Premi Visual Effects Society 2007

La sesta edizione dei premi Visual Effects Society si è tenuta il 10 febbraio 2008 nel teatro Kodak Theatre di Hollywood - Los Angeles.

Vincitori e candidati

Vengono di seguito indicati in grassetto i vincitori.
Ove ricorrente e disponibile, viene indicato il titolo in lingua italiana e quello in lingua originale tra parentesi.

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture

• Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl e Scott Benza - Transformers
• Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney e Crys Forsyth-Smith - Io sono leggenda (I Am Legend)
• Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer e Ben Morris - La bussola d'oro (The Golden Compass)
• John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel e Charlie Gibson - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
• Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz e Spencer Cook - Spider-Man 3

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

• Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner e Michael Fu - Ratatouille
• Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw e Chris Evans - Zodiac
• Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker e Olivier Sarda - I padroni della notte (We Own the Night)
• David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry e Leif Einarsson - Il cacciatore di aquiloni (The Kite Runner)
• Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan e Kody Sabourin - Blades of Glory - Due pattini per la gloria (Blades of Glory)

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

• Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Sean Jackson e Pierre Drolet - Battlestar Galactica: Razor
• Manon Barriault, Jacques Levesque, Olivier Goulet e Benoit Girard - Race to Mars
• David Houghton, Will Cohen, Nicolas Hernandez e Sara Bennett - Il viaggio dei dannati (Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who))
• Dina Benadon, Evan Jacobs, Brent Young e Chris Christman - Ben 10 - Corsa contro il tempo (Ben 10: Race Against Time)
• Lee Wilson, Lisa Sepp-Wilson e Sebastien Bergeron - Tin Man: Night One

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

• Philip Dobree, Nicola Instone, Marco Iozzi e Matt Chandler - Fight for Life
• Eric Grenaudier, Mark Spatny, Diego Galtieri e Mike Enriquez - Heroes episodio Quattro mesi dopo... (Four Months Later…)
• David Houghton, Will Cohen, Jean-Claude Deguara e Nicolas Hernandez - Doctor Who episodio L'ultimo signore del tempo (Last of the Time Lords)
• Mark Savela, Shannon Gurney, Erica Henderson e Jamie Yukio Kawano - Stargate Atlantis episodio Alla deriva (Adrift)
• Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Michael J. Davidson e Kyle Toucher - Battlestar Galactica episodio Tragico epilogo (Maelstrom)

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

• James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Duncan Kinnard e Gary Broznich - Roma (Rome) episodio Filippi (Philippi)
• Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Valeri Pfahning e Mike Enriquez - Grey's Anatomy episodio Camminare sull'acqua (1) (Walk On Water (1)) 'Incidente del traghetto'
• Richard Martin, Pierre Raymond, Sebastien Rioux e Nadine Homier - Marie Antoniette
• Raoul Yorke Bolognini, Loni Peristere, Steve Meyer e Chris Jones - Drive
• Craig Weiss, Toni Pace Carstensen, Brian Vogt e Jimmy Berndt - Pushing Daisies episodio Il ritorno di Chuck (Pie-lette)

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

• William Bartlett, Scott Griffin, Dan Seddon e David Mellor - Smirnoff - Sea
• Vittorio Giannini, Franck Lambertz, Robin Carlisle e Nico Cotta - Bacardi - Bacardi Sun
• Luisa Murray, Laurent Ledru, Katrina Salicrup e Miles Essmiller - Microsoft Zune - Ballad of Tina Pink
• Simon Maddison, Dave Kelly, Mike Bain e Sam Cole - BMW - Hydrogen
• Chris Fieldhouse, Jay Barton, Ron Herbst e Dave Stern - Road

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

• Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly e Michael Jamieson - Transformers - Sequenza autostrada del deserto
• John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert e Philippe Rebours - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) - Duello tra Jack e Davey
• Chris Watts, Gayle Busby e Kirsty Millar - 300 - Sequenza Cavallo pazzo
• Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer e Matt Hausman - Surf's Up - I re delle onde (Surf's Up) - Riding The Visual Effects Tube
• Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom - Spider-Man 3 - La nascita dell'Uomo Sabbia

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game

• Marcus Lehto, Jonty Barnes, Stephen Scott e CJ Cowan - Halo 3 - Filmato Halo 3
• Michael Mann, Wilson Tang, Eduardo Agostini e Carl Jarrett - Need for Speed: ProStreet - Pro Street
• Michael Endres e Michael Khaimzon - Crysis - Immagini real-time
• Jason Mitchell, Moby Franke, Chris Green e Dhabih Eng - Team Fortress 2
• Derek Watts e Casey Hudson - Mass Effect - Sequenze del gioco

Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals In A Video Game

• Jeff Chamberlain e Scott Abeyta - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Introduzione cinematografica
• Richard Taylor, Matt Britton, Ben Hopkins e Tang Katai - Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - GDI, NOD and Scrin Scenes
• Tim Miller, Jerome Denjean e Al Shier - Hellgate: London
• Tomek Baginski, Marcin Kobylecki, Grzegorz Kukus e Maciek Jackiewicz - The Witcher - Introduzione cinematografica

Outstanding Visual Effects In a Special Venue Project

• Sean Phillips, Jack Geist, Robin Aristorenas e Mark Dubeau - Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
• Mario Couturier, Vincent Roberge, Richard Bergeron e Martin L´Heureux - Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
• Roger Gould, Liz Gazzano, Joe Garlington e Daniele Colajacomo - Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor

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

• Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky e Maia Kayser - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) - Davey Jones
• Chris Yang, Bernd Anger, Dominick Cecere e Remington Scott - Spider-Man 3 - Uomo Sabbia
• Richard Frances-Moore, Martin Hill, Marco Revelant e Daniel Barrett - The Water Horse - La leggenda degli abissi (The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep) - Crusoe
• Tom Gibbons, James W. Brown, David Richard Nelson e John Koester - Come d'incanto (Enchanted) - Pip
• Rick O´Connor, Doug Sutton, Keiji Yamaguchi, Jeff White - Transformers - Optimus Prime
• David Schaub, Marco Marenghi e Josh Beveridge - Io sono leggenda - Il capo infetto

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture

• Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi e Paul Aichele - Ratatouille - Colette
• David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper e Andreas Procopiou - Surf's Up - I re delle onde (Surf's Up) - Joe Ruspante
• John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung e Sean Mahoney - Shrek terzo - Re Harold
• Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin e Kenn McDonald - La leggenda di Beowulf (Beowulf) - Beowulf
• David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley e Shia LaBeouf - Surf's Up - I re delle onde (Surf's Up) - Cody

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

• Nicklas Andersson, Mike Mellor, Sylvain Marc e Florent DeLa Taille - The Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance - Fatlip Shots
• Nicolas Hernandez, Adam Burnett, Neil Roche e Jean-Claude Deguara - Doctor Who episodio L'ultimo signore del tempo (Last of the Time Lords)
• Mathieu Vig, Antoine Birot, Simon Thistlethwaite e Kevin O´Sullivan - Primeval episodio Episodio 6 - Animazione del Predatore
• Fred Raimondi, Chris De Santis, Angie Jones e Narbeh Mardirossian - AMP Limited - Paper
• Brent Young e Michael Smith - Ben 10 - Corsa contro il tempo (Ben 10: Race Against Time) - Sequenza della materia grigia
• Mitch Drain, Sean Faden, Matt Hackett e Denis Gauthier - Propel Fitness Water - Mostro Stress

Outstanding Effects In An Animated Motion Picture

• Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling e Tolga Goktekin - Ratatouille - Cibo
• Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle e Pericles Michielin - La leggenda di Beowulf (Beowulf) - Inseguimento del dragone
• Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost e Anthony Field - Shrek terzo - Effetti
• Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman e Danny Dimian - Surf's Up - I re delle onde (Surf's Up) - Stile CGI
• Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen, Eric Froemling e Tolga Göketkin - Ratatouille - Rapide

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture

• Frank Losasso Petterson, Paul Sharpe, Joakim Arnesson e David Meny - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) - Il Maelstrom
• Raf Morant, Julian Gnass, Nakia McGlynn e Christine Wong - Sweeney Todd - Il diabolico barbiere di Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) - Il vecchio Bailey
• Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw e Karl Denham - Zodiac - Washington e Cherry
• David Vickery, Philippe LePrince, Trina Roy e Jolene McCaffrey - Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) - La sala della profezia
• Barry Williams, Robert Weaver, Jay Cooper e Masahiko Tani - Rush Hour 3 - Missione Parigi (Rush Hour 3)
• Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Gress e Daveed Shwartz - Io sono leggenda (I Am Legend) - Caccia in Times Square

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video

• Phi Tran, Matthew Lee, Martin Hilke e Andrew Roberts - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Les Quinn, Ken Lee, Andrew Domachowski e Jonah West - Tin Man: Night One
• Chris Martin, Michael Cook e Cedric Tomacruz - Ugly Betty episodio Niente è come sembra (A League of Their Own)
• Kaz Yoshida, Jack Matsumoto, Andrea Shear e Eli Jarra - Smallville - Città di Metropolis
• Graham Fyffe, Chris Nichols, Chris Bankoff e Daniel Buck - Subaru - Peel Out

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

• Dave Fogler, Ron Woodall, Alex Jaeger e Brian Gernand - Transformers
• Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller e Geoff Heron - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) - Navi digitali e fisiche
• Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly e John Cazin - Die Hard - Vivere o morire (Live Free or Die Hard) - Sequenza autostrada, Effetti e miniature F35
• Jose Granell e Nigel Stone - Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) - Scuola di Hogwarts
• Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer e Raymond Moore - Spider-Man 3 - Miniature e effetti della distruzione della gru

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

• Matthew Gratzner, Alan Scott (video giochi), Seth Curlin e Greg Boettcher - Halo 3 - Believe campaign

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture

• Pat Tubach, Beth D´Amato, Todd Vaziri e Mike Conte - Transformers
• Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre e Kevin Lingenfelser - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) - Morte di Beckett
• Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard e Shawn Hillier - Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
• Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler e Fish Essenfeld - Io sono leggenda - Evacuazione del porto
• Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates e Caterina Schiffers - The Water Horse - La leggenda degli abissi (The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep) - Crusoe
• Jolene McCaffrey, Jelena Stojanovic, Victor Wade e Adam Pashke - Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) - Sala della profezia

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

• James Allen e Rob Trent - Nike, Inc. - Leave Nothing
• Rob Reinhart, Jack Matsumoto, Takashi Takeoka e Christina Spring - Smallville episodio La lega della giustizia (Justice)
• Todd Liddiard, Philippe Thibault, Lionel Lim e Annabelle Kent - Tin Man: Night One
• David Alexander, Kaz Yoshida, Geeta Basantani e Tony White - Smallville - Bizarro flood
• Tim Davies, Jason Schugardt e Yuichiro Yamashito - Levi Strauss - Change

Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture

• John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton, Richard Farns e Stephen Hutchinson - Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

Collegamenti esterni

• 6th Annual VES Awards, su visualeffectssociety.com.