VES Awards Nominees

And the nominees are...

Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture

MEN IN BLACK IIJohn Berton, Tom Bertino STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall Cook, Alex Funke

Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures

GANGS OF NEW YORK Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander THE SUM OF ALL FEARS Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro FRIDA Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker

Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special

STEPHEN KING'S ROSE RED Robin Griffin, Stuart Robertson, Dion Hatch, and Nelson Sepulveda JAMES CAMERON'S EXPEDITION BISMARCK Dean Lewis DINOTOPIA Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn

Best Visual Effects in a Television Series

DINOTOPIA "Marooned & Making Good" Guy Hudson, Sharon Fitzgerald, Frazer Churchill, David Hulin FIREFLY "Serenity" pilot Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Persterc, Kristen Branan ENTERPRISE "Shockwave: Part One" Dan Curry, Ronald Moore, Liz Castro

Best Visual Effects in a Commercial

Blockbuster Entertainment "Prima Donna" Scott Souter, Frank Petzond XBOX "Mosquito" William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie Adidas "Mechanical Legs" Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Visual Effects in a Music Video

Linkin Park "Points of Authority" Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher, Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan Will Smith "Black Suits Coming" Greg Strause, Colin Strause DJ? Acucrack "So to Speak" Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley HARRY POTTER "Dobby's Face" David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt THE LORD OF THE RINGS: "THE TWO TOWERS" Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Den McGaugh, Bay Raitt

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

STARGATE SG-1 "Revelations" James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De Bosch Kemper Blockbuster Entertainment "Kung Fu" Scott Souter, Frank Petzond DINOTOPIA Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White

Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON James Baxter STUART LITTLE 2 Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen

Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture

DIE ANOTHER DAY Chris Corbould THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rech Cordobes, Scott Harens

Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb GANGS OF NEW YORK Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelain, Mathieu Raynault

Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS Mark Fordham, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Audurm Heinze DINOTOPIA Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae

Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte DIE ANOTHER DAY John Richardson THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken

Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

STEPHEN KINGS ROSE RED Michael Joyce Gatorade "Visitors" Mathew Gratzner, James Waterhouse, Scott Lukowski, Eric Coon ENTERPRISE "Dead Stop" John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott

Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers STUART LITTLE 2 Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Alex Funke, Bran Hul, Richard Bluck

Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture

MINORITY REPORT Alexander Laurant, Alex McDowell STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Alex Jaeger, Doug Chiang, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo

Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

Linkin Park "Points of Authority" Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan, Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino Adidas "Mechanical Legs" Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Compositing in a Motion Picture

MINORITY REPORT Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS "Quidditch Match" Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Mark Lewis, Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle

Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial

DINOTOPIA Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn FIREFLY "Serenity" Pilot Andrew Orloff, Emile Smith, Kristen Branan, Kyle Torcher Adidas "Mechanical Legs" Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio