Visual Effects Society Awards 2009
8th Visual Effects Society Awards
February 10, 2010
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
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The 8th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on 10 February 2010, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2009. The show was hosted by Sam Rubin and broadcast, in an edited form, by the ReelzChannel on March 5, 2010.
Nominees
(winners in bold)
Honorary Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award:
George Melies Award for Pioneering:
Film
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture:
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture:
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:
- 2012 - Escape from L.A.
- Avatar - Neytiri Drinking
- Avatar - Quarich's Escape
- Knowing - Plane Crash
- Terminator Salvation - VLA Escape
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:
- Avatar - Neytiri
- District 9 - Christopher Johnson
- G-Force - Bucky
- Watchmen - Doctor Manhattan
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:
- Coraline - Coraline
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Buck
- Monsters vs. Aliens - B.O.B.
- Up – Carl
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture:
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture:
- 2012 - Los Angeles Destruction
- Avatar - Floating Mountains
- Avatar - Jungle/Biolume
- Avatar - Willow Glade
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture:
Television
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:
- Battlestar Galactica - Season 4, Ep. 421 "Daybreak"
- Defying Gravity - Pilot
- Fringe - Ep. 206, "Earthling"
- Stargate Universe - Air
- V - Pilot
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Ep 1001 "Opening Sequence"
- FlashForward - No More Good Days
- Kings - Ep. 001 "Goliath"
- Krupp-eine Deutsche Familie - Krupp
- Lost - The Incident Part 1 & 2
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
- AMF - The Caterpillar
- Audi - Intelligently Combined
- Kerry Lowlow - Mouse
- Pepsi - The Flight of the Penguin
- Plane Stupid - Polar Bears
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:
- Alice - Night 2
- Ben 10: Alien Swarm - Montage
- Disney Prep and Landing - Gadgets, Gloves and other Garish Gizmos
- Infestation
- Skellig
Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial:
- AMF - The Caterpillar
- Disney Prep and Landing - Wayne
- Evian - Skating Babies
- Pepsi - Penguin - "The Flight of the Penguin"
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial:
- Kaiser Permanente - Emerald City
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial:
- AMC Theatres/Coke - Magic Chairs
- Assassin's Creed: Lineage - Ep. 1 "Duke of Milan Assassination"
- FlashForward - Pilot "Freeway Overpass"
- V - Pilot "Atrium and Ship Interiors"
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial:
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Ep 1001 Opening Sequence
- Kerry Lowlow - "Mouse" Overall
- Pepsi - The Flight of the Penguin
- Porsche - Family Tree
Video games
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Gulag Extraction
- Fight Night Round 4 - Gameplay
- Need for Speed: Shift - World Sequence
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer:
Other categories
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:
- Beyond all Boundaries
- Dance of the Dragons
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project:
- The Full Moon Mystery
- Motherland
- They Will Come to Town
- URS
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