Game of Thrones takes home 3 Visual Effects Awards 

Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of the 13th Annual VES Awards

Big Hero 6 is the Big Hero with 5 Awards; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Tops the Feature Film Category; Game of Thrones and SSE Lead in Broadcast and Commercial Wins

Zoe Saldana, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg and Patton Oswalt Join Overflow Crowd of VFX Artists, Innovators and Industry VIPs

Los Angeles (February 4, 2015) – Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, held the 13th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues.  Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host to the more than 1000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton to celebrate VFX talent in 23 awards categories.  Big Hero 6 was the big winner of the evening garnering five awards.  The teams from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (feature film), Game of Thrones (broadcast) and SSE (commercial) led the wins in their respective categories, taking home three awards each.

Zoe Saldana made a crowd-pleasing presentation to her Star Trek: Into Darkness director, award-winning writer-director-producer J.J. Abrams, recipient of the VES Visionary Award.  Awards presenters included Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg, How to Train Your Dragon 2 director Dean DeBlois, Alyssa Sutherland, Jamie Chung, Karine Vanasse and Scott Adsit.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program

American Horror Story; Freak Show; Edward Mordrake, Part 2

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding  Performance of an Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene

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

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program