Still of Adam Driver in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” scored a leading seven film nominations Tuesday for the 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, while HBO’s “Game of Thrones” collected nine nods to lead the television nominees.
“Star Wars” was nominated for best visual effects in a feature film, along with “Furious 7,” “San Andreas,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Martian.”
Nominations for best supporting visual effects in a feature went to “In the Heart of the Sea,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Walk,” “Everest” and “The Revenant.”
“Game of Thrones” was nominated for outstanding visual effects in a television episode, along with “Nezlamna,” “Childhood’s End,’ “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” and “The Strain.”
The awards will be presented Feb. 2 at the Beverly Hilton.
During the ceremony, “The Martian” director Ridley Scott will receive a lifetime achievement award, while conceptual artist Syd Mead will receive the society’s Visionary Award.
Here is a complete list of nominations: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature — “Furious 7” Mike Wassel Karen Murphy Martin Hill Kevin McIlwain Dan Sudick — “San Andreas” Colin Strause Randall Starr Bryan Grill Nordin Rahhali Brian Cox — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett Luke O’Byrne Patrick Tubach Paul Kavanagh Chris Corbould — “Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson Holly Radcliffe Tom Wood Dan Oliver Andy Williams — “The Martian” Richard Stammers Barrie Hemsley Matt Sloan Chris Lawrence Steven Warner Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature — “In The Heart of The Sea” Jody Johnson Leslie Lerman Sean Stranks Bryan Hirota Mark Holt — “Bridge of Spies” Sven Martin Jennifer Meislohn Charlie Noble Sean Stranks Gerd Nefzer — “The Walk” Kevin Baillie Camille Cellucci Viktor Muller Sebastien Moreau — “Everest” Dadi Einarsson Roma O-Connor Matthias Bjarnasson Glen Pratt Richard Van Den Bergh — “The Revenant” Rich McBride Ivy Agregan Jason Smith Nicolas Chevallier Cameron Waldbauer Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature — “The Peanuts Movie” Steve Martino Michael J. Travers Nick Bruno Scott Carroll — “Inside Out” Michael Fong Jonas Rivera Victor Navone Paul Mendoza — “Anomalisa” Derek Smith Rosa Tran Joe Passarelli John Joyce — “Hotel Transylvania 2” Karl Herbst Skye Lyons Alan Hawkins Genndy Tartakovsky — “The Good Dinosaur” Sanjay Bakshi Denise Ream Michael Venturini Jon Reisch Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project — “The Order: 1886” Nathan Phail-Liff Dana Jan Anthony Vitale Scot Andreason — “Halo 5: Guardians” Nicolas Bouvier Jon Wood Brien Goodrich Matt Aldridge — “The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows” Alasdair Coull Daniel Smith Nick Donaldson Tim Elek — “Destiny: The Taken King” Michael Zak Mark Noseworthy Stephen Scott Dave Matthews — “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate” Thierry Dansereau Francois Pelland Marc-Andre Clermont Mathieu Chouinard Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode — “Nezlamna”; Sea Dogfight Dmitriy Ovcharenko Igor Klimovsky Egor Borschevsky Vladimir Mikheyenko — “Childhood’s End”; Night Three Kevin Blank Adica Manis Niklas Jacobson Glenn Melenhorst — “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell”; Arabella Jean-Claude Deguara Natalie Reid Nicolas Hernandez Sara Bennett — “The Strain”; Identity Dennis Berardi Luke Groves Matt Glover Trey Harrell Warren Appleby — “Game of Thrones”; The Dance of Dragons Joe Bauer Steve Kullback Eric Carney Derek Spears Stuart Brisdon Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial — Ikea; T-shirts Diarmid Harrison Murray Julie Evans Tom Harding Tim van Hussen — Halo 5; The Hunt Begins Benjamin Walsh Pip Malone Brian Burke Ian Holland — Audi; Birth Andrew Proctor Gemma Humphries Mike Chapman Gianluca Di Marco — SSE; Pier Neil Davies Tim Lyall Hitesh Patel Jorge Montiel — Game of War; Rooftop Alliance David Lawson Erin Hicke Becky Porter Krystal Sae Eua Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project — Goosebumps VR Adventure Jason Schugardt Mike Wigart Alex Harding Daniel Marsh — Nike; The Neymar Jr. Effect Janelle Croshaw Ian Markiewicz Lou Pecora Aruna Inversin — Kaka’s Great Adventure Neelesh Gore Rajiv Kessop Amogh Vaidya Shaffi Mahammad — Fast and Furious: Supercharged Chris Shaw Alysia Cotter Ben White Diego Guerrero — SpongeBob SubPants Brent Young John Kokum Michael Smith Timothy Williams Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature — “The Walk”; World Trade Center Jim Gibbs Brian Flora Laurent Taillefer Pavel Kolar — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Yanick Dusseault Mike Wood Justin van der Lek Quentin Marmier — “Ant-Man”; The Microverse Florian Witzel Taylor Shaw Alexis Hall Heath Kraynak — “Jurassic World”; Jungle Chase Martyn Culpitt Joao Sita Yuta Shimizu Michael Billette — “Tomorrowland”; Tomorrowland Center Barry Williams Greg Kegel Quentin Marmier Thang Le Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode — “Vikings”; To the Gates Dominic Remane Bill Halliday Paul Wishart Ovidiu Cinazan Paul Byrne — “Black Sails”; XVIII Erik Henry Annemarie Griggs Kevin Rafferty Aladino Debert Paul Stephenson — “Penny Dreadful”; And They Were Enemies James Cooper Bill Halliday Sarah McMurdo Mai-Ling Lee — “Daredevil”; Speak of the Devil Bryan Godwin David Van Dyke Karl Coyner Julie Long Johan Kunz — “Agent Carter”; Now Is Not the End Sheena Duggal Addie Manis Richard Bluff Jayesh Dalal Kenneth C. Clark Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Maz Joel Bodin Arslan Elver Ian Comley Stephen Cullingford — “The Revenant”; The Bear Matt Shumway Gaelle Morand Karin Cooper Leandro Estebecorena — “Avengers: Age of Ultron”; Hulk Jakub Pistecky Lana Lan John Walker Sean Comer — “Chappie”; Chappie Earl Fast Chris Harvey Mark Wendell Robert Bourgeault Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature — “The Peanuts Movie”; Snoopy Jeff Gabor Joseph Antonuccio Ignacio Barrios Sabine Heller — “The Peanuts Movie”; Charlie Brown Matthew Doble Steve Vanseth Stephen Gressak Nikki Tomaino — “Inside Out”; Joy Shawn Krause Tanja Krampfert Jacob Merrell Alexis Angelidis — “The Good Dinosaur”; Spot Ana Gabriela Lacaze Jacob Brooks Lou Hamou-Lhadj Mark C. Harris Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature — “The Good Dinosaur”; The Farm David Munier Matthew Webb Matt Kuruc Tom Miller — “Inside Out”; Imagination Land Amy L. Allen Steve Karski Eric Andraos Jose L. Ramos Serrano — “The Peanuts Movie”; Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood Jon Townley Angel Camacho-Torres Cleveland Hibbert Ken Lee — “Shaun the Sheep Movie”; Under the Arches Matt Perry Charles Copping Alfred Llupia Perez Andy Brown Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project — “Game of Thrones”; Mother’s Mercy; Wounded Drogon Florian Friedmann Jonathan Symmonds Sven Skoczylas Sebastian Lauer — “Game of Thrones”; Dance of Dragons; Drogon Arena Rescue James Kinnings Michael Holzl Joseph Hoback Matt Derksen — “SSE”; Pier; Orangutan Jorge Montiel Sauce Vilas Philippe Moine Sam Driscoll — “Sainsbury’s”; Mog Sebastian Nino Chris Hurtt Joseph Henson Gez Wright Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project — “Game of Thrones”; City of Volantis Dominic Piche Christine Leclerc Patrice Poissant