The 4th Visual Effects Society

Visual Effects Society

The Visual Effects Society is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of...

 Awards, given in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 on 16 February 2006, honored the best visual effects in film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

. The 2005 VES Awards Premiered on HDNet

HDNet

HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

.

Honorary Awards

George Melies Award for Pioneering:

• John Lasseter
  John Lasseter
  John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering....
  
  

Board of Directors Award:

• Jim Morris
  Jim Morris (Pixar)
  Jim Morris is an American film producer, studio executive and former visual effects staff at Industrial Light & Magic, he is the General Manager for Pixar. He is in charge of the day-to-day running of the studio facilities and products. Prior to that, he served as producer on WALL-E...
  
  

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture:

• The Chronicles of Narnia
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...
  
  
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...
  
  
• King Kong
  King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
  
  
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
  
  

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:

• Jarhead
  Jarhead (film)
  Jarhead is a 2005 biographical drama war film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 1991 Gulf War memoir of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with co-stars Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, and Chris Cooper. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to...
  
  
• Kingdom of Heaven
  Kingdom of Heaven (film)
  Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic action film directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McKidd, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward Norton, Jon Finch, Michael Sheen and Liam...
  
  
• Memoirs Of A Geisha
  Memoirs of a Geisha (film)
  Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Spyglass Entertainment and by Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions. It was directed by Rob Marshall. It was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by...
  
  

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka...
  
   - Nut Room
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
  
   - Opening Space Battle
• War of the Worlds
  War of the Worlds (2005 film)
  War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...
  
   -Fleeing the Neighborhood

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...
  
   Aslan
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...
  
   - Dragon
• King Kong
  King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
  
   – Kong

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture:

• Madagascar
  Madagascar (2005 film)
  Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked...
  
   - King Julian
• Robots
  Robots (film)
  Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of...
  
   - Fender
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British clay-mation animated comedy horror film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorksPictures...
  
   – Gromit

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture:

• Batman Begins
  Batman Begins
  Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...
  
   - Gotham City Monorail Chase
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...
  
   - Black Lake Environment
• King Kong
  King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
  
   -New York Dawn Attack
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
  
  

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture:

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...
  
  
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
  
  
• War of the Worlds
  War of the Worlds (2005 film)
  War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...
  
  

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture:

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...
  
   -Voldemort's Nose
• King Kong
  King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
  
   - T-Rex Fight
• War of the Worlds
  War of the Worlds (2005 film)
  War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...
  
  

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:

• Invasion
  Invasion (TV series)
  Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and...
  
   - Origin of Species
• Rome
  Rome (TV series)
  Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic...
  
   Episode 1
• Smallville
  Smallville
  Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
  
   - Commencement
  Smallville (Season 4)
  Season four of Smallville, an American television series, began airing on September 22, 2004. The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The fourth season comprises...
  
  

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:

• Alias
  Alias (TV series)
  Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
  
   - The Index
• Lost
  Lost (TV series)
  Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
  
   -Exodus Part 2
  Exodus (Lost)
  "Exodus" is the first season finale of the ABC television series Lost, consisting of the 23rd through 25th episodes of the first season and the show overall. The episodes were directed by Jack Bender, and written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. "Part 1" first aired on May 18, 2005 and "Part 2"...
  
  

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:

• Comet Collision
• Walking with Monsters
  Walking with Monsters
  Walking with Monsters is a three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles...
  
  
• Super Bowl XXXIX
  Super Bowl XXXIX
  Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played on February 6, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, to decide the National Football League champion following the 2004 regular season...
  
  : Open

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:

• Esuvee
  Esuvee
  ESUVEE was a US year-long consumer education campaign on sport utility vehicle safety in 2005. There was also an associated website game. The goal of the campaign was to encourage safe driving of SUVs. The campaign emphasized the need to drive carefully to avoid rolling the vehicles over because...
  
   - Keep it on all Fours
• Motorola
  Motorola
  Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
  
   - PEBL
• Guinness
  Guinness
  Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is directly descended from the porter style that originated in London in the early 18th century and is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide, brewed in almost...
  
   - noitulovE
  NoitulovE
  noitulovE is a British television and cinema advertisement launched by Diageo in 2005 to promote Guinness draught stout. The 60-second piece formed the cornerstone of a £15 million advertising campaign targeting men in their late twenties and early thirties...
  
