"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" took home four nods at the seventh annual Ves Awards, including outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven motion picture.
The Visual Effects Society's annual awards dinner, held Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, doled out three awards each to "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e."
David Fincher, "Button's" director, presented that film's producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall with the Vew Lifetime Achievement Award. Ilm's Dennis Murren presented Phil Tippett with the Georges Melies Award.
A complete list of winners can be found on the next page.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins,...
The Visual Effects Society's annual awards dinner, held Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, doled out three awards each to "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e."
David Fincher, "Button's" director, presented that film's producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall with the Vew Lifetime Achievement Award. Ilm's Dennis Murren presented Phil Tippett with the Georges Melies Award.
A complete list of winners can be found on the next page.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins,...
- 2/22/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Slumdog Millionaire" continues to hit the awards jackpot, as on Saturday night the Mumbai-set tale of an orphan boy who strikes it rich was named best picture of the year by the Producers Guild of America.
Producer Christian Colson, who accepted the guild's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award for Theatrical Motion Pictures, said the pic's awards-season run should be taken as a sign of the value of unconventional moviemaking.
"Some people argue this was a film that shouldn't have been made," Colson said, citing the lack of major stars, the mid-range budget and foreign-language dialogue, as he accepted the award at the PGA's annual bash at the Hollywood Paladium. "I hope the success of our movie enables all the movies that don't tick any boxes to get made."
Among other major awards, Pixar's "Wall-e" earned Jim Morris the prize for producer of the best animated film,...
Producer Christian Colson, who accepted the guild's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award for Theatrical Motion Pictures, said the pic's awards-season run should be taken as a sign of the value of unconventional moviemaking.
"Some people argue this was a film that shouldn't have been made," Colson said, citing the lack of major stars, the mid-range budget and foreign-language dialogue, as he accepted the award at the PGA's annual bash at the Hollywood Paladium. "I hope the success of our movie enables all the movies that don't tick any boxes to get made."
Among other major awards, Pixar's "Wall-e" earned Jim Morris the prize for producer of the best animated film,...
- 1/25/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday and Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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