Thomas Montminy-Brodeur — “Vikings”; Paris Paul Wishart Karol Wlodarczyk Tom Morrison Matt Ralph — “Game of Thrones”; Drogon Arena Rajeev B R. Loganathan Perumal Ramesh Shankers Anders Ericson — “Black Sails”; Charles Town Harbor Aladino Debert Matt Dougan Greg Teegarden Ken Jones Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project — “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 — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Paul Kavanagh Colin Benoit Susumu Yukuhiro Greg Salter — “The Walk”; Towers Walk Shawn Hull Suzanne Cipolletti Laurent Taillefer Dariusz Wolski Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project — SSE; Pier Peter Agg Sam Driscoll Matthew Fuller — Halo 5: The Hunt Begins Vladislav Tushevskiy Tomas Zaveckas Sho Hasegawa Sergey Kosareff — Lipton; The Revolution in Tea Jonathan -Wes- Westley Tom Raynor Christos Parliaros — “Game of Thrones”; Hardhome David Ramos Antonio Lado Piotr Weiss Felix Berges Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature — “San Andreas”; Los Angeles Destruction Sandro Blattner 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 — “Mad Max: Fury Road” Lindsay Adams Matthew Wynne Chris Davies Phil Outen — “The Revenant”; Bear Attack Donny Rausch Alan Travis Charles Lai TC Harrison Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; BB-8 Joshua Lee Matthew Denton Landis Fields Cyrus Jam — “Avengers: Age of Ultron”; Hulkbuster Howie Weed Robert Marinic Daniel Gonzalez Myriam Catrin — “Everest”; Mt. Everest Matthias Bjarnasson Olafur Haraldsson Kjartan Hardarson Petur Arnorsson — “Jurassic World”; Indominus Rex Steve Jubinville Martin Murphy Aaron Grey Kevin Reuter Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature — “Mad Max: Fury Road”; Toxic Storm Dan Bethell Clinton Downs Chris Young — “Avengers: Age of Ultron”; Hulk vs Hulkbuster Michael Balog Jim Van Allen Florent Andorra Georg Kaltenbrunner — “San Andreas”; Hoover Dam / San Francisco Tsunami Joe Scarr Lukas Lepicovsky Yves D-Incau Marcel Kern — “San Andreas”; Los Angels Destruction Remy Torre Marc Horsfield Niall Flinn Victor Grant — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Starkiller Base Rick Hankins Dan Bornstein John Doublestein Gary Wu Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode — “Vikings”; To the Gates Ovidiu Cinazan Olivia Yapp Greg Lamar Meng Angel Li — “Game of Thrones”; Hardhome Eduardo Díaz Guillermo Orbe Oscar Perea Inmaculada Nadela — “Game of Thrones”; Drogon Arena Michael Crane Travis Nelson Joe Salazar Beverly Bernacki — “Game of Thrones”; Drogon Lair Travis Nobles Mark Spindler Max Riess Nadja Ding Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature — “Inside Out” Amit Baadkar Dave Hale Vincent Serritella Paul Mendoza — “The Peanuts Movie” Alen Lai Ilan Gabai Chris Chapman Douglas Seiden — “The Good Dinosaur” Stephen Marshall Magnus Wrenninge Michael Hall Hemagiri Arumugam — “Home” Greg Gladstone Michael Losure Chris De St Jeor Alex Timchenko Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial — SSE; Pier Gary Driver Greg Spencer Grant Connor — Game of War; Rooftop Alliance Becky Porter Jeannie Huynh Patrick Heinen Don Kim — Halo 5; The Hunt Begins Ian Holland Brian Delmonico Brandon Nelson Nicholas Kim — Under Armour; Rule Yourself Gavin Wellsman Nathan Kane Michael Smith Ilia Mokhtareizadeh Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project — Skal Marco Hakenjos Christian Zehetmeier Timm Wagener Manuel Seifert — Jagon Julian Weiss Vincent Ullmann Fabian Fricke Yafes Sahin — Citipati Andreas Feix Francesco Faranna — Korser Guillaume Menard Vincent Desgrippes Jessie Hereng Tangi Vaillant.
—City News Service
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