Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2002.

This award has been a good indicator of the winners and nominees for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Winners

† Won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

2000s

Year Film Nominee(s)
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers † Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Men in Black II
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King † Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Dean Wright
The Matrix Revolutions
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao and Emma Norton
The Day After Tomorrow
Spider-Man 2 †
2005 King Kong † Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers and Eric Saindon
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest † John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel and Charles Gibson
Charlotte's Web
The Fountain
2007 Transformers Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, and Scott Benza
I Am Legend
The Golden Compass †
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Spider-Man 3
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button † Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness and Lisa Beroud
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Cloverfield
Iron Man
2009 Avatar † Joe Letteri, Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran and Richard Baneham
2012
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2010s

Year Film Nominee(s)
2010 Inception † Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Mike Chambers, Matthew Plummer
Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, Tom Peitzman, David Schaub, Carey Villegas
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Tim Burke, Emma Norton, John Richardson
Iron Man 2 Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Janek Sirrs, Susan Pickett
Tron: Legacy Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Steve Preeg, Karl Denham
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Cyndi Ochs, Kurt Williams
Captain America: The First Avenger Charlie Noble, Mark Soper, Christopher Townsend, Edson Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Tim Burke, Emma Norton, John Richardson, David Vickery
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Gary Brozenich, David Conley, Charlie Gibson, Ben Snow
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, Matthew Butler, Scott Farrar
2012 Life of Pi † Donald R. Elliott, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer
Battleship Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Kevin Elam, Glen McIntosh
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood
The Avengers Susan Pickett, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams
Prometheus Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers
2013 Gravity † Tim Webber, Nikki Penny, Chris Lawrence, Richard Mcbride
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, David Clayton
Iron Man 3 Christopher Townsend, Mark Soper, Guy Williams, Bryan Grill
Pacific Rim John Knoll, Susan Greenhow, Chris Raimo, Hal Hickel
Star Trek Into Darkness Roger Guyett, Luke O’Byrne, Ron Ames, Ben Grossman
2014 [Note 1] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini
Guardians of the Galaxy Stephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould
Interstellar † Paul Franklin, Kevin Elam, Ann Podlozny, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher
Maleficent Carey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Joe Letteri, David Conley, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, Steve Ingram
X-Men: Days of Future Past Ricard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Lou Pecora, Anders Landlangs, Cameron Waldbauer
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Luke O'Bryan, Patrick Tubach
Furious 7 Martin Hill, Kevin McIlwain, Karen Murphy, Dan Sudick, Mike Wassel
Mad Max: Fury Road Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Holly Radcliffe, Andy Williams, Tom Wood
The Martian Barrie Hemsley, Chris Lawrence, Matt Sloan, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner
San Andreas Brian Cox, Bryan Grill, Nordin Rahhati, Randall Starr, Colin Strause

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2014 nominee list renamed this category as Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture.
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