The Visual Effect Society announced their nominees today. Now, there were quite a few categories and a lot of nominations and they’re actually kinda interesting to look at but, in the interest of space, I’m not going to post all of the nominees. Instead, I’m going to post the three main categories because these are the categories that could potentially give some guidance as far as predicting the Oscar nominations is concerned.
If you want to see a full list of nominations, please click here and check out this list on AwardsCircuit.
Looking over the nominations, what’s interesting is that Arrival, the most acclaimed Sci-Fi film of the year, was totally and completely snubbed. I don’t know if that’s a bad sign or not. Arrival is a great sci-fi film and it features some great visual effects. But — and this is especially true when compared to films like Rogue One and Dr. Strange — the visuals are also rather low-key. Arrival is not a splashy film. That’s one reason why it’s also a great film.
Anyway, here are the nominations!
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Stephane Ceretti
Susan Pickett
Richard Bluff
Vincent Cirelli
Paul Corbould
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Christian Manz
Olly Young
Tim Burke
Pablo Grillo
David Watkins
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
Frazer Churchill
Hal Couzens
Andrew Lockley
Jelmer Boskma
Hayley Williams
John Knoll
Erin Dusseault
Hal Hickel
Nigel Sumner
Neil Corbould
Robert Legato
Joyce Cox
Andrew R. Jones
Adam Valdez
JD Schwalm
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Kevin Baillie
Sandra Scott
Brennan Doyle
Viktor Muller
Richard Van Den Bergh
Deepwater Horizon
Craig Hammack
Petra Holtorf-Stratton
Jason Snell
John Galloway
Burt Dalton
Charlie Noble
Dan Barrow
Julian Gnass
Huw Evans
Steve Warner
Silence
Pablo Helman
Brian Barlettani
Ivan Busquets
Juan Garcia
Bruce Steinheimer
MIchael Owens
Tyler Kehl
Mark Curtis
Bryan Litson
Steven Riley
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Angus MacLane
Lindsey Collins- p.g.a.
John Halstead
Chris J. Chapman
Travis Knight
Arianne Sutner
Steve Emerson
Brad Schiff
Kyle Odermatt
Nicole P. Hearon
Hank Driskill
Ian Gooding
The Little Prince
Mark Osborne
Jinko Gotoh
Pascal Bertrand
Jamie Caliri
Zootopia
Scott Kersavage
Bradford S. Simonsen
David Goetz
Ernest J. Petti