"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" wowed voters at the 7th annual Visual Effects Society Awards! The Brad Pitt-starrer won 4 awards including visual effect in a visual-effects driven motion picture, and best single visual effect of the year.
"Button's" director, David Fincher was honored with the Ves Lifetime Achievement award.
What about "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e?" Both films took home awards as well! Click Read More to see the complete list of winners.
Visual Effects Winners:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
"Changeling"
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
John Adams . Join or Die
Steve Kullback,...
"Button's" director, David Fincher was honored with the Ves Lifetime Achievement award.
What about "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e?" Both films took home awards as well! Click Read More to see the complete list of winners.
Visual Effects Winners:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
"Changeling"
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
John Adams . Join or Die
Steve Kullback,...
- 2/22/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" took home four nods at the seventh annual Ves Awards, including outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven motion picture.
The Visual Effects Society's annual awards dinner, held Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, doled out three awards each to "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e."
David Fincher, "Button's" director, presented that film's producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall with the Vew Lifetime Achievement Award. Ilm's Dennis Murren presented Phil Tippett with the Georges Melies Award.
A complete list of winners can be found on the next page.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins,...
The Visual Effects Society's annual awards dinner, held Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, doled out three awards each to "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-e."
David Fincher, "Button's" director, presented that film's producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall with the Vew Lifetime Achievement Award. Ilm's Dennis Murren presented Phil Tippett with the Georges Melies Award.
A complete list of winners can be found on the next page.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Wall-e
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins,...
- 2/22/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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