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The 4th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on February 15, 2006, at the Hollywood Palladium, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2005. An edited version of the ceremony was broadcast on HDNet. Winners and nominees (Winners in bold) Honorary Awards George Melies Award for Pioneering: *John Lasseter Board of Directors Award: *Jim Morris Film Television Other categories References External links Visual Effects Society {{Visual Effects Society Awards 2005 Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Awards The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (2005 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 2005 epic film, epic adventure film, adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. It is the eighth entry in the King Kong (franchise), King Kong franchise and the second remake of the King Kong (1933 film), 1933 film of the same title, following the King Kong (1976 film), 1976 film. The film stars Andy Serkis, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. Set in 1933, it follows the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island. There, they encounter prehistoric creatures and a legendary giant gorilla known as King Kong, Kong, whom they capture and take to New York City. Development for the film began in early 1995, when Jackson was offered by Universal Pictures to direct the remake of the original 1933 film, but stalled the project in early 1997, as several ape and giant monster-related films were under production that time and Jackson planned to direct The Lord of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Wright
Dean Wright (born May 15, 1962) is a film director and visual effects supervisor, best known for his work on ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy and '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''. Biography Michigan-born Wright enrolled at the University of Arizona film school to pursue a career as a filmmaker. Relocating to Los Angeles in 1989, he landed work with one of the industry's most prominent directors, James Cameron, on the groundbreaking project '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. The film's success propelled Wright into larger production rolls in a variety of capacities alongside acclaimed filmmakers. He became the VFX production manager for Cameron's own visual effect's house, Digital Domain. Collaborating with effects supervisor Rob Legato, Wright worked on ''Titanic''. The film garnered eleven Academy Awards, including the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Wright was promoted to visual effects producer and helped land Digital Domain's next lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Brozenich
Gary Brozenich is a visual effects supervisor. Brozenich and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...''. References External links * Living people Visual effects supervisors Year of birth missing (living people) {{film-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wood (visual Effects)
Tom Wood is an English visual effects supervisor. Wood worked at Cinesite in London, where he worked on various feature films, including ''Event Horizon'' (1997) and ''Lost in Space'' (1998). He then worked at MPC on films including ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), '' Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005) and '' Sunshine'' (2007). He worked independently on '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010). Wood moved to Australia in 2012 to head up the VFX work on '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' with Iloura. He is nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for this work in the category for Best Visual Effects. His nomination is shared with Andy Williams, Dan Oliver, and Andrew Jackson. Awards * 2015: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects – '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' * 2015: BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for each year. This award is for special effects and visual effects and rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Alonso
Victoria Alonso (born 22 December 1965) is an Argentine film producer and President of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation at Marvel Studios. Early life and career Alonso was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She moved to Seattle at the age of 19 to pursue an acting career. She relocated again to Los Angeles, where she began working in the visual effects industry, including at Digital Domain as a visual effects producer for four years, working on films such as ''Big Fish'' (2003), which was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects at the 57th British Academy Film Awards. Alonso joined Marvel Studios in 2005 as executive vice president of visual effects and postproduction, working as a co-producer on Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Iron Man'' (2008), ''Iron Man 2'' (2010), ''Thor'' (2010), and '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), and serving as executive producer on every Marvel Studios production since '' The Avengers'' (2012), includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Heaven (film)
''Kingdom of Heaven'' is a 2005 epic historical fiction drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, Michael Sheen, Velibor Topić, and Alexander Siddig. The story is set immediately following the Second Crusade. A French village blacksmith goes to the aid of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in its defense against the Ayyubid Muslim Sultan, Saladin, who is fighting to reclaim the city from the Christians. The screenplay is a heavily fictionalised portrayal of the life of Balian of Ibelin (c. 1143–93). Filming took place in Ouarzazate, Morocco, where Scott had previously filmed ''Gladiator'' (2000) and '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), and in Spain, at the Loarre Castle (Huesca), Segovia, Ávila, Palma del Río, and Seville's Casa de Pilatos and Alcázar. The film was released on 6 May 2005, by 20th Century Fox a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Coleman
Rob Coleman (born April 27, 1964) is a Canadian animation director; he is currently the creative director at Industrial Light & Magic Sydney, Australia. Previously, he was the Head of Animation at the award-winning Australian visual effects and animation studio, Animal Logic from 2012-2021. Coleman is a two-time Oscar nominee for his animation work on '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' and has been nominated for two BAFTA Awards for his work on ''Men in Black'' and ''Star Wars: The Phantom Menace''. Prior to moving to Australia, Coleman spent 14 years at Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm Animation, (1993-2007) working closely with George Lucas. He was chosen as one of the most creative people in the entertainment industry when he was added to ''Entertainment Weekly'''s "It List" in 2002 as their "It CG-Creature Crafter" for his work on digital Yoda. Oscar history Both nominations were in the category of ... [...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] |
John Knoll
John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the ''Star Wars'' prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for ''Star Trek Generations'' and '' Star Trek: First Contact'', as well as the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. Along with Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall, Knoll and the trio's work on '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' earned them the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Knoll has been praised by directors James Cameron, Gore Verbinski, Guillermo del Toro, and Brad Bird. Del Toro, who worked with Knoll for the first time on ''Pacific Rim'', stated "He basically has the heart of a kid and the mind of a scientist, and that's a great combinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith
An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content it ... consumption. The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek term ''epeisodion'' (), meaning the material contained between two songs or odes in a Greek tragedy. It is abbreviated as '' ep'' (''plural'' eps). An episode is also a narrative unit within a ''continuous'' larger dramatic work. It is frequently used to describe units of television or radio series that are broadcast separately in order to form one longer series. An episode is to a sequence as a chapter is to a book. Modern series episodes typically last 20 to 50 minutes in length. The noun ''episode'' can also r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Webber
Tim Webber is a Welsh visual effects supervisor. He is known for his work on '' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), ''Avatar'' (2009), and ''Gravity'' (2013), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 86th Academy Awards. Education Webber was educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, graduating in Physics in 1987. Career In 1988, Webber joined the British visual effects company Framestore, based near Oxford Street in London. He led the company's push into Digital Film and Television, developing Framestore’s virtual camera and motion rig systems. He has been the visual effects supervisor in some of the most technically and artistically challenging projects, including, Christopher Nolan's ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), James Cameron's ''Avatar'' (2009), and Louis Leterrier's '' Clash of the Titans'' (2010). He was Warner Brothers’ VFX supervisor on Alfonso Cuarón's space epic, ''Gravity'' (2013), with the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Alexander (visual Effects)
Tim Alexander is a visual effects supervisor. Alexander and his fellow visual effects artists were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...''. References External linksOfficial WebsiteaILM.com* Living people Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners Visual effects supervisors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{film-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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