Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

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The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society. The award goes to artists whose work in models, miniatures, have been deemed worthy of recognition. Originally, the award was given separately to artists in both film and television, with the categories "Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture" and "Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial". In 2004, there was only one category, recognizing only work in motion pictures with "Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture". In 2005, television was honored, once again, with "Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video". Television series and/or televised content (commercials, specials, etc.) would be honored, intermittently, until 2015, when the category was redesigned to honor any motion media project. It has continued to do so since then.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

Year Film Model Nominee(s)
2002
[1][2]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken
Die Another Day John Richardson
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Eric Saindon
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Captain Barbosa Geoff Campbell, James Tooley, Steve Walton, Dugan Beach
The Interceptor Charlie Bailey, Peter Bailey, Robert Edwards, Don Bies
2004
[3]
The Aviator XF11 crash Matthew Gratzner, Scott Schneider, Adam Gelbart, Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
National Treasure Treasure Room Matthew Gratzner, Forest P. Fischer, Scott Beverly, Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
2005
[4][5]
War of the Worlds Ed Hirsh, Steve Gawley, Joshua Ong, Russell Paul
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Hogwarts Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Brian Gernand, Pamela Choy, Ron Woodall, Kevin Reuter

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Model(s) Nominee(s)
2006
[6][7]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, Charlie Bailey, Carl Miller
The Good Shepherd Matthew Gratzner, Forest Fischer, Enrico Altmann, Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
V for Vendetta Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
2007
[8][9]
Transformers Dave Fogler, Ron Woodall, Alex Jaeger, Brain Gernand
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hogwarts Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
Live Free or Die Hard Freeway Sequence (F35 Miniature and Effects) Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly, John Cazin
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Practical and Digital Ships Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller, Geoff Heron
Spider-Man 3 Building/Crane Destruction Miniature and Effects Masahiko Tani, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Raymond Moore
2008
[10][11]
The Dark Knight Garbage Truck Crash Models & Miniatures Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Scott Beverly, Adam Gelbart
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull David Fogler, Craig Hammack, Brian Gernand, Geoff Heron
Iron Man Suit-Up Machine Aaron McBride, Russell Paul, Gerald Gutschmidt, Kenji Yamaguchi
My Darling of the Mountains Hot Springs Taro Kiba, Kenji Nagatani, Yuki Minagawa, Hideo Udo
2009
[12][13]
Avatar Samson/Home Tree/Floating Mountains/Ampsuit Simon Cheung, Paul Jenness, John Stevenson-Galvin, Rainer Zoetti
Coraline Deborah Cook, Paul Mack, Martin Meunier, Matthew DeLue
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Escape Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Robert Chapin, Tony Chen
Terminator Salvation Practical Models and Miniatures Brian Gernand, Geoff Heron, Nick d'Abo, Patrick Sweeney

Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial

Year Program Model Nominee(s)
2002
[14][15]
Star Trek: Enterprise: "Dead Stop" John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean M. Scott
Gatorade: "Visitors" Matthew Gratzner, James Waterhouse, Scott Lukowski, Eric Coon
Rose Red Michael Joyce
2003 Helen of Troy Anthony Ocampo
Battlestar Galactica Lee Stringer, Jose Perez, Gabriel Köerner, Michael Enriquez

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video

Year Program Model Nominee(s)
2005
[16][17]
Las Vegas: "Bold, Beautiful and Blue" Michael Cook, Anthony Ocampo, Eugene Kim, Renaud Talon
Ford: World Traveler Matthew Gratzner, Greg M. Boettcher, Enrico Altmann, Matt Burlingame
Walgreens: Giving Tree/Last Minute Winter Wonderland Ian Hunter, Forest P. Fischer, Seth Curlin, Joachim Duppel
2006
[18][19]
Battlestar Galactica: "Resurrection Ship, Part II" Steve Graves, Jose Peretz, Mark Shimer, Chris Zapara
Commander in Chief: "Air Force One" Michael Enriquez
Dodge: Fairy Matthew Gratzner, Forest P. Fischer, Jon Warren, Scott Schneider
2007
[20][21]
Halo 3: Believe Campaign Matthew Gratzner, Alan Scott, Seth Curlin, Greg M. Boettcher

