The Visual Effects Society, the worldwide VFX industry’s professional honorary society, has launched its new VFX Women Who Lead initiative. This new global effort will aim to ensure that “every woman in the visual effects industry, at any point in her career, has the support, visibility, access and resources to succeed”. The initiative is led … Read more
The Visual Effects Society, the VFX industry’s professional global honorary society, has announced the winners of the 24th Annual VES Awards. Encompassing 25 categories across film, television, technology, gaming, special venue, student projects and more, the night’s biggest winner was Avatar: Fire and Ash, which took home seven awards in total, including the top prize … Read more
The Visual Effects Society, the VFX industry’s professional global honorary society, has announced the nominees for its 24th Annual VES Awards, encompassing 25 categories across film, television, special venue projects, technological innovation, student projects, and more. Recognised as the craft’s marquee awards celebration, the VES Awards will be held on 25 February at The Beverly … Read more
The Visual Effects Society has announced that renowned film producer Jerry Bruckheimer will receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Wētā Workshop co-founder and chief creative officer Sir Richard Taylor will receive the VES Visionary Award at the 24th Annual VES Awards. Taking place on 25 February at The Beverly Hilton, the event “recognises exceptional … Read more
The Visual Effects Society, the industry’s global professional honorary society, has announced the honourees for its upcoming VES Honors Celebration, taking place on 7 November at Sony Pictures Imageworks’ new facility in Los Angeles. Selected by the VES Board of Directors from member-submitted candidates, these distinguished honorees have “profoundly impacted visual effects, shaped its legacy, … Read more
Mo-Sys Engineering, in collaboration with the prestigious Visual Effects Society (VES) and Starting Pixel virtual production community, announce a free, must-attend open day showcasing the most impactful virtual production innovations of 2024. This exciting event, taking place on Saturday, February 24th at Mo-Sys’ Greenwich headquarters in London, will offer filmmakers, content creators, and anyone else … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, held the 21st Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognises outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Industry guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to celebrate VFX talent in 25 awards categories … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 21st Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognises outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in features, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX Supervisors, VFX Producers and hands-on Artists who bring this work to life. … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced Nancy Ward has been selected as the Society’s new Executive Director. Ward, who joined the Society in 2014 as the organisation’s Program and Development Director, was appointed Interim Executive Director upon the retirement of Eric Roth in September 2022, who had served as … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced the creation of the VES Emerging Technology Award – a new honour to be bestowed at the annual VES Awards, starting at the upcoming ceremony in February 2023. This award honours the inventors of a novel and uniquely innovative tool, device, software or … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, announced the forthcoming retirement of Eric Roth, the society’s executive director for nearly 20 years. Roth will end his tenure as leader of the organisation on September 30, 2022, amidst the Society’s milestone 25th anniversary year. The VES Board’s Executive Committee, under the leadership … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, held the 20th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognises outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. This marks the Society’s 20th VES Awards program, and is being celebrated during the organization’s milestone 25th Anniversary. … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, named Lynwen Brennan, executive vice president and general manager of Lucasfilm, as the forthcoming recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her valuable contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 20th Annual VES Awards on … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, named acclaimed director-producer-screenwriter Guillermo del Toro as the forthcoming recipient of the VES Award for Creative Excellence in recognition of his valuable contributions to filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 20th Annual VES Awards on March 8, 2022 at the Beverly Hilton … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 20th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognises outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on artists who bring this work to life. This … Read more
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the Society’s newest lifetime members and this year’s recipients of the VES Founders Award. The names of this year’s VES Fellows, Honorary members and inductees into the VES Hall of Fame will be announced at a later date. The honorees and Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated at … Read more
Framestore celebrated five wins at the Visual Effects Society (VES) awards ceremony, including the prestigious Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature award for The Midnight Sky. Fiona Walkinshaw, Framestore’s global managing director, Film, said: “The VES wins for The Midnight Sky, The Crown and Project Power are a real testament to the craft, creativity and technical … Read more
Visual effects company DNEG has appointed digital technology innovator and real-time workflow expert Roy C. Anthony as global head of research. Brought on board by DNEG’s global CTO, Paul Salvini, the appointment continues DNEG’s ongoing commitment to deliver its technology vision, while also fostering a culture of originality at the company and boosting its global … Read more
THE REAL AND THE UNREAL “In my experience, most DPs get VFX. They’re often a technical bunch who love cameras and gear so they get what we do,” says Geoff D.E. Scott. Scott has supervised his share of visual effects, both on celluloid-shot movies, like Richard Donner’s underrated thriller 16 Blocks and Robert Eggers’ career-launching … Read more
The Mandalorian garners most nominations and leads the broadcast field with 13 nominations. Soul is top animated contender. Project Power and The Witches lead feature film nominations with three each. Nominees in 25 categories were selected by VES members via 32 virtual nomination events conducted across the globe. Given the state of the pandemic and … Read more