Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2012. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in effects simulations.

Winners & Nominees[edit]

2010s[edit]

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Nominee(s)
2012
[1][2]
Life of Pi (Storm of God) Hary Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe
Battleship Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Areito Echevarria, Chet Leavai, Garry Runke, Francois Sugny
Life of Pi (Ocean) Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli
2013
[3][4]
Gravity (Parachute and ISS Destruction) Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Horacio Mendoza, Juan-Luis Sanchez
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger
Man of Steel Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet
Pacific Rim (Fluid Simulation & Destruction) Ryan Hopkins, Michael Balog, Patrick Conran, Rick Hankins

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Nominee(s)
2014
[5][6]
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen) Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Helicarrier Broadside and Crash) Dan Pearson, Sheldon Serrao, Jose Burgos, Eric Jennings
Edge of Tomorrow (Destruction and Sand) Steve Avoujageli, Pawel Grochola, Atsushi Ikarashi, Paul Waggoner
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Jon Allitt, David Caeiro, Ronnie Menahem

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

Year Film Nominee(s)
2015
[7][8]
Mad Max: Fury Road (Toxic Storm) Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Hulk vs. Hulkbuster) Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Florent Andorra, Georg Kaltenbrunner
San Andreas (Hoover Dam/San Francisco Tsunami) Joe Scarr, Lukas Lepicovsky, Yves D-Incau, Marcel Kern
San Andreas (Los Angeles Destruction) Remy Torre, Marc Horsfield, Niall Flinn, Victor Grant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Starkiller Base) Rick Hankins, Dan Bornstein, John Doublestein, Gary Wu
2016
[9][10]
The Jungle Book (Nature Effects) Oliver Winwood, Fabian Nowak, David Schneider, Ludovic Ramisandraina
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Rust) Klaus Seitschek, Joseph Pepper, Jacob Clark, Cosku Turhan
Doctor Strange (Hong Kong Reverse Destruction) Florian Witzel, Georges Nakhle, Azhul Mohamed, David Kirchner
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Jedha Destruction) Miguel Perez Senent, Matt Puchala, Ciaran Moloney, Luca Mignardi
2017
[11][12]
War for the Planet of the Apes David Caeiro Cebrian, Johnathan Nixon, Chet Leavai, Gary Boyle
Kong: Skull Island Florent Andorra, Alexis Hall, Raul Essig, Branko Grujcic
Only the Brave (Fire & Smoke) Georg Kaltenbrunner, Thomas Bevan, Philipp Zaufel, Himanshu Joshi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Bombing Run) Peter Kyme, Miguel Perez Senet, Ahmed Gharraph, Billy Copley
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Mega Destroyer Destruction) Mihai Cioroba, Ryoji Fujita, Jiyong Shin, Dan Finnegan
2018
[13][14]
Avengers: Infinity War (Titan) Sabine Laimer, Tim Walker, Tobias Wiesner, Massimo Pasquetti
Avengers: Infinity War (Wakanda) Florian Witzel, Adam Lee, Miguel Perez Senent, Francisco Rodriguez
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Dominik Kirouac, Chloe Ostiguy, Christian Gaumond
Venom Aharon Bourland, Jordan Walsh, Aleksandar Chalyovski, Federico Frassinelli
2019
[15][16]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Don Wong, Thibault Gauriau, Goncalo Cabaca, Francois-Maxence Desplanques
Dumbo (Bubble Elephants) Sam Hancock, Victor Glushchenko, Andrew Savchenko, Arthur Moody
The Lion King David Schneider, Samantha Hiscock, Andy Feery, Kostas Strevlos
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Molten Man) Adam Gailey, Jacob Santamaria, Jacob Clark, Stephanie Molk

2020s[edit]

Year Film Nominee(s)
2020
[17]
Project Power Yin Lai, Jimmy Leung, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl, Pierpaolo Navarini, Michelle Lee
Bloodshot Omar Meradi, Jeremy Poupin, Sylvain Robert, Deak Ferrand
Greyhound Mike Nixon, Nicholas Papworth, Jeremy Smith, Yashdeep Sawant
Monster Hunter Vimal Mallireddy, Warren Lawtey, Tom O'Bready, Dominik Haase
Mulan Theo Vandernoot, Sandra Balej, James Carson, Yuri Rudakov
2021
[18]
Dune (Dunes of Arrakis) Gero Grimm, Ivan Larinin, Hideki Okano, Zuny An
Godzilla vs. Kong (Ocean Water & Battle Destruction) Jonathan Freisler, Nahuel Alberto Letizia, Eloi Andaluz Fullà, Saysana Rintharamy
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Water, Bubbles & Magic) Simone Riginelli, Claude Schitter, Teck Chee Koi, Arthur Graff
The Suicide Squad (Corto Maltese City Destruction) David R. Davies, Rogier Fransen, Sandy Sutherland, Brandon James Fleet
2022
[19]
Avatar: The Way of Water (Water Simulations) Jonathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian
Avatar: The Way of Water (Fire and Destruction) Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (City Street Flooding) Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Superlatives[edit]

Films with Multiple Nominations[edit]

2 Nominations

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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