, Janeen Elliott, Brian Connor, Mark Nettleton
2007 ^[10]^[11]	*Transformers*	Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte
	I Am Legend (Seaport Evacuation)	Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hiller
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Death of Beckett)	Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Ligenfelser
	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (Crusoe)	Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
2008 ^[12]^[13]	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Benjamin Comes Together)	Janelle Croshaw, Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Sarahjane Javelo
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Stuart Lashley, Arundi Asregadoo, Mark Curtis, Richard Baker
	Iron Man (Head Under Sisplay/HUD Compositing)	Jonathan Rothbart, Dav Rauch, Kyle McCulloch, Kent Seki
	Quantum of Solace (Siennna Chase and Fight Sequence)	Anthony Smith, Christian Kaestner, Adrian Metzelaar, Jon Thum
2009 ^[14]^[15]	*District 9*	Shervin Shogian, Hamish Schumacher, Janeen Elliott, Simon Hughes
	Avatar	Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder, Giuseppe Tagliavini
	Avatar (End Battle)	Eddie Pasquarello, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Jay Cooper
	Sherlock Holmes	Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming

2010s[]

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2010 ^[16]^[17]	*Inception*	Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier
	Alice in Wonderland (Stolen Tarts)	Aaron Kupferman, Lisa Deaner, Orde Stevanoski, Ruben Flores
	Hereafter (Tsunami Sequence)	Joseph Farrell, Nick Crew, Jamie Hallett, Christine Lo
	Tron: Legacy	Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Kym Olsen, Sarajane Javelo Chase
2011 ^[18]^[19]	*Captain America: The First Avenger*	Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, Cliff Welsh
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Michele Benigna, Martin Ciastko, Thomas Dyg, Andy Robinson
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Jean-Luc Azzis, Quentin Hema, Simon Jung, Christoph Salzmann
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Chris Balog, Ben O'Brien, Amy Shepard, Jeff Sutherland
2012 ^[20]^[21]	Life of Pi (Storm of God)	Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher
	The Avengers (Hulk Punch)	Chris Balog, Peter Demarest, Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Jean-Luc Azzis, Steven McGillen, Christoph Salzmann, Charles Tait
	Prometheus (Engineers & the Orrery)	Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan
2013 ^[22]^[23]	Gravity	Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar
	Elysium	Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston
	Iron Man 3 (Barrel of Monkeys)	Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin
	Iron Man 3 (House Attack)	Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2014 ^[24]^[25]	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli
	Edge of Tomorrow (Beach)	Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser
	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling
	Interstellar (Water)	Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2015 ^[26]^[27]	The Revenant	Donny Rausch, Alan Travix, Charles Lai, TC Harrison
	Mad Max: Fury Road	Lindsay Adams, Matthew Wynne, Chris Davies, Phil Outen
	San Andreas (Los Angeles Destruction)	Sandro Blattnber, Hamish Schumacher, Nicholas Kim, Mario Rokicki
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Jay Cooper, Marian Mavrovic, Jean Lapointe, Alex Prichard
	Tomorrowland	Francois Lambert, Jean Lapointe, Peter Demarest, Conny Fauser
2016 ^[28]^[29]	The Jungle Book	Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew Adams, Max Stummer
	Doctor Strange (New York City)	Matthew Lane, Jose Fernandez, Ziad Shureih, Amy Shepard
	Independence Day: Resurgence (Under the Mothership)	Mathew Giampa, Adrian Sutherland, Daniel Lee, Ed Wilkie
	X-Men: Apocalypse (Quicksilver Rescue)	Jess Burnheim, Alana Newell, Andy Peel, Matthew Shaw
2017 ^[30]^[31]	War for the Planet of the Apes	Christoph Salzmann, Robin Hollander, Ben Morgan, Ben Warner
	Blade Runner 2049 (LAPD Approach and Joi Holograms)	Tristan Myles, Miles Lauridsen, Joel Delle-Vergin, Farhad Mohasseb
	Kong: Skull Island	Nelson Sepulveda, Aaron Brown, Paolo Acri, Shawn Mason
	Thor: Ragnarok (Bridge Battle)	Gavin McKenzie, David Simpson, Owen Carroll, Mark Gostlow
2018 ^[32]^[33]	Avengers: Infinity War (Titan)	Sabine Laimer, Tim Walker, Tobias Wiesner, Massimo Pasquetti
	First Man	Joel Delle-Vergin, Peter Farkas, Miles Lauridsen, Francesco Dell’Anna
	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	John Galloway, Enrik Pavdeja, David Nolan, Juan Espigares Enriquez
	Welcome to Marwen	Woei Lee, Saul Galbiati, Max Besner, Thai-Son Doan
2019 ^[34]^[35]	The Irishman	Nelson Sepulveda, Vince Papaix, Benjamin O'Brien, Christopher Doerhoff
	Alita: Battle Angel	Adam Bradley, Carlo Scaduto, Hirofumi Takeda, Ben Roberts
	Avengers: Endgame	Tim Walker, Blake Winder, Tobias Wiesner, Joerg Bruemmer
	Captain Marvel (Young Nick Fury)	Trent Claus, David Moreno Hernandez, Jeremiah Sweeney, Yuki Uehara
	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Jeff Sutherland, John Galloway, Sam Bassett, Charles Lai

