13th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards Winners

Big Hero 6 was the BIG winner of last night awards ceremony as took home five awards followed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes with three.

Still the wealth in non-animated Motion Picture was spread as awards also went to X-Men: Days of Future Past, Interstellar and Birdman.  During the ceremony Zoe Saldana presented J.J. Abrams with the VES Visionary Award.

To check winners in all categories (no surprise, TV big winner is Game of Thrones) go society official site here. Winners are in *BLUE.

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The VES announces the nominees of the current edition of their awards that honor outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on-the-keys artists who bring this work to life.

Nominees were selected by VES members via events hosted by its nine sections - Australia, Bay Area, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, New Zealand, Toronto and Vancouver.

The VES Awards will be held on February 4th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Maleficent
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
*Birdman
Divergent
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Unbroken

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Trikeslion Headquarters
*Interstellar; Tesseract
Lucy; Times Square
Noah; Antediluvian Earth

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow; Beach and Paris Attacks
Interstellar; Tesseract
*X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash
Edge of Tomorrow; Destruction and Sand
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
*X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow; Beach
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
*Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Rio 2
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
*Big Hero 6; Into the Portal
How to Train Your Dragon 2; Oasis
The Book of Life; Magical Land of the Remembered
The Boxtrolls; Boxtroll Cavern

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
*Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2; The Battle
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
*Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo
The Boxtrolls; Mecha-Drill
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Laketown
Transformers: Age of Extinction; Knightship

To read nominees names in every movie and category, as well as nominations in other categories go to official announcement here.