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Warner Bros’ Dune and Disney’s Encanto scored a leading four wins each at the 20th annual VES Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton. Denis Villeneuve’s epic starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya won the marquee Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature prize — presented by Villeneuve…

Lynwen Brennan, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm, will be the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society (VES) in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 20th Annual VES Awards on…

Nightmare Alley cat Guillermo del Toro is set to receive the Visual Effects Society’s career honor next month. The two-time Oscar winner for The Shape of Water — whose credits also include such effect-laden pics as Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade II and the Pacific Rim and Hellboy films — will pick up the VES Award for…

Lisa Cooke has been re-elected chair of the Visual Effects Society, and for the first time in the organization's 25-year history, women now serve in its top five elected posts. Emma Clifton Perry was re-elected first vice chair, Susan O'Neal was elected 2nd vice chair, Rita Cahill was re-elected secretary, and Laurie…

The Visual Effects Society unveiled nominations Tuesday for its 20th annual VES Awards, with Warner Bros’ Dune and Disney’s animated Encanto leading all nominees with six apiece, followed by the Disney+ Marvel series Loki which has four noms to lead all broadcast series. The group, celebrating its 25th anniversary…

The Visual Effects Society has set Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar) and CG pioneer Gary Demos (The Last Starfighter) as Honorary Members, while adding new fellows and Hall of Fame inductees, all of whom will be celebrated at a special event this fall. Fellows, who will be bestowed with the…

UPDATED with full list of winners: George Clooney’s Netflix sci-fi thriller The Midnight Sky, Disney/Pixar’s animated Soul and the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian were the marquee winners Tuesday at the 19th annual VES Awards. The Visual Effects Society’s annual celebration, which honors the year’s…

The Visual Effects Society has named Oscar-winning director-producer-screenwriter Peter Jackson as the forthcoming recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 19th Annual VES Awards, streaming worldwide on April 6 or 7…

The Visual Effects Society today announced the nominees for its 19th annual VES Awards, which recognize VFX artistry in 25 categories spanning film, TV, animation, commercials and video games. Winners will be announced during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, April 6. Disney+’s The Mandalorian leads all TV shows and…

The Visual Effects Society (VES) named its 2021 Board of Directors officers with Lisa Cooke being elected as Board Chair. She is the first woman to hold this role in VES’s history. The five officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at the January 2021 Board meeting. They embody the global…

The Hollywood industry has seen some huge obstacles — to say the least — since the coronavirus outbreak. Theaters have shut down, productions have halted, movie release dates have been pushed, festivals have canceled, many film and TV staffers have lost their jobs. And all of it is affecting the often-overlooked…

The Visual Effects Society is hissing back at the Academy Awards, a day after Cats-costumed presenters James Corden and Rebel Wilson made an impurrtinent remark about the film’s widely panned VFX. Before reading the nominees for Best Visual Effects, the duo said (trading lines), “As castmembers of the motion picture Ca…