Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature

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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2002. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in compositing.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Film Nominee(s)
2002
[1][2]
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Quiddich Match) Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
Minority Report Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis
2003
[3][4]
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Philip R. Brennan
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen George Macri, Mike Hardison, Patrick Murphy, Dan Trezise
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mortitz Glaesle, Mark Lewis, Kara Vandeleur
2004
[5]
Spider-Man 2 (Train Sequence) Colin Drobnis, Greg Derochie, Blaine Kennison, Kenny Lam
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer
The Phantom of the Opera (Opening Shot) Claas Henke, Laurent Ben-Minoun, Anupam Das
2005
[6][7]
War of the Worlds Marshall Krasser, Michael Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman, Regan Mcgee
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Voldemort's Nose) Ben Shepherd, Uel Horman, Charley Henley, Nicolas Aithadi
King Kong (T-Rex Fight) Erik Winquist, Michaell Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, Suzanne Jandu
2006
[8][9]
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Jeff Sutherland, Tory Mercer
The Da Vinci Code (Saint Sulpice Sequence) Mathew Krentz, Jordan Benwick, Enrico Perei, Rafal Kaniewski
Poseidon Scott Younkin, Janeen Elliott, Brian Connor, Mark Nettleton
2007
[10][11]
Transformers
Pat Tubach
, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte
I Am Legend (Seaport Evacuation) Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hiller
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Death of
Beckett
)
Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Ligenfelser
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (Crusoe) Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
2008
[12][13]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Benjamin Comes Together) Janelle Croshaw, Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Sarahjane Javelo
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Stuart Lashley, Arundi Asregadoo, Mark Curtis, Richard Baker
Iron Man (Head Under Sisplay/HUD Compositing) Jonathan Rothbart, Dav Rauch, Kyle McCulloch, Kent Seki
Quantum of Solace (Siennna Chase and Fight Sequence) Anthony Smith, Christian Kaestner, Adrian Metzelaar, Jon Thum
2009
[14][15]
District 9 Shervin Shogian, Hamish Schumacher, Janeen Elliott, Simon Hughes
Avatar Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder, Giuseppe Tagliavini
Avatar (End Battle) Eddie Pasquarello, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Jay Cooper
Sherlock Holmes Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming

