1st Annual VES Awards
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1st Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients
(Winners in RED)
Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jim Rygiel
Joe Letteri
Randall William Cook
Alex Funke
Men in Black II
John Berton
Tom Bertino
Bill Westenhofer
Erik Mattson
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
John Knoll
Ben Snow
Pablo Helman
Rob Coleman
Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
The Sum of all Fears
Glenn Neufeld
Derek Spears
Dan Malvin
Al Disarro
Gangs of New York
Michael Owens
Camille Geier
Edward Hirsh
Jon Alexander
Frida
Jeremy Dawson
Daniel Schrecker
Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or Special
Dinotopia
Mike McGee
Tim Webber
Alec Knox
Ben Morris
Stephen King's Rose Red
Robin Griffin
Stuart Robertson
Dion Hatch
Nelson Sepulveda
James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck
Dean Lewis
Best Visual Effects in a Television Series
Firefly 'Serenity' pilot
Emile Smith
Rocco Passionino
Loni Peristere
Kristen Branan
Dinotopia 'Marooned & Making Good'
Guy Hudson
Sharon Fitzgerald
Frazer Churchill
David Hulin
Enterprise 'Shockwave Part One'
Dan Curry
Ronald Moore
Liz Castro
Best Visual Effects in a Commercial
XBOX 'Mosquito'
William Bartlett
Andrew Daffy
Jake Mengers
Helen Mackenzie
Blockbuster Entertainment 'Prima Donna'
Scott Souter
Frank Petzold
Adidas 'Mechanical Legs'
Eric Barba
Bernd Angerer
Jeff Julian
Feli di Giorgio
Best Visual Effects in a Music Video
So to Speak
Andrew Honacker
Steven Wagner
Sean Capone
Talon Nightshade
Linkin Park 'Points of Authority'
Emile Smith
Kyle Toucher
Andrew Orloff
Kristen Branan
Will Smith 'Black Suits Comin''
Greg Strause
Colin Strause
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: 'The Two Towers'
Richard Baneham
Eric Saindon
Ken McGaugh
Bay Raitt
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Rob Coleman
Hal Hickel
Chris Armstrong
James Tooley
Harry Potter 'Dobby's Face'
David Andrews
Steven Rawlins
Frank Gravatt
Doug Smythe
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video, or Commerical
Dinotopia
Michael Eames
Quentin Miles
Dadi Einarsson
Ben White
Stargate SG-1 'Revelations'
James Tichenor
Craig Van Den Beggelaar
Kevin Little
Adam De Bosch Kemper
Blockbuster Entertainment 'Kung Fu'
Scott Souter
Frank Petzold
Eric Reynolds
Todd LaBonte
Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Stuart Little 2
Tony Bancroft
David Schaub
Eric Armstrong
Sean Mullen
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
James Baxter
Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: 'The Two Towers'
Steve Ingram
Blair Foord
Rich Cordobes
Scott Harens
Die Another Day
Chris Corbould
Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Paul Huston
Yusei Uesugi
Jonathan Harb
Gangs of New York
Brett Northcutt
Ronn Brown
Mathieu Raynault
Evan Pontoriero
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Yanick Dusseault
Max Dennison
Roger Kupelian
Mathieu Raynault
Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia
Daren Horley
Jason Horley
Craig Lyn
Martin McRae
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Mark Fordham
Ian Britton
Graham Cunningham
Gudrun Heinze
Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: 'The Two Towers'
Richard Taylor
Paul Van Ommen
Matt Aitken
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Brian Gernand
Russell Paul
Geoff Campbell
Jean Bolte
Die Another Day
John Richardson
Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Enterprise 'Dead Stop'
John Teska
Koji Kuramura
Pierre Drolet
Sean Scott
Stephen King's 'Rose Red'
Michael Joyce
Gatorade 'Visitors'
Mathew Gratzner
James Waterhouse
Scott Lukowski
Eric Coon
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Alex Funke
Brian Van't Hul
Richard Bluck
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Patrick Sweeney
Marty Rosenberg
Carl Miller
Fred Meyers
Stuart Little 2
Earl Wiggins
Mark Vargo
Tom Houghton
Anna Foerster
Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Alan Lee
Jeremy Bennett
Christian Rivers
Gino Acevedo
Minority Report
Alexander Laurant
Alex McDowell
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Alex Jaeger
Doug Chiang
Erik Tiemens
Ryan Church
Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Adidas 'Mechanical Legs'
Eric Barba
Bernd Angerer
Jeff Julian
Feli di Giorgio
Linkin Park 'Points of Authority'
Andrew Orloff
Kristen Branan
Emile Smith
Kyle Toucher
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mark Lewis
GG Heitmann Demers
Alex Lemke
Alfred Murrle
Minority Report
Scott Frankel
Patrick Jarvis
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 'Quidditch Match'
Barbara Brennan
Jay Cooper
Kimberly Lashbrook
Dorne Huebler
Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia
Christian Manz
Pedro Sabrosa
Nicolas Cotta
Tor Bjorn
Firefly 'Serenity' Pilot
Loni Peristere
Emile Smith
Kristen Branan
Chris Jones
Adidas 'Mechanical Legs'
Eric Barba
Bernd Angerer
Jeff Julian
Feli di Giorgio
Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Andy Serkis
Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Adaptation
Nicolas Cage
Men in Black II
Will Smith
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