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18th Visual Effects Society Awards
18th Visual Effects Society Awards January 29, 2020 ---- Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature: '' The Lion King'' ---- Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode: '' The Mandalorian'' – The Child The 18th Visual Effects Society Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Visual Effects Society. Nominations were announced on January 7, 2020, and the ceremony took place on January 29, 2020. Nominees Honorary Awards Lifetime Achievement Award: * Martin Scorsese VES Visionary Award: * Roland Emmerich VES Award for Creative Excellence *Sheena Duggal Film Television Other categories Most nominations References External links Visual Effects Society {{DEFAULTSORT:Visual Effects Society Awards 18 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion King (2019 Film)
''The Lion King'' is a 2019 American musical drama film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Eric André, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original film. The plot follows Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the rightful king of his homeland following the murder of his father, Mufasa, at the hands of his uncle, Scar. Plans for a remake of 1994's ''The Lion King'' were confirmed in September 2016 with Favreau attached to directed following box office successes for Disney remakes such as ''The Jungle Book'' (2016), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Earl
Russell William Earl is a visual effects supervisor. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards, among other awards. Oscar history All five of these are in the category of Best Visual Effects. *80th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''Transformers''. Nomination shared with Scott Benza, Scott Farrar and John Knoll. Lost to ''The Golden Compass''. *82nd Academy Awards-Nominated for ''Star Trek''. Nomination shared with Burt Dalton, Roger Guyett and Paul Kavanagh. Lost to ''Avatar''. *87th Academy Awards-Nominated for '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier''. Nomination shared with Dan DeLeeuw, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick. Lost to '' Interstellar''. *91st Academy Awards-Nominated for '' Avengers: Infinity War''. Nomination shared with Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick. Lost to '' First Man''. *92nd Academy Awards-Nominated for '' Avengers: Endgame''. Nomination shared with Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick. Lost to ''1917''. Selected fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 (2019 Film)
''1917'' is a 2019 war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ... directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote the film with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred Mendes, Alfred about his service during World War I, the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay (actor), George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), in their mission to deliver an important message to call off a doomed offensive attack. Mark Strong, Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch also star in supporting roles. The project was announced in Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Estebecorena
Leandro Estebecorena is a Special Effects Technical Director for the company Industrial Light & Magic. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Estebecorena has been working in the film industry of the USA since 1996. He has participated in the special effects of the films '' Transformers'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', '' Mission: Impossible III'' and '' Chicken Little''. He is the principal Technical Director for the special effects of the 2008 film ''The Spiderwick Chronicles ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' is a series of children's fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into the Spider ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Estebecorena, Leandro Living people Special effects people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Helman
Pablo Helman (born July 5, 1959) is an Argentine visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work on the films '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), ''War of the Worlds'' (2005) and ''The Irishman'' (2019). Visual effects supervisor * ''Mank'', 2020 *''The Irishman'', 2019 * ''The Mummy'', 2017 * ''Silence'', 2016 * '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'', 2016 * ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', 2014 * ''Pain & Gain'', 2013 * ''Battleship'', 2012 * ''The Last Airbender'', 2010 * ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', 2008 * ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'', 2008 * ''Munich'', 2005 * ''War of the Worlds'', 2005 * ''The Bourne Supremacy'', 2004 * ''The Chronicles of Riddick'', 2004 * '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', 2003 * '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', 2003 * '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'', 2002 * '' The Pledge'', 2001 Awards and nominations * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irishman
''The Irishman'' (subtitled onscreen as ''I Heard You Paint Houses'') is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 nonfiction book '' I Heard You Paint Houses'' by Charles Brandt. It stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, with Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, and Harvey Keitel in supporting roles. The film follows Frank Sheeran (De Niro), a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino (Pesci) and his crime family, including his time working for the powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). In September 2014, following years of "development hell," ''The Irishman'' was announced as Scorsese's next film after ''Silence'' (2016). De Niro, who also served as producer, and Pacino were confirmed that month, as was Pesci, who came out of his unofficial retirement to star after numerous requests. Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Scanlan
Neal Scanlan (born 1961) is a British special effects artist and make-up artist, best known for his work on the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Anthology films. He won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for ''Babe'' in 1996. Selected filmography * ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005) * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) * ''Prometheus'' (2012) * '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015) * ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016) * '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017) * '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' (2018) * '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018) * '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019) Television * ''Tweenies – Animatronic Heads'' * ''The Paz Show – Animatronic heads and bodies'' * ''Fimbles – Animatronic heads, Fat suits and Puppets'' * '' Dead Ringers – Fat Suits and Animation Heads (Fake CBeebies Segments)'' * ''The Shiny Show – Puppets (Tigs and Dogsby)'' * ''The Roly Mo Show – Puppets (alongside Neil Sterenberg)'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tubach
Patrick "Pat" Tubach is a visual effects supervisor. Tubach and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' and the 2015 film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He also worked on the film ''WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...'' in 2008. References External links * Special effects coordinators Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{film-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Guyett
Roger Guyett is an English visual effects supervisor and second unit director. Guyett and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2015 film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He started his career working in London doing Computer Animation work on commercials, pop videos and TV idents in the mid-1980s. Following a move to the United States in 1993, he began working on various film projects. He initially worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI - the largest Computer Graphics company at that time, known for the Michael Jackson video 'Black or White') before moving in 1995 to Industrial Light & Magic – one of the longest-standing and most successful visual effects companies in the world. During his 27 year tenure at ILM he has worked on over 30 films. Guyett has been nominated for six Academy Awards: he was also nominated for ''Ready Player One'', ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', ''Star Trek,'' '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise Of Skywalker
''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker'') is a 2019 American epic space opera film produced, , and directed by J. J. Abrams. Produced by Lucasfilm and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the third installment of the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy, following '' The Force Awakens'' (2015) and '' The Last Jedi'' (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part " Skywalker saga". Its ensemble cast includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. ''The Rise of Skywalker'' follows Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron as they lead the Resistance's final stand against Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and the First Order, who are aided by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Williams (visual Effects)
Guy Williams is a visual effects supervisor. Williams and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film '' Iron Man 3''. He was also nominated for ''Marvel's The Avengers'' and '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2''. Williams is a native of Greenwood, Mississippi and an alumnus of Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive .... He is currently a visual effects supervisor for Weta Digital in New Zealand. References External links * Visual effects supervisors Special effects people Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Westenhofer
Bill Westenhofer is an American visual effects supervisor. He worked for Rhythm and Hues Studios until its closure in 2013. Early life and education His hometown is Brookfield, Connecticut, where he graduated from Brookfield High School in 1986. He then earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Bucknell University in 1990. Westenhofer also received his master's degree at the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1995, where he studied the use of dynamics in physically based animation. Career In 1994, he joined Rhythm & Hues as a technical director, and Westenhofer's lighting and effects animation work was featured in '' Batman Forever'' and numerous commercials. He was promoted to CG supervisor for '' Speed 2: Cruise Control'', and continued in that role for '' Spawn'', '' Mouse Hunt'', '' Kazaam'' and '' Waterworld''. His other VFX supervisor credits include '' Elf'', '' The Rundown'', ''Stuart Little 2'', '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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