Visual Effects Society

John and Nancy Lasseter before the show

Actress Bonnie Hunt ("Cars") presented Lasseter with the prestigious George Méliès Award

Carl Rosendahl (left) chats with Lasseter (right) — Rosendahl founded Pacific Data Images (PDI) whose software helped develop "Shrek" (2001)

(Left-to-Right) Jim Morris (Pixar), Eric Roth (VES Executive Director), John Lasseter and Tim McGovern, Co-Chair of the VES Awards Committee

ILM model maker Lorne Peterson and Eric Roth

Martin Vann (Vice President Worldwide Sales, Autodesk) and John Lasseter

Eric Roth with Cheech Marin ("Cars") and Carl Rosendahl

One of ILM's most honored visual effects supervisors, Dennis Muren

Denis Couchon and Rex Grignon ("Madagascar")

Margi Celluci, Camille Celluci ("Warm Springs") and Herb Dietzler

Andrew Karr, Louie Hinayo and Gary Hughes ("Battlestar Galactica")

Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato and Guy Williams ("King Kong")

Colin O'Conner and Habib Zararpour ("Need For Speed Most Wanted")

Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman and Marshall Krasser ("War Of The Worlds")

Ed Hirsh, Steve Gawley and Joshua Ong ("War Of The Worlds")

Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Jay Barton and Jim Gaczkowski ("Nine Inch Nails" 'Only')

Eric Saindon, Christian Rivers and Joe Letteri ("King Kong")

Cedric Tomacruz, David Bailey, Valeri Pfahning and Siddhartha Jayakar ("Into The West")

Jack Geist, Johnathan Banta and Jerome Morin ("Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon")

Jean-Jacques Tremblay, Raphael Lacoste and Kun Chang ("Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones")

Jim Morris received the Board Of Directors Award — He poses with Carl Rosendahl

Jon Collins and Sara Dowland ("Guinness" beer commercial)

Kevin Blank, Craig T. Nelson ("The Incredibles") and Eric Chauvin ("Lost")

Marshall Krasser, Michael Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman and Regan McGee ("War Of The Worlds")

Michael Cook, Anthony Ocampo and Eugene Kim ("Las Vegas")

John Lasseter and his George Méliès Award

Bonnie Hunt and John Lasseter

Hunt plays "Sally" in Lasseter's upcoming film, "Cars"

R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken and Charles Tait ("King Kong")

Seamus Malone ("Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit") — He accepted for Loyd Price

Stefano Trivelli, Michele Moen, Kelly Bumbarger and Sean Wilson ("Empire")

Wes Sewell and Victoria Alonso ("Kingdom Of Heaven")