lazy_clown | 2nd Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards

>Overall LOTR led all winners with 4 total awards, followed by The Matrix: Reloaded with 2, Pirates with 2, Master and Commander with 1, Finding Nemo with 1, and The Last Samurai with 1 award. >>

Awards Recipients 2nd Annual VES Awards

// Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook

// Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

The Last Samurai
Jeffrey A. Okun, Thomas Boland, Bill Mesa, Ray McIntyre, Jr.

// Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in any Medium

The Matrix Reloaded "Trailer Top Crash"
John Gaeta, Dan Glass, Adrian DeWet, Greg Juby

The following are "Specific Arts" categories. The awards are based on the work of a single shot for each entry:

// Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Steven Hornby, Andy Serkis, Matthias Menz, Greg Butler

// Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

Finding Nemo "Speaking Whale"
Andrew Gordon, Brett Coderre

// Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Geoff Heron, Robert Clot, Jason Brackett, John McLeod

// Outstanding Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Yanick Dusseault, Susumu Yukuhiro, Jonathan Harb

// Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Eric Saindon

// Outstanding Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

The Matrix Reloaded "U-Cap Facial Photography"
Kim Libreri, George Borshukov, Paul Ryan, John Gaeta

// Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World "Storm"
Philip R. Brennan

// Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in an Effects Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sean Astin