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

Year Program Model Nominee(s)
2008
[22][23]
New Balance: Anthem Garbage Truck Crash Models & Miniatures Ian Hunter, Jon Warren, Matt Burlingame, Raymond Moore
Ghost Whisperer: "Save Our Souls" Claridon Ship Eric Hance

2010s

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture

Year Film Model(s) Nominee(s)
2010
[24][25]
Inception Hospital Fortress Destruction Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest P. Fischer, Robert Spurlock
The Expendables The Palace Explodes Gene Warren Jr., Christopher Warren, Gene Warren III
Iron Man 2 Hammer Military Drones Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, John Walker
Shutter Island Ward-C Int/Ext, Lighthouse Int/Ext Matthew Gratzner, Scott Schneider, Adam Gelbart, Richard Ewan
2011
[26][27]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Driller Timothy Brakensiek, Kelvin Chu, Dave Fogler, Rene Garcia
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hogwarts Buildings Steven Godfrey, Pietro Ponti, Tania Richard, Andy Warren
Hugo Train Crash Scott Beverly, Alan K.M. Faucher, Forest P. Fischer, Matthew Gratzner
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Parking Garage John Goodson, Russell Paul, Victor Schutz, Kristian Pedlow
2012
[28][29]
The Avengers Helicarrier Rene Garcia, Bruce Holcomb, Polly Ing, Aaron Wilson
The Dark Knight Rises Airplane Heist Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Alan K.M. Faucher, Steve Newburn
The Impossible Orchid Hotel Markus Donhauser, Patrick Lehn, Angel Pedro Martinez, Jurgen Pirman
Men in Black 3
Cape Canaveral/Apollo Launch
Craig Feifarek, Hee-Chel Nam, Eric Neill, Taehyun Park
2013
[30][31]
Gravity ISS Exterior Ben Lambert, Paul Beilby, Chris Lawrence, Andy Nicholson
The Lone Ranger Colby Locomotive Rene Garcia, Steve Walton, Brian Paik, Gerald Gutschmidt
Pacific Rim Dave Fogler, Alex Jaeger, Aaron Wilson, David Richard Nelson
Star Trek Into Darkness Bruce Holcomb, Ron Woodall, John Goodson, Tom Fejes

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

Year Program Model(s) Nominee(s)
2010
[32][33]
Boardwalk Empire: "The Ivory Tower" J. John Corbett, Matthew Conner, Brendan Fitzgerald
Family Guy: "Brian Griffin's House of Payne Andrew Karr, Alec McClymont, Daniel Osaki, Paul Hegg
2011
[34][35]
Boardwalk Empire: "Georgia Peaches" Matthew Conner, Eran Dinur, David W. Reynolds, Szymon Weglarski
Arrowhead: Nature's Fix Carl Horner, Ian Hunter, Miyo Nakamura, Hayley O'Neill
Falling Skies Airbase Jon Chesson, Steve Graves, Michael Kirylo, Renaud Talon
Once Upon a Time Snow's Castle Jason O. Monroe, Chris Strauss, Michael Kirylo, Jeremy Melton

Outstanding Models in Any Motion Media Project

Year Film Model(s) Nominee(s)
2014
[36][37]
Big Hero 6 San Fransokyo Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu
The Boxtrolls Mecha-Drill Tom McClure, Oliver Jones, Raul Martinez
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Laketown Leslie Chan, Alastair Maher, Niklas Preston, Justin Stockton
Transformers: Age of Extinction Knightship Landis R. Fields IV, John Goodson, Anthony Rispoli, Dae-Ho Han

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Year Film Model(s) Nominee(s)
2015
[38][39]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens BB-8 Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis R. Fields IV, Cyrus Jam
Avengers: Age of Ultron Hulkbuster Harold Weed, Robert Marinic, Daniel Gonzalez, Myriam Catrin
Everest Mount Everest Matthias Bjarnason, Olafur Haraldsson, Kjartan Hardarson, Pétur Arnórsson
Jurassic World Indominus Rex Jubinville Steve, Martin Murphy, Aaron Grey, Kevin Reuter

