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The Visual Effects Society bowed before The Creator tonight. New Regency’s sci-fi flick scored a leading five trophies including Outstanding VFX in a Photoreal Feature at the 22nd annual VES Awards. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — hot off dominating the Annie Awards over the weekend — picked up four…

The Visual Effects Society is boldly going there. The group will present its 2024 VES Award for Creative Excellence to Star Trek legend William Shatner. The original Captain Kirk will claim his prize at the group's 22nd annual ceremony February 21 at the Beverly Hilton. Related…

The Visual Effects Society has composited the nominees for its 22nd annual VES Awards, which will be handed out next month. Disney’s The Creator and Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse lead the field with seven noms apiece, and HBO’s The Last of Us tops TV with six. See the full list…

Having worked in Pandora, Gotham City and the North Atlantic, Joyce Cox is getting a career honor from the Visual Effects Society. The veteran VFX producer who worked on the billion-dollar pics Avatar, The Dark Knight and Titanic will receive the group’s Lifetime Achievement Award next month. The…

The Visual Effects Society (VES), the visual effects industry's professional global honorary society, has announced the Society's newest VES Fellows. They will be celebrated with other honorees at a special event in October, exact date TBA. This year's VES Fellows are Jeff Barnes, Toni Pace…

The Visual Effects Society has composited its first group of 2023 honorees. Oscar-winning VFX supervisor and VES founding member Tim McGovern will receive the 2023 VES Founders Award, and the group has awarded lifetime VES memberships to McGovern, archivist and curator Sandra Joy Aguilar, producer…

Avatar: The Way of Water dominated the 21st annual VES Awards tonight, swimming away with nine trophies at the Beverly Hilton. See the full winners list below. James Cameron’s smash sequel came into the Visual Effects Society’s ceremony with a record 14 nominations. That shattered the old VES Awards…

Suffice it to say that Avatar: The Way of Water commanded the Visual Effects Society’s attention. James Cameron box office-smash sequel scored a record 14 nominations for the 2023 VES Awards, which were announced today. Helped by three noms in the Emerging Technology category, Disney’s The Way of Wate…

Eric Roth, former executive director of the Visual Effects Society, will be the recipient of the VES Board of Directors Award "in recognition of his leadership in presiding as the Society's top executive leader."   Roth, who led the organization for 19 years, retired from the post in September. The…

Gale Anne Hurd has been selected by the Visual Effects Society (VES) as the next recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 21st Annual VES Awards on February 15, 2023, at The Beverly…

Ward has been named executive director of the Visual Effects Society — the first woman to lead the honorary society. She had served as interim executive director since the retirement of longtime executive director Eric Roth in September. "I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as executive…

Pam Hogarth will be this year's recipient of the Visual Effects Society's Founders Award for her contributions to the art, science and business of visual effects and for her meritorious service to the Society. She and Jeff Barnes, Patricia "Rose" Duignan, Toni Pace Carstensen and David Tanaka will also be presented…