2010s

Year Film Nominee(s)
2010
[16][17]
Inception Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier
Alice in Wonderland (Stolen Tarts) Aaron Kupferman, Lisa Deaner, Orde Stevanoski, Ruben Flores
Hereafter (Tsunami Sequence) Joseph Farrell, Nick Crew, Jamie Hallett, Christine Lo
Tron: Legacy Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Kym Olsen, Sarajane Javelo Chase
2011
[18][19]
Captain America: The First Avenger Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, Cliff Welsh
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows โ€“ Part 2 Michele Benigna, Martin Ciastko, Thomas Dyg, Andy Robinson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Jean-Luc Azzis, Quentin Hema, Simon Jung, Christoph Salzmann
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Chris Balog, Ben O'Brien, Amy Shepard, Jeff Sutherland
2012
[20][21]
Life of Pi (Storm of God) Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher
The Avengers (Hulk Punch) Chris Balog, Peter Demarest, Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Jean-Luc Azzis, Steven McGillen, Christoph Salzmann, Charles Tait
Prometheus (Engineers & the Orrery) Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan
2013
[22][23]
Gravity Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar
Elysium Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston
Iron Man 3 (Barrel of Monkeys) Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin
Iron Man 3 (House Attack) Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi
2014
[24][25]
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli
Edge of Tomorrow
(Beach)
Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling
Interstellar (Water) Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles
2015
[26][27]
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
The Revenant Donny Rausch, Alan Travix, Charles Lai, TC Harrison
Mad Max: Fury Road Lindsay Adams, Matthew Wynne, Chris Davies, Phil Outen
San Andreas (Los Angeles Destruction) Sandro Blattnber, Hamish Schumacher, Nicholas Kim, Mario Rokicki
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Jay Cooper, Marian Mavrovic, Jean Lapointe, Alex Prichard
Tomorrowland Francois Lambert, Jean Lapointe, Peter Demarest, Conny Fauser
2016
[28][29]
The Jungle Book Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew Adams, Max Stummer
Doctor Strange (New York City) Matthew Lane, Jose Fernandez, Ziad Shureih, Amy Shepard
Independence Day: Resurgence (Under the Mothership) Mathew Giampa, Adrian Sutherland, Daniel Lee, Ed Wilkie
Quicksilver
Rescue)
Jess Burnheim, Alana Newell, Andy Peel, Matthew Shaw
2017
[30][31]
War for the Planet of the Apes Christoph Salzmann, Robin Hollander, Ben Morgan, Ben Warner
Blade Runner 2049 (LAPD Approach and Joi Holograms) Tristan Myles, Miles Lauridsen, Joel Delle-Vergin, Farhad Mohasseb
Kong: Skull Island Nelson Sepulveda, Aaron Brown, Paolo Acri, Shawn Mason
Thor: Ragnarok (Bridge Battle) Gavin McKenzie, David Simpson, Owen Carroll, Mark Gostlow
2018
[32][33]
Avengers: Infinity War (Titan) Sabine Laimer, Tim Walker, Tobias Wiesner, Massimo Pasquetti
First Man Joel Delle-Vergin, Peter Farkas, Miles Lauridsen, Francesco Dell'Anna
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom John Galloway, Enrik Pavdeja, David Nolan, Juan Espigares Enriquez
Welcome to Marwen Woei Lee, Saul Galbiati, Max Besner, Thai-Son Doan
2019
[34][35]
The Irishman Nelson Sepulveda, Vince Papaix, Benjamin O'Brien, Christopher Doerhoff
Alita: Battle Angel Adam Bradley, Carlo Scaduto, Hirofumi Takeda, Ben Roberts
Avengers: Endgame Tim Walker, Blake Winder, Tobias Wiesner, Joerg Bruemmer
Captain Marvel (Young Nick Fury) Trent Claus, David Moreno Hernandez, Jeremiah Sweeney, Yuki Uehara
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Jeff Sutherland, John Galloway, Sam Bassett, Charles Lai

2020s

Year Film Nominee(s)
2020
[36]
Project Power Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau
Greyhound Chris Gooch, Tiago Santos, Stu Bruzek, Sneha Amin
Mulan Christoph Salzmann, Beck Veitch, Joerg Bruemmer, Indah Maretha
Underwater Sreejith Venugopalan, Ruslan Borysov, Susil Sabat, Andreas Andersson
2021
[37]
Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature
Dune (Attack on Arrakeen) Gregory Haas, Francesco Dell'Anna, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Cleve Zhu
Black Widow (Red Room Crashing Back to Earth) Michael Melchiorre, Simon Twine, Daniel Harkness, Tim Crowson
Dune (Hologram & Hunter Seeker) Patrick Heinen, Jacob Maymudes, Tj Burke, James Jooyoung Lee
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Macau City) Jeremie Maheu, Mathieu Dupuis, Karthic Ramesh, Jiri Kilevnik
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Liberty Island Battle & Christmas Swing Finale) Zac Campbell, Frida Nerdal, Louis Corr, Kelvin Yee
2022
[38]
Avatar: The Way of Water (Water Integration) Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews
Avatar: The Way of Water (Landing Rockets Forest Destruction) Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho
The Batman (Rainy Freeway Chase) Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert
Top Gun: Maverick Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Freceric Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo
2023
[39]
The Creator (Bar) Phil Prates, Min Kim, Nisarg Suthar, Toshiko Miura
The Creator (Spaceships) Ben O-Brien, Juan Espigares Enriquez, Wesley Roberts, Hayes Brien
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Indah Maretha, Beck Veitch, Nathan Abbot, Steve McGillen
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Apartment Massacre Videogame Style) Javier Roca, Julien Forest, Thomas Bourdis, Dominik Kirouac
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Bret St.Clair, Kieron Cheuk-Chi, Lo Kelly, Christophers Rowan Young

Superlatives

Films with Multiple Nominations

2 Nominations

External links

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