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