Winners of the 2014 Autodesk sponsored CG Student Awards are announced, with Gnomon School of VFX named School of the Year.
Winners of the 2014 Autodesk sponsored CG Student Awards, an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics, have been announced.
From over 640 entries worldwide, the judging panel has hand-picked the category winners. The voting process involved judges scoring each entry based on criteria including -- creative skills, technical skills, presentation, variety of skills, raw talent and future potential. Once again, the results have been extremely close with only a few points separating some winners.
The winners of the 2014 Autodesk sponsored CG Student Awards are:
SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gnomon School of VFX
Runner Up: Vancouver Film School
STUDENT OF THE YEAR -- VFX/ANIMATION
Winner: Adrien Lambert ArtFX – CG School and Special Effects
Runner Up: Martin Lapp Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Commended: Leonardo Cavaletti Bournemouth Universityv
Commended: Leonardo Krajden Gnomon School of VFX
Commended: Quentin Medda ArtFX – CG School and Special Effects
Commended: Sengjoon Song Academy of Art University
STUDENT OF THE YEAR -- NEXT-GEN GAMING
Winner: Servando Lupini Gnomon School of VFX
Runner Up: Chris Gillett Gnomon School of VFX
Commended: Daniel Harris Teesside University
Commended: Kai Du Teesside University
Commended: Min Oh Academy of Art University
Commended: Patrick Kilcher Think Tank Training Centre
BOOTCAMP PLACEMENTS (INTERNSHIPS)
VFX/ANIMATION - CANADA
MPC
Winner: Daniel Beaulieu Vancouver Film School
Winner: Mike Zhang Gnomon School of VFX
VFX/ANIMATION - EUROPE
Double Negative, The Mill, Framestore, Prime Focus
Winner: Adrien Lambert ArtFX – CG School and Special Effects
Winner: Martin Lapp Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Winner: Matthew Gifford The University of Hertfordshire
Winner: Henning Sanden The Animation Workshop
Winner: Morten Jaeger Academy of Art University
VFX/ANIMATION - OCEANIA
WETA Digital
Winner: Garrick Rawlingson ESMA
VFX/ANIMATION - USA
The Mill, New York and Los Angeles
Winner: Tyler Bolyard Gnomon School of VFX
Winner: Christine Kim Ringling College of Art and Design
NEXT-GEN GAMES - EUROPE
Crytek, Ninja Theory
Winner: Daniel Harris Teeside University
Winner: Partrick Kilcher Think Tank Training Centre
NEXT-GEN GAMES - OCEANIA
Gameloft
Winner: Brandon Dunn Southern Institute of Technology
NEXT-GEN GAMES - USA
Epic Games
Winner: Chris Gillett Gnomon School of VFX
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Winner: Leticia Kao Gnomon School of VFX
Winner: Leticia Reinaldo Gnomon School of VFX
YOUNG GUNS
Winner: Jonathan Lampel Cedar Park Christian School
Winner: Zachary McLean Bishop Carroll High School
The CG Student Awards is an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics from students and recent graduates. To date, the event has already helped kick-start the careers of countless digital artists and given away over $360,000 in prizes. Qualified students at schools from all over the world are encouraged to submit their demo reel and artwork to our judging pane and compete for prizes and internships at the world's leading production studios.
Source: CG Student Awards
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
