Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2004. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program", and changed in 2005 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video". It was again changed in 2009, this time to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture", and again in 2011 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". Before its final change in 2015, to its current title, it was re-titled in 2014 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture".
Winners and nominees
2000s
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 [1] |
Spartacus | Opening | Eric Grenaudier, Anthony Ocampo, Cedric Tomacruz, Michael Cook | USA |
| Smallville: "Crusade" | "Is it a bird? Is it a plane?" Sequence | John H. Han, Brian Ali Harding, Terry Shigemitsu, Noriaki Matsumoto | The WB | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise: "Storm Front, Part II" | Dogfight Over NYC Sequence | Pierre Drolet, Fred Pienkos, Eddie Robison, Sean M. Scott | UPN |
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 [2][3] |
Into the West: "Wheel to the Stars", "Manifest Destiny", "Dreams and Schemes" | Cedric Tomacruz, David Bailey, Valeri Pfahning | TNT | |
| Motorola: PEBL | James Gaczkowski, Daniel Thron, Janelle Croshaw, Greg Teegarden | |||
| Nine Inch Nails: Only | Janelle Croshaw, Greg Teegarden, James Gaczkowski, Scott Edelstein | |||
| 2006 [4][5] |
Elizabeth I : "Part 1" |
David A.T. Bowman, Jimmy Kiddell, Russell Horth, Gurel Mehmet | HBO | |
| Coke: The Greatest Gift | David Hulin, Nathan Hughes, Jenny Bichsel, Andy Walker | |||
| Monday Night Football | Remote Open | Luke McDonald, Danny Braet, Minoru Sasaki, Josh McGuire | ESPN | |
| 2007 [6][7] |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 002_05 | Phi Tran, Matthew Lee, Martin Hilke, Justin Mitchell | HBO |
| Smallville | City of Metropolis | David Vickery, Philippe LePrince, Trina Roy and Jolene McCaffrey | The CW | |
| Subaru: Peel Out | Graham Fyffe, Christopher Nichols, Chris Bankoff, Daniel Buck | |||
| Tin Man: "Into the Storm" | Les Quinn, Ken Lee, Andrew Domachowski, Jonah West | Sci Fi | ||
A League of Their Own " |
Christopher D. Martin, Michael Cook, Cedric Tomacruz | ABC | ||
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 [8][9] |
John Adams: "Join or Die" | Boston Harbor | Paul Graff, Robert Stromberg, Adam Watkins | HBO |
| Audi: Living Room | Living Room | Graham Fyffe, Christopher Nichols, Chris Bankoff, Daniel Buck | ||
| Heroes | Tokyo | Meliza Fermin, Michael Cook, Daniel Kumiega, Anthony Ocampo | NBC | |
| Wrigley's 5 | Fruit Shredder | Ludo Fealy, Dean Robinson, Adam Leary | ||
| 2009 [10][11] |
V: "Pilot" | Atrium and Ship Interiors | Trevor Adams, Chris Irving, David R. Morton, Chris Zapara | ABC |
| AMC Theatres: Coke | Magic Chairs | Dariush Derakhshani, Steve Cummings, Harry Michalakeas, Robert Nederhorst | ||
| Assassin's Creed: Lineage: "Episode 1" | Duke of Milan Assassination | Nadine Homier, Joseph Kasparian, Mathieu Lalonde, Christian Morin | ||
| FlashForward: "No More Good Days" | Freeway Overpass | Colin Feist, Paul Ghezzo, Roger Kupelian, Steven Meyer | ABC | |
2010s
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [12][13] |
The Pacific: "Iwo Jima" | Battle of Iwo Jima | Marco Recuay, Morgan McDermott, Nicholas Lund-Ulrich | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | Boardwalk | Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Brian Pace | HBO | |
