After last year delighting superhero movie fans by rewarding Avengers: Infinity War with their top prize, this year the Visual Effects Society disappointed them. Avengers: Endgame went home empty-handed in last night's VES awards, with The Lion King claiming the... um... the lion's share of prizes. Until last year, no superhero movie had won the big one from the VES, and still no superhero movie has yet won Oscar's VFX award; it's looking unlikely that one will win this year either.
The Lion King has three awards from the BES, while Martin Scorsese's The Irishman has two - it may be a clean fight between these two for the Oscar next weekend. In the animated categories, we find the only other multiple award-winner of the year here: Laika's Missing Link.
Check out the 2019 VES award nominations here.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
ANDREW R. JONES, ROBERT LEGATO, TOM PEITZMAN AND ADAM VALDEZ (THE LION KING)
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
JEFF BRINK, JILL BROOKS, LEANDRO ESTEBECORENA, MITCH FERM AND PABLO HELMAN (THE IRISHMAN)
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
CALEB DESCHANEL, BEN GROSSMANN, ROBERT LEGATO AND A. J. SCIUTTO (THE LION KING)
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature
CHRISTOPHER DOERHOFF, BENJAMIN O'BRIEN, VINCENT PAPAIX AND NELSON SEPULVEDA (THE IRISHMAN)
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
JULES BODENSTEIN, LUCA BONATTI, FILIPPO PRETI AND MARCO ROLANDI - 'THE PRIDELANDS' (THE LION KING)
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
GONCALO CABABCA, FRANCOIS-MAXENCE DESPLANQUES, THIBAULT GAURIAU AND DON WONG (STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER)
Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
MICHAEL COZENS, MAEK HAENGA, OLIVIER LESAINT AND DEJAN MOMCILOVIC - 'ALITA' (ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL)
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
BENOIT DUBUC, STEVE EMERSON, TRAVIS KNIGHT AND BRAD SCHIFF (MISSING LINK)
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
CHANG HO SUK, ANDREW FINLEY, ALISON LEAF AND PHILIP SHOEBOTTOM - 'ANTIQUES MALL' (TOY STORY 4)
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
ERIN V. RAMOS, RATTANIN SIRINARUEMARN, SCOTT TOWNSEND AND THOMAS WICKES (FROZEN II)
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
BRENDA BAUMGARTEN, BENOIT DUBUC, MORGAN HAY AND RACHELLE LAMBDEN - 'SUSAN' (MISSING LINK)
Award for Creative Excellence
SHEENA DUGGAL
Visionary Award
ROLAND EMMERICH
Lifetime Achievement Award
MARTIN SCORSESE
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