ILM triumphs in 2020 VES Awards

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It was a good night for Star Wars, with wins for The Mandalorian, Rise of the Resistance and The Rise of Skywalker ($1,048,462,753 worldwide with the 3 day weekend ahead, likely bringing it just inches within Rogue One’s worldwide final total of $1,056,057,273) and nods for ILM’s other projects including The Irishman.

Here are the relevant winners:

Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
WINNER – The Irishman, Pablo Helman, Mitch Ferm, Jill Brooks, Leandro Estebecorena, Jeff Brink
1917, Guillaume Rocheron, Sona Pak, Greg Butler, Vijay Selvam, Dominic Tuohy
Ford v Ferrari, Olivier Dumont, Kathy Siegel, Dave Morley, Malte Sarnes, Mark Byers
Joker, Edwin Rivera, Brice Parker, Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, Jeff Brink
The Aeronauts, Louis Morin, Annie Godin, Christian Kaestner, Ara Khanikian, Mike Dawson

Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
WINNER – The Mandalorian; “The Child,” Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Jason Porter, Hayden Jones, Roy Cancinon
Game of Thrones; “The Bells,” Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Ted Rae, Mohsen Mousavi, Sam Conway
His Dark Materials; “The Fight to the Death,” Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Shawn Hillier, Robert Harrington
Lady and the Tramp, Robert Weaver, Christopher Raimo, Arslan Elver, Michael Cozens, Bruno Van Zeebroeck
Lost in Space; “Episode: Ninety-Seven,” Jabbar Raisani, Terron Pratt, Niklas Jacobson, Juri Stanossek, Paul Benjamin
Stranger Things; “Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum,” Paul Graff, Tom Ford, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Pelletier, Andy Sowers

Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
WINNER – Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance; Jason Bayever, Patrick Kearney, Carol Norton, Bill George
Avengers: Damage Control; Michael Koperwas, Shereif Fattouh, Ian Bowie, Kishore Vijay, Curtis Hickman
Jurassic World: The Ride; Hayden Landis, Friend Wells, Heath Kraynak, Ellen Coss
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run; Asa Kalama, Rob Huebner, Khatsho Orfali, Susan Greenhow
Universal Sphere; James Healy, Morgan MacCuish, Ben West, Charlie Bayliss

Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
WINNER – The Mandalorian; The Sin; The Razorcrest; Doug Chiang, Jay Machado, John Goodson, Landis Fields IV
Lost in Space; The Resolute; Xuan Prada, Jason Martin, Jonathan Vårdstedt, Eric Andersson
Missing Link; The Manchuria; Todd Alan Harvey, Dan Casey, Katy Hughes
The Man in the High Castle; Rocket Train; Neil Taylor, Casi Blume, Ben McDougal, Chris Kuhn

Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
WINNER – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Don Wong, Thibault Gauriau, Goncalo Cababca, Francois-Maxence Desplanques
Dumbo; Bubble Elephants; Sam Hancock, Victor Glushchenko, Andrew Savchenko, Arthur Moody
Spider-Man: Far From Home; Molten Man; Adam Gailey, Jacob Santamaria, Jacob Clark, Stephanie Molk
The Lion King, David Schneider, Samantha Hiscock, Andy Feery, Kostas Strevlos

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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It was a good night for Star Wars, with wins for The Mandalorian, Rise of the Resistance and The Rise of Skywalker ($1,048,462,753 worldwide with the 3 day weekend ahead, likely bringing it just inches within Rogue One’s worldwide final total of $1,056,057,273) and nods for ILM’s other projects including The Irishman.

Here are the relevant winners:

Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
WINNER – The Irishman, Pablo Helman, Mitch Ferm, Jill Brooks, Leandro Estebecorena, Jeff Brink
1917, Guillaume Rocheron, Sona Pak, Greg Butler, Vijay Selvam, Dominic Tuohy
Ford v Ferrari, Olivier Dumont, Kathy Siegel, Dave Morley, Malte Sarnes, Mark Byers
Joker, Edwin Rivera, Brice Parker, Mathew Giampa, Bryan Godwin, Jeff Brink
The Aeronauts, Louis Morin, Annie Godin, Christian Kaestner, Ara Khanikian, Mike Dawson

Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
WINNER – The Mandalorian; “The Child,” Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Jason Porter, Hayden Jones, Roy Cancinon
Game of Thrones; “The Bells,” Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Ted Rae, Mohsen Mousavi, Sam Conway
His Dark Materials; “The Fight to the Death,” Russell Dodgson, James Whitlam, Shawn Hillier, Robert Harrington
Lady and the Tramp, Robert Weaver, Christopher Raimo, Arslan Elver, Michael Cozens, Bruno Van Zeebroeck
Lost in Space; “Episode: Ninety-Seven,” Jabbar Raisani, Terron Pratt, Niklas Jacobson, Juri Stanossek, Paul Benjamin
Stranger Things; “Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum,” Paul Graff, Tom Ford, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Pelletier, Andy Sowers

Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
WINNER – Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance; Jason Bayever, Patrick Kearney, Carol Norton, Bill George
Avengers: Damage Control; Michael Koperwas, Shereif Fattouh, Ian Bowie, Kishore Vijay, Curtis Hickman
Jurassic World: The Ride; Hayden Landis, Friend Wells, Heath Kraynak, Ellen Coss
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run; Asa Kalama, Rob Huebner, Khatsho Orfali, Susan Greenhow
Universal Sphere; James Healy, Morgan MacCuish, Ben West, Charlie Bayliss

Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
WINNER – The Mandalorian; The Sin; The Razorcrest; Doug Chiang, Jay Machado, John Goodson, Landis Fields IV
Lost in Space; The Resolute; Xuan Prada, Jason Martin, Jonathan Vårdstedt, Eric Andersson
Missing Link; The Manchuria; Todd Alan Harvey, Dan Casey, Katy Hughes
The Man in the High Castle; Rocket Train; Neil Taylor, Casi Blume, Ben McDougal, Chris Kuhn

Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
WINNER – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Don Wong, Thibault Gauriau, Goncalo Cababca, Francois-Maxence Desplanques
Dumbo; Bubble Elephants; Sam Hancock, Victor Glushchenko, Andrew Savchenko, Arthur Moody
Spider-Man: Far From Home; Molten Man; Adam Gailey, Jacob Santamaria, Jacob Clark, Stephanie Molk
The Lion King, David Schneider, Samantha Hiscock, Andy Feery, Kostas Strevlos

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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