8th Visual Effects Society Awards February 10, 2010 Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture: Avatar The 8th Visual Effects Society Awards, given on February 10, 2010 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2009.
The show was hosted by Sam Rubin and broadcast, in an edited form, by the ReelzChannel on March 5, 2010.
[1] (winners in bold) Lifetime Achievement Award: George Melies Award for Pioneering: Avatar – Joe Letteri, Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran, Richard Baneham Sherlock Holmes – Jonathan Fawkner, Chas Jarrett, David Vickery, Dan Barrow Up – Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera, Steve May, Gary Bruins Avatar - Neytiri Drinking – Joe Letteri, Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran, Thelvin Cabezas Avatar - Neytiri – Joe Letteri, Andrew R. Jones, Jeff Unay, Zoe Saldana Up – Carl – Ed Asner, Ron Zorman, Brian Tindall, Carmen Ngai Avatar - Samson/Home Tree/ Floating Mountains / Ampsuit – Simon Cheung, Paul Jenness, John Stevenson-Galvin, Rainer Zoetti Avatar - Jungle/Biolume – Eric Saindon, Shadi Almassizadeh, Dan Cox, Ula Rademeyer District 9 – Shervin Shogian, Hamish Schumacher, Janeen Elliott, Simon Hughes Up – Jason Johnston, Alexis Angelidis, Jon Reisch, Eric Froemling Battlestar Galactica - Season 4, Ep.
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