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8th Visual Effects Society Awards
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. Winners and nominees (winners in bold) Honorary Awards Lifetime Achievement Award: *James Cameron George Melies Award for Pioneering: * Dr. Ed Catmull Film Television Other categories References External links Visual Effects Society {{Visual Effects Society Awards 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ... 2009 film awards 2009 guild awards 2009 tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar (2009 Film)
''Avatar'' (also marketed as ''James Cameron's Avatar'') is a 2009 epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It is set in the mid-22nd century when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora. Development of ''Avatar'' began in 1994, when James Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film. Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film ''Titanic'', for a planned release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Engel
Volker Engel (born 17 February 1965) is a German special effects artist who is best known as one of the people who won at the 69th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects on the film ''Independence Day''. He won with Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil. Selected filmography *''White House Down'' (2013) *''Hugo'' (2011) *''2012'' (2009) *''Godzilla'' (1998) *''Independence Day'' (1996) See also List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Germany. Acting categories Actor in a Leading Role Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Leading Role Actress in a Supporting Role Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Bes ... References External links * Living people 1965 births People from Bremerhaven Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Special effects people {{germany-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes (2009 Film)
''Sherlock Holmes'' is a 2009 period mystery action film starring Robert Downey Jr. as the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay written by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. In addition to Downey Jr. as Holmes, Jude Law portrays Dr. John Watson. In 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist's plot to gain control of Britain by seemingly supernatural means. Rachel McAdams stars as their former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. The film was widely released in North America on 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic. ''Sherlock Holmes'' received mostly positive critical reaction. Downey won the Golden G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Benza
Scott Benza is a visual effects supervisor. His first Oscar nomination, at the 80th Academy Awards, was for the 2007 film ''Transformers''. His second was at the 84th Academy Awards for the 2011 film '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'', and his third was at the 90th Academy Awards The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ... for the 2017 film '' Kong: Skull Island''. References External links * Living people Special effects people 1974 births {{Film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frazier
John Frazier (born September 23, 1944) is an American visual effects supervisor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has 11 Oscar nominations, with one win for ''Spider-Man 2'' at the 77th Academy Awards. He shared the award with John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara Anthony LaMolinara is an American film director, producer and special effects artist. Oscar history LaMolinara has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects once, with one other nomination. Both of the following are in this category: .... References Visual effects supervisors Living people 1944 births Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Farrar
Scott Farrar is an American visual effects supervisor. He is also known for being the lead visual effects supervisor of the '' Transformers film series'' and the film '' A Quiet Place 2''. He has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, winning once for '' Cocoon''. His other nominations include ''Backdraft'', ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', ''Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms ...'' and '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon''. References External links * Living people Visual effects supervisors Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Fallen
''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is a 2009 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The film is the second installment in the ''Transformers'' film series and the sequel to ''Transformers'' (2007). The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. Taking place two years after the previous film, the story revolves around Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen), leader of the Autobots, and Sam Witwicky ( Shia LaBeouf), who is caught once again in the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, led by Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving). Sam begins having strange visions of Cybertronian symbols, and is being hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of an ancient Decepticon named The Fallen (voiced by Tony Todd), who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying the Sun and all life on Earth ... [...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] |
Burt Dalton
Burt Dalton is a visual effects supervisor. Dalton and his fellow visual effects artists are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''Star Trek Into Darkness''. He has won 1 Oscar for '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' along with 3 other nominations. The Oscar he won was shared with Eric Barba, Craig Barron and Steve Preeg Steve Preeg is an American Academy Award-winning special effects artist. He won at the 81st Academy Awards for the film '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared his Oscar with Eric Barba, Crai .... References External links * Visual effects supervisors Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners 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] |
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] |
Star Trek (film)
''Star Trek'' is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the 11th film in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original ''Star Trek'' television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS ''Enterprise'' as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate reality was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements. The id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Muyzers
Peter Muyzers is a special effects artist. He was nominated at the 82nd Academy Awards for his work on the film ''District 9''. His nomination was shared with Matt Aitken (special effects artist), Matt Aitken, Robert Habros and Dan Kaufman Selected filmography * ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (2001) * ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002) * ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004) * ''Troy (2004 film), Troy'' (2004) * ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' (2005) * ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007) * ''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' (2007) * ''The Incredible Hulk (film), The Incredible Hulk'' (2008) * ''District 9'' (2009) * ''Elysium (film), Elysium'' (2013) References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Special effects people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
