'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Wins Four Visual Effects Society Awards

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” received four awards, including best visual effects in a feature film, at Tuesday night’s 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards at The Beverly Hilton.

The other nominees for best visual effects in a feature film were “Furious 7,” “San Andreas,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Martian.”

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” also won for outstanding created environment in a feature film, outstanding virtual cinematography in a feature film and outstanding models in feature film or animated project.

“The Revenant” won for best supporting visual effects in a feature film. The other nominees were “In the Heart of the Sea,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Walk” and “Everest.”

HBO’s “Game of Thrones” won for outstanding visual effects in a television episode, beating out “Nezlamna,” “Childhood’s End,’ “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” and “The Strain.”

During the ceremony, “The Martian” director Ridley Scott received a lifetime achievement award, while conceptual artist Syd Mead received the society’s Visionary Award.

Here is a complete list of winners:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

-- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett Luke O’Byrne Patrick Tubach Paul Kavanagh Chris Corbould

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

-- “The Revenant” Rich McBride Ivy Agregan Jason Smith Nicolas Chevallier Cameron Waldbauer

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

-- “The Good Dinosaur” Sanjay Bakshi Denise Ream Michael Venturini Jon Reisch

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

-- “The Order: 1886” Nathan Phail-Liff Dana Jan Anthony Vitale Scot Andreason

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

-- “Game of Thrones”; The Dance of Dragons Joe Bauer Steve Kullback Eric Carney Derek Spears Stuart Brisdon

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

-- SSE; Pier Neil Davies Tim Lyall Hitesh Patel Jorge Montiel

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

-- Fast and Furious: Supercharged; Chris Shaw Alysia Cotter Ben White Diego Guerrero

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

-- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Yanick Dusseault Mike Wood Justin van der Lek Quentin Marmier

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

-- “Vikings”; To the Gates Dominic Remane Bill Halliday Paul Wishart Ovidiu Cinazan Paul Byrne

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

-- “The Revenant”; The Bear Matt Shumway Gaelle Morand Karin Cooper Leandro Estebecorena

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

-- “Inside Out”; Joy Shawn Krause Tanja Krampfert Jacob Merrell Alexis Angelidis

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

-- “The Good Dinosaur”; The Farm David Munier Matthew Webb Matt Kuruc Tom Miller

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

-- “SSE”; Pier; Orangutan Jorge Montiel Sauce Vilas Philippe Moine Sam Driscoll

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

-- “Game of Thrones”; City of Volantis Dominic Piche Christine Leclerc Patrice Poissant Thomas Montminy-Brodeur

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

-- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; Falcon Chase / Graveyard Paul Kavanagh Colin Benoit Susumu Yukuhiro Greg Salter

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project

-- “Game of Thrones”; Hardhome David Ramos Antonio Lado Piotr Weiss Felix Berges

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

-- “The Revenant”; Bear Attack Donny Rausch Alan Travis Charles Lai TC Harrison

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

-- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”; BB-8 Joshua Lee Matthew Denton Landis Fields Cyrus Jam

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

-- “Mad Max: Fury Road”; Toxic Storm Dan Bethell Clinton Downs Chris Young

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

-- “Game of Thrones”; Hardhome Eduardo Daz Guillermo Orbe Oscar Perea Inmaculada Nadela

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

-- “The Good Dinosaur” Stephen Marshall Magnus Wrenninge Michael Hall Hemagiri Arumugam

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

-- SSE; Pier Gary Driver Greg Spencer Grant Connor

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

-- Citipati; Andreas Feix Francesco Faranna

City News Service, photo courtesy of Lucasfilm