14th Visual Effects Society Awards February 2, 2016 Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode: Game of Thrones – The Dance of Dragons The 14th Visual Effects Society Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 2, 2016, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2015.
Nominations were announced January 12, 2016.
[1][2] (winners in bold) Lifetime Achievement Award: VES Visionary Award: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould The Revenant – Rich McBride, Ivy Agregan, Jason Smith, Nicolas Chevallier, Cameron Waldbauer The Good Dinosaur – Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini, Jon Reisch The Revenant – The Bear – Matt Shumway, Gaelle Morand, Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena Inside Out – Joy – Shawn Krause, Tanja Krampfert, Jacob Merrell, Alexis Angelidis Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Yanick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek, Quentin Marmier The Good Dinosaur – The Farm – David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Falcon Chase/Graveyard – Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro, Greg Salter Star Wars: The Force Awakens – BB-8 -Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis Fields, Cyrus Jam Mad Max: Fury Road – Toxic Storm – Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs, Chris Young The Good Dinosaur – Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall, Hemagiri Arumugam The Revenant – Donny Rausch, Alan Travis, Charles Lai, TC Harrison Game of Thrones – "The Dance of Dragons" – Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback Eric Carney, Derek Spears, Stuart Brisdon Vikings – "To The Gates" – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Paul Wishart, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne SSE – Pier – Neil Davies, Tim Lyall, Hitesh Patel, Jorge Montiel SSE – Pier – Orangutan – Jorge Montiel, Sauce Vilas, Philippe Moine, Sam Driscoll Game of Thrones – City of Volantis – Dominic Piche, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant, Thomas Montminy-Brodeur Game of Thrones – Hardhome – David Ramos, Antonio Lado, Piotr Weiss, Felix Berges Game of Thrones – Hardhome – Eduardo Diaz, Guillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea, Inmaculada Nadela SSE – Pier – Gary Driver, Greg Spencer, Grant Connor The Order: 1886 – Nathan Phail-Liff, Dana Jan, Anthony Vitale, Scot Andreason Fast & Furious: Supercharged – Chris Shaw, Alysia Cotter, Ben White, Diego Guerrero Citipati – Andreas Feix, Francesco Faranna