| Boardwalk Empire: "Family Limitation" | J. John Corbett, Matthew Conner, Brendan Fitzgerald, Jun Zhang | |||
| The Event: "To Keep Us Safe" | Michael Cook, Jon Rosenthal, Ragui Hanna, Ryan Wieber | NBC | ||
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [14][15] |
Game of Thrones | The Wall | Markus Kuha, Dante Harbridge Robinson, Damien Macé, Fani Vassiadi | HBO |
| Audi A6 Avant: Hummingbird | Amaan Akram, Tom Bussell, Alex Hammond | |||
| Boardwalk Empire: "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" | Matthew Conner, Robert Stromberg | HBO | ||
| Pan Am: "Pilot" | Worldport Terminal | Michael Cook, Jon Rosenthal, Ragui Hanna, Ryan Wieber | ABC | |
| Terra Nova | Terra Nova | Mike Bozulich, Eric Hance, Kevin Kipper, David R. Morton | Fox | |
| 2012 [16][17] |
Game of Thrones | Pyke | Rene Borst, Thilo Ewers, Adam Figielski, Jonas Stuckenbrock | HBO |
| Call of Duty: Eclipse- Surprise | Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Gawain Liddiard, Robert Sethi | Activision | ||
| 5 Gum: Choose Your Energy | Kaan Atilla, Kevin Gillen, Isaac Irvin, Brandon Lester | |||
| Sinbad | James Moxon, Lyndall Spagnoletti, Greg Spencer | Sky One | ||
| 2013 [18][19] |
Game of Thrones: "The Climb" | Patrick Zentis, Mayur Patel, Nitin Singh, Tim Alexander | HBO | |
| Inseparable: "Chernobyl" | Dmitry Ovcharenko, Igor Chopenko, Dmitry Eremenko, Andrey Bogdanov | |||
| Hell on Wheels: "Big Bad Wolf" | Steven Meyer, Matt von Brock, Mitch Gates, Antonio Chang | AMC | ||
| Liberty Holdings Limited: Answer | Greg Teegarden, Kevin Bouchez, Brian Creasey, Kurt Lawson | |||
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 [20][21] |
Game of Thrones | Bravos Establisher | Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner | HBO |
| Coke: "Snowy Forest" | Snowy Forest | Tom Bardwell, Kevin Ives, Kyle Cody, Jimmy Gass | ||
| Penny Dreadful: "Séance" | Mathew Borrett, Lorne Kwechansky, Graham Day, Jason Gougeon | Showtime | ||
| War Thunder: Battlefield | Andrey Bogdanov, Mykhailo Datsyk, Dmitry Ovcharenko, Ekaterina Bogdanova | Gaijin Entertainment | ||
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 [22][23] |
Game of Thrones | Volantis | Dominic Piché, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant, Thomas Montminy Brodeur | HBO |
| Black Sails | Charles Town Harbor | Aladino V. Debert, Matt Dougan, Greg Teegarden, Ken Mitchel Jones | Starz | |
| Game of Thrones: "The Dance of Dragons" | Drogon Arena | B.R. Rajeev, Loganathan Perumal, Ramesh Shanker, Anders Ericson | HBO | |
Vikings |
Paris | Paul Wishart, Karol Wlodarczyk, Thomas Grant Morrison, Matt Ralph | History
| |
| 2016 [24][25] |
Game of Thrones: "Battle of the Bastards" | Meereen | Deak Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, Francois Croteau, Alexandru Banuta | HBO |
| Black Sails: "XXVIII." | Maroon Island | Thomas Montminy Brodeur, Deak Ferrand, Pierre Rousseau, Mathieu Lapierre | Starz | |
| Dishonored 2 | Clockwork Mansion | Sébastien Mitton, Guillaume Curt, Damien Laurent, Jean-Luc Monnet | Bethesda Softworks | |
| Game of Thrones: "The Winds of Winter" | The Citadel | Edmond Engelbrecht, Tomoka Matsumura, Ed Holdsworth, Cheri Fojtik | HBO | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Volkshalle | Casi Blume, David Andrade, Nick Chamberlain, Lawson Deming | Amazon | |
| 2017 [26][27] |
Game of Thrones: "Beyond the Wall" | Frozen Lake | Dani Villalba, Antonio Lado, Jose Luis Barreiro, Isaac de la Pompa | HBO |
