The 7th
Visual Effects Society
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 ...
Awards, given in
Los Angeles
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on February 21, 2009 at the
Century Plaza Hotel
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, honored the best
visual effects
Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of
a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.
The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...
in
film and
television
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of 2008. The awards were later broadcast, in an edited form, on the
Starz Edge Network on May 9, 2009.
Winners and nominees
(Winners in bold)
Honorary Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award:
*
Kathleen Kennedy and
Frank Marshall
George Melies Award for Pioneering:
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Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett (born September 27, 1951) is an American movie director and Oscar and Emmy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design, stop-motion and computerized character animation. Over his career, h ...
Film
Television
Other categories
References
External links
Visual Effects Society
{{Visual Effects Society Awards
2008
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2008 film awards
2008 guild awards
2008 television awards
2009 in California