‘The Creator,’ ‘Across The Spider-Verse,’ ‘The Last Of Us,’ Lead 2024 VES Awards Nominations
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has revealed the nominees for the upcoming 22nd edition of the annual VES Awards, recognizing outstanding visual effects in film, television, commercials, and video games.
Gareth Edwards’ The Creator leads this year’s live-action field with seven nominations, which is impressive for a sci-fi film with a modest, by Hollywood standards, $80 million budget. Industrial Light & Magic handled the film’s vfx work.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was the most-nominated animated feature this year, with seven nods. The film was animated by Sony Pictures Animation and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers. Both Across the Spider-Verse and The Creator have been shortlisted in the visual effects category of the upcoming Academy Awards.
Of the tv series in this year’s field, none received more nominations than the recent vfx Emmy-winner The Last Of Us, with six. The series features more than 3,000 vfx shots created by a roster of studios, including DNEG, Wētā FX, Distillery VFX, Zero VFX, Important Looking Pirates, beloFX, Storm Studios, Wylie Co., RVX, Assembly, Crafty Apes, UPP, RISE, Framestore, Digital Domain and MAS.
The 2024 VES Awards feature 25 categories selected by Society members during 39 in-person and virtual nomination events hosted worldwide over a 36-hour period. Members of this year’s selection panels came from 25 countries.
VES chair Kim Davidson said in a release:
The artistry, ingenuity, and passion of visual effects practitioners around the world have come together to create remarkable imagery. We are seeing best-in-class work that elevates the art of storytelling and exemplifies the spirit of innovation. The VES Awards is the only venue that showcases and honors these outstanding artists across a wide range of disciplines, and we are extremely proud of our nominees.
This year’s awards will be presented on February 21 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Here is the complete list of 2024 nominees:
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Ben Snow, Diana Giorgiutti, Khalid Almeerani, Scott Benza, Sam Conway
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Stephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Robert Weaver, Julian Hutchens, Alistair Williams
Oppenheimer
Andrew Jackson, Mike Chambers, Giacomo Mineo, Dave Drzewiecki, Scot Fisher
The Creator
Jay Cooper, Julian Levi, Ian Comley, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
John Wick: Chapter 4
Janelle Croshaw Ralla, Reina Sparks, Jonathan Rothbart, Javier Roca, Gerd Nefzer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Pablo Helman, Brian Barlettani, Sam Bassett, Brandon Keys McLaughlin
Napoleon
Charley Henley, Sarah Tulloch, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco, Neil Corbould
Nyad
Jake Braver, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Christopher White, Mohsen Mousavi
Society of the Snow
Félix Bergés, Micaela Gagliano, Laura Pedro, Ezequiel Larrú, Pau Costa
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Charles Copping, Matthew Perry
Elemental
Peter Sohn, Denise Ream, Sanjay Bakshi, Stephen Marshall
Nimona
Archie Donato, Yancy Lindquist, Theodore Ty, Anthony Kemp
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Alan Hawkins, Christian Hejnal, Michael Lasker, Matt Hausman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Matthieu Rouxel, Marie Balland, Jacques Daigle, Vincent Leroy
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
Ahsoka; Season 1; “Dreams and Madness”
Richard Bluff, Jakris Smittant, Paul Kavanagh, Enrico Damm, Scott Fisher
Loki; Season 2; “Glorious Purpose”
Christopher Townsend, Allison Paul, Matthew Twyford, Christopher Smallfield, John William Van Der Pool
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Sean Konrad, Jessica Smith, Jed Glassford, Khalid Almeerani, Paul Benjamin
The Last of Us; Season 1; “Infected”
Alex Wang, Sean Nowlan, Stephen James, Simon Jung, Joel Whist
The Mandalorian; Season 3; “The Return”
Grady Cofer, Abbigail Keller, Victor Schutz IV, Cameron Neilson, Scott Fisher
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
A Murder at The End of the World; Season 1; “Crypt”
Aaron Raff, Tavis Larkham, Douglas Stichbury, Mat Ellin
Citadel; Season 1; “Secrets in Night Need Early Rains”
Wesley Froud, Scott Shapiro, Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden
Ted Lasso: Season 3; “Mom City”
Gretchen Bangs, Bill Parker, Lenny Wilson
The Crown; Season 6; “Dis-Moi Oui”
Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Oliver Bersey, Joe Cork
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty; Season 2; “BEAT LA”
Raymond McIntyre Jr., Victor DiMichina, Javier Menéndez Platas, Damien Stantina
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT
Alan Wake 2
Janne Pulkkinen, Johannes Richter, Daniel Kończyk, Damian Olechowski
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Jakub Knapik, Paweł Mielniczuk, Maciej Włodarkiewicz, Kacper Niepokólczycki
Immortals of Aveum
Joseph Hall, Kevin Boyle, Dave Bogan, Julia Lichtblau
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Jacinda Chew, Jeannette Lee, Bryanna Lindsey, Alan Weider
Mortal Kombat 1
Christopher Chapman, Scott Quinn, James DeSousa, Jeff Palmer, Matt Gilmore
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIAL
Accenture; “Changing Tree”
Simon French, Vic Lovejoy, David Filipe, Matteo La Motta
Apple; Air Pods Pro; “Quiet The Noise”
Iain Murray, Oscar Wendt, Dean Robinson, Sergio Morales Paz
Coca-Cola; “Masterpiece”
Ryan Knowles, Antonia Vlasto, Gregory McKneally, Dan Yargici
Jean Paul Gaultier; “Divine Perfume”
Stéphane Pivron, Cécile Hubin, Guillaume Dadaglio, Mathias Barday
Virgin Media; “Goat Glider”
Ben Cronin, George Reid, Sam Driscoll, Christian Baker
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECT
Hypersphere 360; SeaWorld Abu Dhabi
Daren Ulmer, Cedar Connor, Lindsey Sprague, Ryan Kravetz
Postcard From Earth
Aruna Inversin, Eric Wilson, Corey Turner, Bill George
Rembrandt Immersive Artwork
Andrew McNamara, Sebastian Read, Andrew Kinnear, Sam Matthews
The Marvels: Goose the Flerken Cat
Tim Kafka, Mari Suarez, Toya Drechsler, Sebastian Niño Florez
Zootopia: Hot Pursuit
Blaine Kennison, Jeanne Angel, Darin Hollings, Aaron Arendt
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom; Topo the Octopus
Thomas Ward, Andrew Butler, Felix Slinger-Thompson, Jacob Burstein
Godzilla Minus One; Godzilla
Kosuke Taguchi, Takashi Yamazaki
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Rocket
Nathan McConnel, Andrea De Martis, Antony Magdalinidis, Rachel Williams
Wonka; Oompa Loompa
Dale Newton, Kunal Ayer, Valentina Ercolani, Gabor Foner
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Elemental; Ember
Gwendelyn Enderoglu, Jared Fong, Jonathan Hoffman, Patrick Witting
Elemental; Wade
Max Gilbert, Jacob Kuenzel, Dave Strick. Benjamin Su
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Spot
Christopher Mangnall, Craig Feifarek, Humberto Rosa, Nideep Varghese
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Superfly
Gregory Coelho, Anne-Claire Leroux, Simon Cuisinier, Olivier Pierre
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
Diablo IV; Inarius and Lilith Cinematic; Lilith
Matt Onheiber, Jason Huang, Maia Neubig
Shadow and Bone; Season 2; “No Funerals”; Nichevo’ya the Shadow Monster
José María del Fresno, Matthieu Poirey, Carlos Puigdollers, Guillermo Ramos
The Last of Us; “Endure & Survive”; Bloater
Gino Acevedo, Max Telfer, Pascal Raimbault, Fabio Leporelli
The Nevers; “It’s a Good Day”; Robot Dog
Christian Leitner, Bernd Nalbach, Sebastian Plank, Martin Wellstein
Virgin Media; Goat Glider; The Goat
Sam Driscoll, Kanishk Chouhan, Suvi Jokiniemi ,Chloe Dawe
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Knowhere
Omar Alejandro Lavrador Ibanez, Fabien Julvecourt, Klaudio Ladavac, Benjamin Patterson
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Underwater Wreck Environment
Johan Gabrielsson, Adrian Tsang, Stefan Andersson, Martin Eneroth
John Wick: Chapter 4; Place de L’Étoile
Manuel Gaudreau, Fabrice Vienne, Vignesh Ravi, Laurent Makowski
The Creator; Floating Village
John Seru, Guy Williams, Vincent Techer, Timothée Maron
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; Chicken Island
Charles Copping, Matthew Perry, Jim Lewis, Jon Biggins
Elemental; Element City
Chris Bernardi, Brandon Montell, David Shavers, Ting Zhang
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Mumbattan City
Taehyun Park, YJ Lee, Pepe Orozco, Kelly Han
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Midtown Manhattan
Olivier Mitonneau, Eddy Frechou, Guillaume Chevet, Arnaud Philippe-Giraux
OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
Loki; Season 2: 1983; “World’s Fair White City”
Christian Waite, Ben Aickin, Francesco Ferraresi, Pieter Warmington
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; “The Broken Circle”
Nathaniel Larouche, Owen Deveney, Mujia Liao, Alex Morin
The Last Of Us; “Look for the Light”; Salt Lake City
Pascal Raimbault, Nick Cattell, Jasper Hayward, Kristine -Joeann Jasper
The Last of Us: “Post-Outbreak Boston”
Melaina Mace, Adrien Lambert, Juan Carlos Barquet, Christopher Anciaume
OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Joanna Davison, Cheyana Wilkinson, Michael Cozens, Jason Desjarlais
Migration