  

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video:

• The Chemical Brothers
  The Chemical Brothers
  The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
  
   - Believe
• Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
  
   – "Only
  Only (Nine Inch Nails song)
  "Only" is a song by Nine Inch Nails. It was released as the second single from Nine Inch Nails' fourth album With Teeth. "Only" reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, where it stayed for seven weeks...
  
  "
• Rob Thomas
  Rob Thomas (musician)
  Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas is an American rock recording artist and songwriter. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist...
  
   - Lonely No More
  Lonely No More
  "Lonely No More" is the first single from Rob Thomas's debut album, …Something to Be. It became his second big solo hit and his biggest solo hit to date. The song peaked inside the Top 10 at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #11 in the UK...
  
  

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:

• Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
  Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
  
   - Season 2, Episode 03: Fragged
  Fragged (Battlestar Galactica)
  "Fragged" is the third episode of the second season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on July 29, 2005. It is the first episode in which Starbuck does not appear....
  
   -Cylon Centurian
• Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
  Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
  
   - Valley of Darkness - Cylon
• Surface
  Surface (TV series)
  Surface is a science fiction television series that premiered on NBC on 19 September 2005. The program aired fifteen episodes before going on hiatus on February 6, 2006 due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics...
  
   - Episode 102 - Nimrod

Outstanding Created Environmentin a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:

• Into the West
  Into the West (TV miniseries)
  Into the West is a 2005 miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes . The series was first broadcast in the U.S. on Turner Network Television on six Fridays starting on June 10, 2005...
  
   Movies I, II and III
• Motorola
  Motorola
  Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
  
   - PEBL
• Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
  
   - Only
  Only (Nine Inch Nails song)
  "Only" is a song by Nine Inch Nails. It was released as the second single from Nine Inch Nails' fourth album With Teeth. "Only" reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, where it stayed for seven weeks...
  
  

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:

• Ford - World Traveler
• Las Vegas
  Las Vegas (TV series)
  Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
  
   - Episode 308 - Bold, Beautiful and Blue
• Walgreens
  Walgreens
  Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...
  
   Giving Tree/Last Minute - Winter Neighborhood

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:

• Empire
• Into the West
  Into the West (TV miniseries)
  Into the West is a 2005 miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes . The series was first broadcast in the U.S. on Turner Network Television on six Fridays starting on June 10, 2005...
  
   - Movie I: Wheel to the Stars
• Mezzo Djarum

Video games

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game:

• From Russia With Love
• Madden NFL 06
  Madden NFL 06
  Madden NFL 06 is an American football video game which was released on August 8, 2005. It is also a launch game for the Xbox 360. It is the 16th installment of the Madden NFL series by EA Sports, named for noted color commentator John Madden. The product features former Philadelphia Eagles...
  
   Football Video Game For Xbox 360
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It is the tenth installment in the Need for Speed series. The game features street racing-oriented game play, with certain customization options from the Need for Speed: Underground series...
  
  

Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game:

• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It is the tenth installment in the Need for Speed series. The game features street racing-oriented game play, with certain customization options from the Need for Speed: Underground series...
  
  
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure computer and video game developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal. It was released in December, 2005 in North America for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube...
  
   - The Battle Cinematic
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure computer and video game developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal. It was released in December, 2005 in North America for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube...
  
   – The Palace Balcony Cinematic
• Stranger's Wrath
  Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
  Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is an action-adventure game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Xbox. Music for the game was written by composer Michael Bross. It was released on January 25, 2005. A version for the PlayStation 2 was planned, but...
  
  

Other

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:

• Curse of Darkcastle... The Ride
  The Curse of DarKastle
  The Curse of DarKastle is a 21st century dark ride located at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is a hybrid ride, combining roving motion-simulating vehicles, 3D videos projected onto screens, physical sets, in-vehicle music and special effects , all perfectly synchronized...
  
  
• Deepo's Undersea 3D Wondershow
  Deepo's Undersea 3D Wondershow
  Deepo’s Undersea 3D Wondershow is a "4D" stereoscopic film produced especially for the 4D theater at Atlanta's Georgia Aquarium. The film is presented by corporate sponsor AT&T and created by Gary Goddard Entertainment, who designed the Terminator II and Jurassic Park rides at Universal...
  
  
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D is a 2005 IMAX 3D documentary film about the first humans on the Moon, the twelve astronauts in the Apollo program.-Production:...
  
  

External links

• 4rd Annual VES Awards Recipients