Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of the 14th Annual VES Awards
Kate Mara, Zack Snyder, Michael Pena, Terry Crews, Portia Doubleday and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Join Overflow Crowd of VFX Artists, Innovators and Industry VIPs
What Makes an Award-Winning Visual Effect?
The Oscars are just around the corner. The 14th Annual VES Awards will be presented later today.
VES Visual Effects Awards Winners
4 award for the Force Awakens, 3 for The Revenant (all about the bear), and 1 for Fury Road.
This ‘Agent Carter’ Visual Effects Reel Shows Off a Marvel-ous Digital New York City
These days, I’m often more blown away by subtle and invisible special effects that call no attention to themselves than anything else.
For Fourth Year In A Row, Disney Co. Sweeps Animation Categories At VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society is caught in the awards show version of Groundhog Day…
14th Annual VES Award Winners Announced
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the big winner of the evening garnering four awards, with The Revenant close behind with three wins.
Rodeo FX Wins VES Award for City of Volantis in Game of Thrones
Montreal-based Rodeo FX won its second consecutive VES Award for its work on season 5 of Game of Thrones
Star Wars, The Revenant and Game of Thrones Take Top Honors at the VES Awards
Disney’s sequel to George Lucas’ cultural icon copped the evening’s main prize, winning outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature“Star Wars” Proves To Be The Prevailing Force At VES Awards
Also scoring impressively are “The Revenant, “The Good Dinosaur,” “Game of Thrones,” SSE’s “Pier” spot
Visit VFX Voice
- DELIVERING THE VISUAL EFFECTS PUNCHLINES FOR THE NAKED GUN February 24, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of PFX and Paramount Pictures. Given that laughter reigns supreme in comedy, PFX discovered that the visual effects shots for The Naked Gun didn’t need to be pixel-perfect as long as the exaggeration or imperfection enhanced the humor. “I believe that doing a comedy changed everything, especially a comedy like […]
- THE ART OF TRANSLATING THE FRAGRANT FLOWER BLOOMS WITH DIGNITY INTO ANIME February 17, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix Imitation is often considered the greatest form of flattery, but to have it endure for centuries after the original material first appeared is remarkable, given how each generation seeks to make its own distinct mark on history. William Shakespeare’s work has transcended dramatic shifts in technology and societal […]
- EPIC AND INTIMATE CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS FOR GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION February 10, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Lionsgate. Upping the ante of AI drones gone amok in Angel Has Fallen are the fragments of the Clarke Comet that has created a Saturn-like ring around the Earth, which has a habit of breaking up, falling out of orbit and unleashing meteor showers on the inhabitants below in […]
- YEARS OF THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS COALESCE TO CREATE ARCO February 3, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Neon and Remembers. While America and Japan garner the majority of the spotlight when it comes to animation, France has become the third largest producer, with the time-traveling feature film by Ugo Bienvenu benefiting from the country’s supportive infrastructure. Arco revolves around a 10-year-old boy determined to visit the […]