16th Annual VES Awards
Begins: February 13, 2018
Each year, the VES Awards recognizes and honors the most outstanding visual effects of the year as well as the creative professionals responsible for creating them.
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Unreal Engine VFX Master Classes Coming to Los Angeles
Free course Jan. 20 at Gnomon School of VFX will cover building and optimizing CG worlds for real-time performance.
VES to Present Georges Méliès Award to Joe Letteri
Honor recognizing pioneering significant and lasting contributions to the art and science of the visual effects industry will be presented at the 16th annual VES Awards in February.
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VES Sets Inaugural Hall of Fame Honorees
20 distinguished professionals to be recognized at 9th annual VES Summit
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VES Expands Influential VFX Films List to 70
Additions celebrate group’s 20th anniversary, adding both contemporary and classic titles.
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Ava DuVernay to Deliver Keynote Address at 2017 VES Summit
Director of the upcoming Disney feature ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ joins speaker lineup at ninth annual VES Summit to be held Saturday, October 28.
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Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2017 Honorees
Toni Pace Carstensen named recipient of the 2017 VES Founders Award; visual effects producer and longstanding member of the VES Awards Committee Chuck Finance designated with Lifetime VES Membership; legendary VFX archivist and practitioner Bob Burns given Honorary VES Membership.
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Visual Effects Society Announces Rules & Procedures for 16th Annual VES Awards
Deadline for submissions to the 16th Annual VES Awards is November 30, 2017.
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Acclaimed Visual Futurist Syd Mead to Deliver Keynote Address at 2017 VES Summit
Featured speakers at interactive forum to be held Saturday, October 28 include Hollywood data hack expert Hemanshu Nigam and IMAX home entertainment president Jason Brenek.
Jon Favreau to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
The Visual Effects Society to honor writer-producer-director Favreau for his boundary-breaking use of visual effects to create a seamless and invisible background for remarkable stories and vibrant characters to play across film and television.
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Former Forensic Imaging Specialist Daryl Shail Joins Spin
Shail joins Spin VFX as Senior Visual Effects Producer after experiences as an artist, supervisor and show runner.
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SMPTE and VES to Explore Imminent AR Evolution
VES of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Section of SMPTE emphasize the importance of augmented reality technologies with special joint June meeting.
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Visual Effects Society Launches ‘VFX Voice’ Magazine
VES launches global VFX platform heralding Society’s 20th anniversary.
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LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Top Animated Feature Film at 15th Annual VES Awards
‘The Jungle Book’ named photoreal feature film winner with five awards; ‘Game of Thrones’ episode ‘Battle of the Bastards’ named best photoreal episode with five awards; John Lewis ‘Boxer the Buster’ wins top honors in the commercial field.
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Visual Effects Society Announces its 2017 Board of Directors Officers
Mike Chambers re-elected as Board Chair of the visual effects industry’s global professional honorary society.
The Visual Effects of ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’: ILM Artists Take Us Back to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
ILM chief creative officer and senior visual effects supervisor John Knoll -- nominated for an Oscar alongside VFX supervisor Mohen Leo, animation supervisor Hal Hickel, and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould -- details the challenges of bringing the continuing saga of the Skywalker family to the big screen.
Rodeo FX Garners Five VES Award Nominations
Montreal studio is nominated for its work on ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 and ‘Black Sails’ Season 3.
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Rising Sun Pictures Nominated for VES Award for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Nomination for Outstanding Composition in a Photoreal Feature comes for RSP’s work on the Quicksilver Extraction sequence in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’
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Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees for 15th Annual VES Awards
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ receives most feature film nominations; ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ is top animated film contender; ‘Game of Thrones’ leads the broadcast field and scores most nominations overall.
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VES Launching ‘VFX Voice’ Magazine
Visual Effects Society announces new print and digital publication as the leading global voice of VFX to herald its 20th anniversary; inaugural issue slated for April 2017.
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Marvel EVP Victoria Alonso to Receive VES Visionary Award
Marvel Studios executive vice president of physical production Victoria Alonso named as the next recipient of the Visual Effects Society’s Visionary Award in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment.
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VFX Pioneer Ken Ralston to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
Five-time Academy Award recipient -- including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ -- served as VFX supervisor on the revolutionary ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’
Legendary East CEO Peter Loehr to Deliver Keynote Presentation at 2016 VES Summit
Forum to feature panels on cinematography and VFX and visual effects in the wild; industry leaders to host interactive business roundtables.
Rules & Procedures Announced for 15th Annual VES Awards
Category honoring Outstanding Animated Performance in a Commercial is added; new Statement of Intent seeks to clarify eligibility for the Student Award category.
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VES Bay Area Section Announces Inaugural Industry Summit
Google executive producer Karen Dufilho to deliver keynote address; forum to feature interactive business roundtables with industry experts.
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