3rd Annual VES Awards2019-12-05T10:57:57-08:00

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3RD ANNUAL VES AWARDS

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA

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VES Lifetime Honoree and Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis, who has entertained us through the years with numerous dazzling projects including Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump, and the recently released Polar Express.

New this year will be the presentation of the inaugural Georges Melies Award to an individual who has pioneered a lasting contribution In the field of Visual Effects. The first recipient of this honor is Robert Abel, and to pick up the award on his behalf will be his daughter, Marah. In addition, Don Shay, publisher Cinefex, will honor us as he accepts the VES Board of Directors Award.

Honorees

zemeckis-robert1Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Zemeckis
Awarded for significant and lasting contributions to the art and science of the visual effects industry by way of vision, artistry, invention and innovation.

bob-abelGeorges Méliès Award
Robert Abel
Awarded for pioneering significant and lasting contributions to the art and science of the visual effects industry by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work.

don-shayBOD Award
Don Shay
Presented with deepest gratitude and appreciation by the members of the VES and its Board of Directors.

Highlights

3rd-Annual-VES-Awards-HighlightsTom Hanks & Robert Zemeckis- 3rd Annual VES Awards
Tom Hanks presents the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to Robert Zemeckis at the 3rd Annual VES Awards

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Winners and Nominees

Below is the complete list of Winners and Nominees for the 3rd Annual VES Awards. A sortable list for ALL years of VES Award winners / nominees can be found on the Previous VES Awards page.

Please click on the category to reveal the nominees and winners

007 Everything or Nothing
David Carson
Jay Riddle
Habib Zargarpour
Half-Life 2 (Winner)
Viktor Antonov
Randy Lundeen
Gary McTaggart
Dhabih Eng
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth
Mark Skaggs
Richard Taylor II
Matt Britton
Nate Hubbard
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
Stephen Gray
Margaret Foley-Mauvais
Battlestar Galactica, ‘Episode 101’ – Cylon Character
Dustin Adiar
Mark Shimer
Jesse Toves
Sean Jackson
Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital – Antubis Character (Winner)
William de Bosch Kemper
Brian Harder
Patrick Kalyn
Scott Paquin
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Rick Leary
Jody Johnson
Pieter Warmington
I, Robot
Rachael Haupt
Mark Tait Lewis
Nick McKenzie
Geoff Tobin
Spider-Man 2 – NYC Street – Night (Winner)
Dan Abrams
David Emery
Andrew Nawrot
John Hart
The Phantom of the Opera – Opening Shot
Claas Henke
Laurent Ben-Mimoun
Anupam Das
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Louis Morin
Mark Dornfeld
The Aviator (Winner)
Rob Legato
Ron Ames Matthew Gratzner
Pete Travers
Troy
Nick Davis
Chas Jarrett
Jon Thum
Gary Brozenich
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Winner)
Roger Guyett
Tim Burke
Theresa Corrao
Emma Norton
Spider-Man 2
John Dykstra
Lydia Bottegoni
Anthony LaMolinara
Scott Stokdyk
The Day After Tomorrow
Karen Goulekas
Mike Chambers
Greg Strause
Remo Balcells
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Jose Granell
Nigel Stone
National Treasure – Treasure Room
Matthew Gratzner
Forest Fischer
Scott Beverly
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
The Aviator – XF11 Crash (Winner)
Matthew Gratzner
Scott Schneider
Adam Gelbart
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Azkaban Guards Attack
Dorne Huebler
Jay Cooper
Patrick Brennan
Anthony Shafer
Spider-Man 2 – Train Sequence (Winner)
Colin Drobnis
Greg Derochie
Blaine Kennison
Kenny Lam
The Phantom of the Opera – Opening Shot
Claas Henke
Laurent Ben-Mimoun
Anupam Das
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jude Law
Spider-Man 2 (Winner)
Alfred Molina
The Aviator
Leonardo DiCaprio
Smallville, ‘Crusade’ – Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
John Han
Brian Harding
Terry Shigemitsu
Noriaki Matsumoto
Spartacus – Opening (Winner)
Eric Grenaudier
Anthony Ocampo
Cedric Tomacruz
Michael Cook
Star Trek Enterprise, ‘Storm Front Part 2’ – Dogfight Over New York City
Pierre Drolet
Fred Pienkos
Eddie Robison
Sean Scott
Spider-Man 2
John Frazier
Jim Schwalm
Jim Nagle
Dave Amborn
The Aviator (Winner)
Robert Spurlock
Richard Stutsman
Matthew Gratzner
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Van Helsing
Georff Heron
Chad Taylor
This award is to honor the overall achievement of the visual effects within a single episode of an effects-driven miniseries, made-for-television movie or special that was broadcast and delivered via over-the-air, pay/basic cable, or satellite transmissions to homes. A rule of thumb for defining whether a program would be considered effects-driven would be to ask if the story could be told without the active participation of the VFX (including Special Effects).