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Year Film Model Nominee(s)
2016
[40][41]
Deepwater Horizon Deepwater Horizon Rig Kelvin Lau, Jean Bolte, Kevin Sprout, Kim Vongbunyong
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Princess Leia Paul Giacoppo, Gareth J. Jensen, Todd Vaziri, James Tooley
Star Destroyer Jay Machado, Chulev Marko, Akira Orikasa, Steven Knipping
Star Trek Beyond Enterprise Dan Nicholson, Rhys Salcombe, Chris Elmer, Andreas Maaninka
2017
[42][43]
Blade Runner 2049 LAPD Headquarters Alex Funke, Steven Saunders, Joaquin Loyzaga, Chris Menges
Despicable Me 3 Dru's Car Eric Guillon, François-Xavier Lepeintre, Guillaume Boudeville, Pierre Lopes
Life The ISS Tom Edwards, Kshirsagar Chaitanya, Satish Kutan, Paresh Dodia
United States Marine Corps Monument U.S. Marines: Anthem
2018
[44][45]
Mortal Engines London Matthew Sandoval, James Ogle, Nick Keller, Samuel Tack
Avengers: Infinity War Nidavellir Forge Megastructure Chad Roen, Ryan J. Rogers, Jeff Tetzlaff, Ming Pan
Incredibles 2 Underminer Vehicle Neil Blevins, Philip Metschan, Kexx Singleton
Ready Player One DeLorean DMC-12 Giuseppe Bufalo, Kim Lindqvist, Mauro Giacomazzo, William Gallyot
Solo: A Star Wars Story Millennium Falcon Masa Narita, Steve Walton, David Meny, James Clyne
2019
[46][47]
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 3: The Sin" The Razorcrest Doug Chiang, Jay Machado, John Goodson, Landis R. Fields IV
Lost in Space The Resolute Xuan Prada, Jason Martin, Jonathan Vårdstedt, Eric Andersson
The Man in the High Castle Rocket Train Neil Taylor, Casi Blume, Ben McDougal, Chris Kuhn
Missing Link The Manchuria Todd Harvey, Daniel R. Casey, Katy Hughes

2020s

Year Film Model(s) Nominee(s)
2020
[48]
The Midnight Sky Aether Michael Balthazart, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, John-Peter Li, Simon Aluze
The Mandalorian Boba Fett's Ship Jay Machado, Enrico Damm, Gerald Blaise, Ryan Church
The Mandalorian: "Chapter 16: The Rescue" Light Cruiser John Knoll, John Goodson, Dan Patrascu, Rene Garcia
The Witches Rollercoaster Jared Michael, Peter Dominik, Sylvain Lesaint, Emily Tilson
2021
[49]
Dune Royal Ornithopter Marc Austin, Anna Yamazoe, Michael Chang, Rachael Dunk
Black Widow The Red Room Tristan John Connors, Bo Kwon, James Stuart, Ryan Duhaime
Encanto Casita Madrigal Jonathan Lin, Chris Patrick O'Connell, Christoffer Pedersen, Alberto Abril
The Suicide Squad Jotunheim Simon Dean Morley, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Layne Howe, Alberto R. S. Hernandez
2022
[50]
Avatar: The Way of Water The Sea Dragon Sam Sharplin, Stephen Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois
The Sea Beast Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith
Top Gun: Maverick
F-14 Tomcat
Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik
Wendell & Wild Dream Faire Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake
2023
[51]
The Creator Nomad Oliver Kane, Mat Monro, Florence Green, Serban Ungureanu
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Arête Kenneth Johansson, Jason Galeon, Tim Civil, Artur Vill
Peter Pan & Wendy Jolly Roger Patrick Comtois, Thomas Gallardo, Harrison Stark, David Thibodeau
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Spider HQ Dongick David Sheen, Mark JeongWoong, Lee Mikaela Bantog, René Völker

Superlatives

Films with Multiple Nominations

2 Nominations

Programs with Multiple Nominations

3 Nominations
2 Nominations

External links

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