Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Tops the Visual Effects Society’s Annual Awards

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

Pixar’s “Soul” topped the winners of the 19th Visual Effects Society Awards with five wins, including Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature, the highest honor for animated film visual effects.. The virtual ceremony, hosted by Patton Oswalt, also celebrated films like
”Mank”, “The One and Only Ivan”, and “Mulan”.

With its Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, “The Midnight Sky” leaps ahead of the race for the Visual Effects Academy Award. The Netflix film received its only Oscar nomination for the Visual Effects award.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

MANK
Wei Zheng
Peter Mavromates
Simon Carr
James Pastorius

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

SOUL
Pete Docter
Dana Murray
Michael Fong
Bill Watral

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

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

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

SOUL
Alexis Angelidis
Keith Daniel Klohn
Aimei Kutt
Melissa Tseng

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A FEATURE

PROJECT POWER
Russell Horth
Matthew Patience
Julien Rousseau

OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT

SOUL
Matt Aspbury
Ian Megibben

OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT

THE MIDNIGHT SKY
Model: Aether
Michael Balthazart
Jonathan Opgenhaffen
John-Peter Li
Simon Aluze