| Assassin's Creed Origins | City of Memphis | Patrick Limoges, Jean-Sebastian Guay, Mikael Guaveia, Vincent Lombardo | Ubisoft | |
| Game of Thrones: "Eastwatch" | Eastwatch | Patrice Poissant, Deak Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, Gabriel Morin | HBO | |
| Still Star-Crossed | City | Rafa Solorzano, Isaac de la Pompa, Jose Luis Barreiro, Óscar Perea Marcos | ABC | |
| Stranger Things: "Chapter Nine: The Gate" | The Gate | Casi Blume, David Andrade, Nick Chamberlain, Lawson Deming | Netflix | |
| 2018 [28][29] |
Lost in Space: "Impact" | Impact Area | Philip Engström, Kenny Vähäkari, Jason Martin, Martin Bergquist | Netflix |
| Cycles | The House | Michael R.W. Anderson, Jeff Gipson, Jose Luis Gomez Diaz, Edward Robbins | ||
| The Deuce | 42nd Street | John Bair, Vance Miller, Jose L. Marin, Steve Sullivan | HBO | |
| The Handmaid's Tale: "June" | Fenway Park | Patrick Zentis, Kevin McGeagh, Leo Bovell, Zachary Dembinski | Hulu | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Reichsmarschall Ceremony | Casi Blume, Michael Eng, Ben McDougal, Sean Meyers | Amazon | |
| 2019 [30][31] |
Game of Thrones: "The Iron Throne" | The Red Keep | Carlos Patrick De Leon, Alonso Bocanegra, Marcela A. Silva, Benjamin Ross | HBO |
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Endless Forest | Sule Bryan, Charles Chorein, Christian Waite, Martyn Hawkins | Netflix | |
| Lost in Space: "Precipice" | The Trench | Philip Engström, Benjamin Bernon, Martin Bergquist, Xuan Prada | ||
| The Mandalorian | Nevarro Town | Alex Murtaza, Yanick Gaudreau, Marco Tremblay, Maryse Bouchard | Disney+ | |
2020s
| Year | Program | Environment | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [32] |
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 15: The Believer" | Morak Jungle | Enrico Damm, Johanes Kurnia, Phi Tran, Tong Tran | Disney+ |
Brave New World |
New London | Guy Williams, Justin Gros-Désir, Markus Sterner, Ryan Clarke | Peacock | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | Night City | Jakub Knapik, Lucjan Więcek | CD Projekt | |
| Lovecraft Country: "Rewind 1921" | Tulsa 1921 | Patrice Poissant, Pauline Lavelle, Mohamed Abdou Elhakim, Alan Lam | HBO | |
| The Mandalorian: "Chapter 12: The Siege" | Nevarro Canyon | Kevin George, Aaron Barr, Piotr Tatar, Abel Milanés Betancourt | Disney+ | |
| 2021 [33] |
Sheba | Hope Reef | Henrique Campanha, Baptiste Roy, Luca Veronese, Timothee Maron | |
| Foundation | Trantor Cityscape | Samuel Simanjuntak, Melaina Mace, Benjamin Ruiz, Alessandro Vastalegna | Apple TV+ | |
| Hawkeye: "Echoes" | Manhattan Bridge | Nicholas Hodgson, David Abbott, Nick Cattell, Jin Choi | Disney+ | |
| Hawkeye: "So This Is Christmas?" | Rockefeller Center | John O'Connell, Tiffany Yung, Orion Terry, Ho Kyung Ahn | ||
| 2022 [34] |
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: "Adar" | Númenor City | Dan Wheaton, Nico Delbecq, Dan LeTarte, Julien Gauthier | Amazon Prime Video |
| Andor: "Reckoning" | Ferrix | Pedro Santos, Chris Ford, Jeff Carson-Bartzis, Alex Murtaza | Disney+ | |
| The Book of Boba Fett: "In the Name of Honor" | Mos Espa | Daniel Schmid Leal, Phi Tran, Hasan Ilhan, Steve Wang | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: "Adrift" | Khazud Dûm | James Ogle, Péter Bujdosó, Lon Krung, Shweta Bhatnagar | Amazon Prime Video |
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