2020s[]

Year	Film	Nominee(s)
2020 ^[36]	Project Power	Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau
	Greyhound	Chris Gooch, Tiago Santos, Stu Bruzek, Sneha Amin
	Mulan	Christoph Salzmann, Beck Veitch, Joerg Bruemmer, Indah Maretha
	Underwater	Sreejith Venugopalan, Ruslan Borysov, Susil Sabat, Andreas Andersson

Superlatives[]

Films with Multiple Nominations[]

2 Nominations

Avatar
Iron Man 3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

External links[]

Visual Effects Society

References[]

^ Jeff Heusser (January 13, 2003). "Visual Effects Society Awards 2002 Nominees". Fxguide. Fxguide. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Sarah Baisley (February 20, 2003). "Two Towers and Dinotopia Top First VES Awards". Animation World Network. AWN, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Marc Graser (January 14, 2004). "'King' rings up VES noms". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Bill Desowitz (February 19, 2004). "Lord of the Rings King of 2004 VES Awards". Animation World Network. AWN, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 17, 2005). "'Aviator,' Spidey win effects hardware". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 16, 2006). "'War,' 'Kong' top visual effects kudos". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ "Animator, Gorilla and War Top VES Awards" (PDF). Visual Effects Society. VES. February 15, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Gregg Kilday (January 9, 2007). "VES works up effects noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 11, 2007). "'Pirates' plunders visual f/x awards". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (January 6, 2008). "VES sailing with 'Pirates'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 10, 2008). "'Transformers,' ILM light up VES". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ ComingSoon (January 20, 2009). "Iron Man Leads VES Awards Nominees". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 21, 2009). "'Button' tops Visual Effects Awards". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Susan King (January 19, 2010). "'Avatar' grabs 11 VES Awards nominations". Los Angeles Times. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Variety Staff (February 28, 2010). "VES honors 'Avatar'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Peter Knegt (January 10, 2011). ""Inception" Leads Visual Effects Society Award Nominations". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Nikki Finke (February 1, 2011). "Visual Effects Awards: 'Inception' Wins 4, 'How To Train Your Dragon' 3". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
^ Susan King (January 9, 2012). "'Tintin' and HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' lead Visual Effects nominations". Los Angeles Times. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (February 7, 2012). "'Apes,' 'Hugo,' 'Transformers 3' Win Two Categories Each at VES Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Rahim Zahed (January 7, 2013). "VES Award Nominees Are Announced". Animation Magazine. Jean Thoren. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (February 5, 2013). "VES Awards 2013: 'Life of Pi' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ The Deadline Team (January 14, 2014). "'Gravity' Leads With 8 VES Awards Nominations; 'Pacific Rim' Nabs 6". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Bill Desowitz (February 13, 2014). "'Gravity,' 'Frozen' Big VES Awards Winners". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ The Deadline Team (January 13, 2015). "Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Bill Desowitz (February 4, 2015). "Big Hero 6 is the Big Hero with 5 Awards; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Tops the Feature Film Category; Game of Thrones and SSE Lead in Broadcast and Commercial Wins". StudioDaily. Access Intelligence. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Margaret Lenker (January 12, 2016). "'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (February 3, 2016). "VES Awards Winners: 'Star Wars' Takes Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ RT Staff (January 10, 2017). "'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (February 7, 2017). "'The Jungle Book' Takes Top Visual Effects Society Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Erik Pedersen (January 16, 2018). "VES Awards Nominations: 'Blade Runner 2049' & Latest 'Apes' Lead Film; 'Thrones' Rules All With 11 Noms". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Erik Pedersen, Diane Haithman (February 13, 2018). "VES Awards: 'Apes', 'Coco' & 'Thrones' Dominate VFX Nods – Full Winners List". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Carolyn Giardina (January 15, 2019). "Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: 'Infinity War' Leads Feature Noms; 'Black Panther,' 'Mary Poppins Returns' Snubbed". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (February 5, 2019). "Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Patrick Hipes (January 7, 2020). "Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Carolyn Giardina (January 29, 2020). "'The Lion King' Wins Top Honor at Visual Effects Society Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (March 2, 2021). "'The Mandalorian' Leads Visual Effects Society Noms, Muddying Oscar Landscape". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