Dragons
Sirio Quintavalle
Jo Nodwell
Alec Knox
Neil Glaseby
Earthsea
Peter Ware
Eric Grenaudier
Jared Jones
Earl Paraszcynec
Virtual History – The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (Winner)
Jim Radford
Tom Phillips
Simon Thomas
Loraine Cooper
This award is to honor the achievement of the visual effects within a single episode of a series where the visual effects are a visible, essential, and integral part of the story and play a principal and active role in the show. A rule of thumb for defining whether a series would be considered effects-driven would be to ask if the story could be told without the active participation of the VFX (including Special Effects)

Star Trek Enterprise, ‘Storm Front Part 2’ (Winner)
Ronald Moore
Daniel Curry
David Takemura
Fred Pienkos
Stargate Atlantis, ‘Rising’
John Gajdecki
Bruce Woloshyn
Jinnie Pak
Tara Conley
Stargate SG-1, ‘Lost City, Part 2’
James Tichenor
Shannon Gurney
Craig Van Den Biggelaar
Bruce Woloshyn
This award is to honor the overall achievement of the visual effects that play a supporting or background role within a single episode of a broadcast series, miniseries, made-for-television movie, or special wherein the visual effects are not necessarily essential to the telling of the story in the way that the effects of an effects-driven broadcast program are. Supporting visual effects, when taken as a whole, may help create the setting, environment, or mood of an entire program, and are generally intended to be invisible to the lay viewer. They do not consist of a significant number of CG characters, science fiction or fantasy elements, and other highly visible effects that one would expect to see in a visual effectsdriven broadcast program.

Clubhouse, ‘Episode #005’
Curt Miller
Jason Spratt
Doug Witsken
Michael Tonder
Lost, ‘Pilot – Part 2’ (Winner)
Kevin Blank
Mitch Suskin
Benoit Girard
Jerome Morin
Spartacus
Sam Nicholson
Eric Grenaudier
Anthony Ocampo
Tim Donahue
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Dementor Train
Bill George
David Andrews
Sandra Scott
Dorne Huebler
Spider-Man 2 – Clock Tower
John Dykstra
Lydia Bottegoni
Dan Abrams
John Monos
The Aviator – Hell’s Angels
Rob Legato
Ron Ames
David Seager
Peter Travers
The Day After Tomorrow – Tidal Wave (Winner)
Karen Goulekas
Mike Chambers
Chris Horvath
Matthew Butler
Britney Spears ‘Toxic’ (Winner)
Bert Yukich
Chris Watts
Duran Duran ‘What Happens Tomorrow’
Jerry Steele
Jo Steele
Brian Adler
Monique Eissing
Never ‘The Dream’
Trevor Cawood
Simon Van de Lagemaat
Stephen Pepper
Jon Anastasiades
British Telecom: Network
David Lombardi
Richard Mann
Eric Durst
Kevin Prendiville
Citroen ‘Alive With Technology’ (Winner)
Trevor Cawood
Neill Blomkamp
Simon Van de Lagemaat
Winston Helgason
Johnnie Walker ‘Tree’
William Bartlett
Murray Butler
Jake Mengers
Andy Boyd
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Hippogriff Character (Winner)
Michael Eames
David Lomax
Felix Balbas
Pablo Grillo
Hellboy – Sammael Character
Dovi Anderson
Todd Labonte
Sven Jensen
Paul Thuriot
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Sunny Character
Rick O’Connor
Martin Murphy
Indira Guerrieri
Sam Breach
Shark Tale – Angie
Renee Zellweger
Ken Duncan
Shrek 2 – Puss in Boots
Antonio Banderas
Raman Hui
The Incredibles – Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible (Winner)
Craig T. Nelson
Bill Wise
Bill Sheffler
Bolhem Bouchiba
The Polar Express – Steamer
Michael Jeter
David Schaub
Renato Dos Anjos
Roger Vizard
Smallville, ‘Crisis’ – Clark Kent stops a bullet sequence
John Han
Eli Jarra
Noriaki Matsumoto
Terry Shigemitsu
Space Odyssey – Voyage To The Planets (Winner)
George Roper
Christian Manz
Sirio Quintavalle
Pedro Sabrosa
The Librarian – Himalayan Pass sequence
Greg Groenekamp
Joel Merritt
Mamie McCall