Disney’s ‘Soul’ Leads Nominees for the 19th Visual Effects Society Awards

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BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

The Visual Effects Society announced the nominations for its annual awards with Disney/Pixar’s “Soul” leading all film nominees. The film’s five nominations were followed by “The Witches” and “Project Power” as the most-nominated features.

The VES Awards will be presented during a virtual ceremony on April 6.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
Brad Parker
Roma Van Den Bergh
Eric Guaglione
Carlos Monzon
Stefano Pepin

PROJECT POWER
Ivan Moran
Leslie Hough
Joao Sita
Matthew Twyford
Yves Debono

TENET
Andrew Jackson
Mike Chambers
Andrew Lockley
David Lee
Scott Fisher

THE MIDNIGHT SKY
Matt Kasmir
Greg Baxter
Chris Lawrence
Max Solomon
David Watkins

THE WITCHES
Kevin Baillie
Sandra Scott
Sean Konrad
Glenn Melenhorst
Mark Holt

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

DA 5 BLOODS
Randall Balsmeyer
James Cooper
Watcharachai “Sam” Panichsuk

EXTRACTION
Marko Forker
Lynzi Grant
Craig Wentworth
Olivier Sarda

MANK
Wei Zheng
Peter Mavromates
Simon Carr
James Pastorius

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Roni Rodrigues
Dayaliyah Lopez
Ian Fellows
Andrew Morley
Brandon K. Mclaughlin

WELCOME TO CHECHNYA
Ryan Laney
Eugen Bräunig
Maxwell Anderson
Johnny Han
Piers Dennis

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

ONWARD
Dan Scanlon
Kori Rae
Sanjay Bakshi
Vincent Serritella

OVER THE MOON
Glen Keane
Gennie Rim
Céline Desrumaux
David Alexander Smith

SOUL
Pete Docter
Dana Murray
Michael Fong
Bill Watral

THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
Joel Crawford
Mark Swift, PGA
Betsy Nofsinger
Jakob Hjort Jensen

TROLLS: WORLD TOUR
Walt Dohrn
Gina Shay, PGA
Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin
Matt Baer

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

DIE KANGURU-CHRONIKEN
Character: Kangaroo
Claudius Urban
Sebastian Badea
Dorian Knapp
Ruth Wiegand

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
Character: Don Juan Diego
Eric Guaglione
Shuchi Singhal
Adrien Annesley
Mahmoud Ellithy

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
Character: Ivan
Valentina Rosselli
Thomas Huizer
Andrea De Martis
William Bell

THE WITCHES
Character: Daisy
Jye Skinn
Sarah Fuller
Marco Iannaccone
Fredrik Sundqvist

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

ONWARD
Character: Dad Pants
Kristopher Campbell
Jonas Jarvers
Rob Jensen
Jacob Kuenzel

OVER THE MOON
Character: Chang’e
Siggi Orri Thorhannesson
Hyesook Kim
Javier Solsona
Alan Chen

SOUL
Character: Terry
Jonathan Hoffman
Jonathan Page
Peter Tieryas
Ron Zorman

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN
Character: Spongebob
Jacques Daigle
Guillaume Dufief
Adrien Montero
Liam Hill

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

BLOODSHOT
Environment: Neuralspace
Arnaud Brisebois
Patrick Bacon
Dawid Borkiewicz
Gérôme Viavant

MULAN
Environment: Imperial City
Jeremy Fort
Matt Fitzgerald
Ben Walker
Adrian Vercoe

THE EIGHT HUNDRED
Environment: 1937 Shanghai Downtown
Stefano Cieri
Aaron Auty
Simon Carlile
Patrick Zentis

THE EIGHT HUNDRED
Environment: Shanghai Warehouse District
Jamie Macdougall
Julian Hutchens
Mark Honer
David Pekarek

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

ONWARD
Environment: Swamp Gas
Eric Andraos
Laura Grieve
Nick Pitera
Michael Rutter

SOUL
Environment: You Seminar
Hosuk Chang
Sungyeon Joh
Peter Roe
Frank Tai

TROLLS: WORLD TOUR
Environment: Techno Reef
Luke Heathcock
Zachary Glynn
Marina Ilic
Michael Trull

TROLLS: WORLD TOUR
Environment: Volcano Rock City
Brian Lafrance
Sara Cembalisty
Christopher Sprunger
Ruben Perez

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

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

PROJECT POWER
Yin Lai Jimmy Leung
Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl
Pierpaolo Navarini
Michelle Lee

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

ONWARD
Dave Hale
Jonah Blue Laird
Stephen Marshall
Ricardo Nadu

OVER THE MOON
Ian Farnsworth
Brian Casper
Reinhold Rittinger
Jennifer Lasrado

SOUL
Alexis Angelidis
Keith Daniel Klohn
Aimei Kutt
Melissa Tseng

TROLLS: WORLD TOUR
Stephen Wood
Carl Hooper
Spencer Knapp
Nick Augello

THE WILLOUGHBYS
Helén Ahlberg
Kyle Mcqueen
Russell Smith
Raehyeon Kim

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A FEATURE

GREYHOUND
Chris Gooch
Tiago Santos
Stu Bruzek
Sneha Amin

MULAN
Christoph Salzmann
Beck Veitch
Joerg Bruemmer
Indah Maretha

PROJECT POWER
Russell Horth
Matthew Patience
Julien Rousseau

UNDERWATER
Sreejith Venugopalan
Ruslan Borysov
Susil Sabat
Andreas Andersson

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