[1] Jeff Heusser (January 13, 2003). "Visual Effects Society Awards 2002 Nominees". Fxguide. Fxguide. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[2] Sarah Baisley (February 20, 2003). "Two Towers and Dinotopia Top First VES Awards". Animation World Network. AWN, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[3] Marc Graser (January 14, 2004). "'King' rings up VES noms". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[4] Bill Desowitz (February 19, 2004). "Lord of the Rings King of 2004 VES Awards". Animation World Network. AWN, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[5] Variety Staff (February 17, 2005). "'Aviator,' Spidey win effects hardware". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[6] Variety Staff (February 16, 2006). "'War,' 'Kong' top visual effects kudos". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[7] "Animator, Gorilla and War Top VES Awards" (PDF). Visual Effects Society. VES. February 15, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[8] Gregg Kilday (January 9, 2007). "VES works up effects noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[9] Variety Staff (February 11, 2007). "'Pirates' plunders visual f/x awards". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[10] Variety Staff (January 6, 2008). "VES sailing with 'Pirates'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[11] Variety Staff (February 10, 2008). "'Transformers,' ILM light up VES". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[12] ComingSoon (January 20, 2009). "Iron Man Leads VES Awards Nominees". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[13] Variety Staff (February 21, 2009). "'Button' tops Visual Effects Awards". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[14] Susan King (January 19, 2010). "'Avatar' grabs 11 VES Awards nominations". Los Angeles Times. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[15] Variety Staff (February 28, 2010). "VES honors 'Avatar'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[16] Peter Knegt (January 10, 2011). ""Inception" Leads Visual Effects Society Award Nominations". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[17] Nikki Finke (February 1, 2011). "Visual Effects Awards: 'Inception' Wins 4, 'How To Train Your Dragon' 3". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

[18] Susan King (January 9, 2012). "'Tintin' and HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' lead Visual Effects nominations". Los Angeles Times. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[19] Carolyn Giardina (February 7, 2012). "'Apes,' 'Hugo,' 'Transformers 3' Win Two Categories Each at VES Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[20] Rahim Zahed (January 7, 2013). "VES Award Nominees Are Announced". Animation Magazine. Jean Thoren. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[21] Carolyn Giardina (February 5, 2013). "VES Awards 2013: 'Life of Pi' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[22] The Deadline Team (January 14, 2014). "'Gravity' Leads With 8 VES Awards Nominations; 'Pacific Rim' Nabs 6". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[23] Bill Desowitz (February 13, 2014). "'Gravity,' 'Frozen' Big VES Awards Winners". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[24] The Deadline Team (January 13, 2015). "Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[25] Bill Desowitz (February 4, 2015). "Big Hero 6 is the Big Hero with 5 Awards; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Tops the Feature Film Category; Game of Thrones and SSE Lead in Broadcast and Commercial Wins". StudioDaily. Access Intelligence. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[26] Margaret Lenker (January 12, 2016). "'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[27] Carolyn Giardina (February 3, 2016). "VES Awards Winners: 'Star Wars' Takes Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[28] RT Staff (January 10, 2017). "'Star Wars,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Peanuts Movie' Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[29] Carolyn Giardina (February 7, 2017). "'The Jungle Book' Takes Top Visual Effects Society Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[30] Erik Pedersen (January 16, 2018). "VES Awards Nominations: 'Blade Runner 2049' & Latest 'Apes' Lead Film; 'Thrones' Rules All With 11 Noms". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[31] Erik Pedersen, Diane Haithman (February 13, 2018). "VES Awards: 'Apes', 'Coco' & 'Thrones' Dominate VFX Nods – Full Winners List". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[32] Carolyn Giardina (January 15, 2019). "Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: 'Infinity War' Leads Feature Noms; 'Black Panther,' 'Mary Poppins Returns' Snubbed". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[33] Carolyn Giardina (February 5, 2019). "Visual Effects Society Awards: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[34] Patrick Hipes (January 7, 2020). "Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations Announced". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[35] Carolyn Giardina (January 29, 2020). "'The Lion King' Wins Top Honor at Visual Effects Society Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[36] Giardina, Carolyn (March 2, 2021). "'The Mandalorian' Leads Visual Effects Society Noms, Muddying Oscar Landscape". The Hollywood Reporter. Lynne Segall. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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