The Midnight Sky wins top Visual Effects Society award
I've been known (by myself, in my mind) to look down upon blogs posting movie news LATE! But this year's awards season is so long, and my priorities are so distant from it, that I simply cannot care about the Visual Effects Society awards. I was awake as they commenced, two nights ago, and chose not to pay them a jot of attention. When I awoke the next morning, I found out The Midnight Sky had won their main live action award, and I somehow cared even less! In better news, Soul won all five of its nominations, including beating live action projects in one category. Remind yourself of the VES' 2020/21 award nominations, and check out the winners below.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Greg Baxter, Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins (The Midnight Sky)
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Simon Carr, Peter Mavromates, James Pastorius and Zheng Wei (Mank)
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Pete Docter, Michael Fong, Dana Murray and Bill Watral (Soul)
Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
William Bell, Andrea de Martis, Thomas Huizer and Valentina Rosselli - "Ivan" (The One and Only Ivan)
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas and Ron Zorman - "Terry" (Soul)
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Matt Fitzgerald, Jeremy Fort, Adrian Vercoe and Ben Walker - 'Imperial City' (Mulan)
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
Chang Ho Suk, Joh Sung Yeon, Peter Roe and Frank Tai - 'You Seminar' (Soul)
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
Matt Aspbury and Ian Megibben (Soul)
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Simon Aluze, Michael Balthazart, John-Peter Li and Jonathan Opgenhaffen - 'Aether' (The Midnight Sky)
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Michelle Lee, Leung Yin Lai, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl and Pierpaolo Navarini (Project Power)
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
Alexis Angelidis, Keith Daniel Klohn, Aimei Kutt and Melissa Tseng (Soul)
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature
Russell Horth, Matthew Patience and Julien Rousseau (Project Power)
Creative Excellence Award
Robert Legato
Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter Jackson