Guylo Homsy, Damien Bapst, Antoine Collet, David Dangin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Rich Turner, Randolph Lizarda, Daniela Campos Little, Thomas Campos
The Creator
Roel Coucke, Christopher Potter, Amanda Johnstone-Batt, Jeremy Bloch
OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; The Arête
Kenneth Johansson, Jason Galeon, Tim Civil, Artur Vil
Peter Pan & Wendy; Jolly Roger
Patrick Comtois, Thomas Gallardo, Harrison Stark, David Thibodeau
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Spider HQ
Dongick David Sheen, Mark JeongWoong Lee, Mikaela Bantog, René Völker
The Creator; Nomad
Oliver Kane, Mat Monro. Florence Green. Serban Ungureanu
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
Napoleon
Koen Hofmeester, Gianmichele Mariani, Clair Bellens, Hernan Llano Duque
Nyad; Stormy Waters
Korbinian Meier, Sindy Saalfeld, David Michielsen, Andreas Vrhovsek
The Creator
Ludovic Ramisandraina, Raul Essig, Mathieu Chardonnet, Lewis Taylor
The Nun 2
Laurent Creusot, Sebastien Podsiadlo, Michael Moercant, Benjamin Saurine
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Elemental
Kristopher Campbell, Greg Gladstone, Jon Reisch, Kylie Wijsmuller
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Louis Marsaud, Paul-Etienne Bourde, Serge Martin, Marine Pommereul
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Simon Pate, Christophe Vazquez, Milo Riccarand
OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT
Citadel; “Secrets in Night Need Early Rains”; Ocean Water
James Reid, Mathew Rotman, Filipp Elizarov, Nardeep Chander
Invasion; Season 2; “A Voice from the Other Side”
Zybrand Jacobs, Alex Marlow, Tim Jenkinson, Tobias Grønbeck Andersen
Loki; Season 2; “Science/Fiction; Spaghettification
Rafael Camacho, Jonathan Lyddon-Towl, Julien Legay, Benedikt Roettger
The Mandalorian; Season 3; “Lake Monster” Attack Water
Travis Harkleroad, Florian Wietzel, Rick Hankins, Aron Bonar
Willow; “Children of the Wyrm”; Crone Duststorm and Magical Effects
Michael Cashmore, Robert Zeltsch, Jiyong Shin, Audun Ase
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATURE
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Indah Maretha, Beck Veitch, Nathan Abbot, Steve McGillen
John Wick: Chapter 4; Apartment Massacre Videogame Style
Javier Roca, Julien Forest, Thomas Bourdis, Dominik Kirouac
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Bret St.Clair, Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo, Kelly Christophers, Rowan Young
The Creator; Bar
Phil Prates, Min Kim, Nisarg Suthar, Toshiko Miura
The Creator; Spaceships
Ben O-Brien, Juan Espigares Enriquez, Wesley Roberts, Hayes Brien
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN AN EPISODE
The Last of Us; “Endure and Survive”; Infected Horde Battle
Matthew Lumb, Ben Roberts, Ben Campbell, Quentin Hema
The Last of Us; “Infected”; Boston
Casey Gorton, Francesco Dell’Anna, Vaclav Kubant, Natalia Valbuena
The Mandalorian; Season 3; “The Return”
Sam Wirch, Tory Mercer, Donny Rausch, Erich Ippen
Willow; “Children of the Wyrm”
Jeremy Sawyer, Steve Hardy, Martin Tardif, Miguel Macaya Ten
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A COMMERCIAL
Accenture; “Changing Tree”
David Filipe, Matteo La Motta, Jordan Dunstall, Taran Spear
Coca-Cola; “Masterpiece”
Ryan Knowles, Greg Mckneally, Taran Spear, Jordan Dunstall
Smirnoff; “Cocktail”
Vittorio Barabani, Peter Hodsman, Giacomo Verri, Marc Greyvenstein
Starfield
Jimmy Bullard, Ajit Menon, Ruairi Twohig, Karim Moussa
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL (PRACTICAL) EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL PROJECT
I’m a Virgo
John McLeod, Scott Kirvan, Alec Gillis, Carl Miller
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Neil Corbould, Ray Ferguson, Keith Dawson, Chris Motjuoadi
Oppenheimer
Scott Fisher, James Rollins, Mario Vanillo
Society of the Snow
Pau Costa, Carlos Laguna, Guillermo F. Aldunate, Eloy Cervera
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Blue Beetle; Machine Learning Cloth
JohnMark Gibbons, Allen Ruilova, Momme Carl, David Minor
Elemental; Volumetric Neural Style Transfer
Vinicius C. Azevedo, Byungsoo Kim, Raphael Ortiz, Paul Kanyuk
The Flash; Volumetric Capture
Stephan Trojansky, Thomas Ganshorn, Oliver Pilarski, Lukas Lepicovsky
Wish; Dynamic Screen Space Textures for Coherent Stylization
Brent Burley, Daniel Teece, Brian J. Green
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A STUDENT PROJECT (AWARD SPONSORED BY AUTODESK)
Au 8ème Jour
Flavie Carin, Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne
L’Animal Sauce Ail
Aurélien Duchez, Ysaline Debut, Diane Mazella, Camille Rostan
Loup y es-tu?
Célina Lebon, Louise Laurent, Emma Fessart. Annouck François
Silhouette
Alexis Lafuente, Antoni Nicolaï, Chloé Stricher, Elliot Dreuille
