Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature


The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Picture is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting in 2002. While the award's title has changed several time within this period, the recipient has always been a visual effects-heavy feature film; film's with more background effects work have their own category, the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
YearFilmNominee
2002
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
2002
Men in Black IIJohn Andrew Berton Jr., Tom Bertino, Bill Westenhofer, Erik Mattson
2002
'John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman
2003
Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook
2003
The Matrix RevolutionsJohn Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy, Craig Hayes
2003
'John Knoll, Patrick T. Myers, Hal Hickel, Jill Brooks
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao, Emma Norton
2004
The Day After TomorrowKaren E. Goulekas, Mike Chambers, Greg Strause, Remo Balcells
2004
Spider-Man 2John Dykstra, Lydia Bottegoni, Anthony LaMolinara, Scott Stokdyk
2005
King Kong Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon
2005
'Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJim Mitchell, Theresa Corrao, Tim Alexander, Tim Webber
2005
'John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman, Denise Ream
2006
John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson
2006
Charlotte's WebKarin Joy, Blair Clark, John Dietz
2006
The FountainJeremy Dawson, Dan Schrecker, Mark G. Soper, Peter Parks
2007
Transformers Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, Scott Benza
2007
The Golden CompassMichael L. Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
2007
I Am LegendJanek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
2007
'John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson
2007
Spider-Man 3Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
2008
'Wendy Rogers, Dean Wright, Andrew Fowler, Greg Butler
2008
CloverfieldKevin Blank, Chantal Feghali, Michael Ellis, Eric Leven
2008
'Mike Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian De Wet, Eamonn Butler
2008
Iron ManBen Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso, John Nelson
2009
Avatar Joe Letteri ; Richard Baneham ; Joyce Cox, Eileen Moran
2009
2012Volker Engel, Marc Weigert ; Josh R. Jaggars
2009
District 9Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, James Stewart, Stefanie Boose
2009
Star TrekBurt Dalton ; Russell Earl, Roger Guyett ; Shari Hanson
2009
'Scott Farrar, John Frazier, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer

2010s

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
YearFilmNominee
2014
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesJoe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Bianchini
2014
Guardians of the GalaxyStephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould
2014
'Joe Letteri, David Conley, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood, Steve Ingram
2014
InterstellarPaul Franklin, Kevin Elam, Ann Podlozny, Andrew Lockley, Scott R. Fisher
2014
MaleficentCarey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson
2014
'Richard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Lou Pecora, Anders Langlands, Cameron Waldbauer

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
YearFilmNominee
2015
Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach, Paul Kavanagh, Chris Corbould
2015
Furious 7Mike Wassel, Karen M. Murphy, Martin Hill, Kelvin McIlwain, Dan Sudick
2015
'Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Tom Wood, Fiona Crawford, Dan Oliver
2015
The MartianRichard Stammers, Barrie Hemsley, Matt Sloan, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner
2015
San AndreasColin Strause, Randy Starr, Bryan Grill, Nordin Rahhali, Brian Cox
2016
The Jungle BookRobert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, J.D. Schwalm
2016
Doctor StrangeStephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, Paul Corbould
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemChristian Manz, Olly Young, Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, David Watkins
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenFrazer Churchill, Hal Couzens, Andrew Lockley, Jelmer Boskma, Hayley J. Williams
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryJohn Knoll, Erin D. O'Connor, Hal Hickel, Nigel Sumner, Neil Corbould
2017
War for the Planet of the ApesJoe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joel Whist
2017
Blade Runner 2049John Nelson, Karen M. Murphy, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Christopher Townsend, Damien Carr, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
2017
'Jeff White, Tom C. Peitzman, Stephen Rosenbaum, Scott Benza, Michael Meinardus
2017
'Ben Morris, Tim Keene, Eddie Pasquarello, Dan Seddon, Chris Corbould
2018
Dan DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Kelly Port, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick
2018
Christopher RobinChris Lawrence, Steve Gaub, Mike Eames, Glenn Melenhorst, Chris Corbould
2018
Ready Player OneRoger Guyett, Jennifer Meislohn, Dave Shirk, Matthew E. Butler, Neil Corbould
2018
'Rob Bredow, Erin D. O'Connor, Matt Shumway, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy
2018
Welcome to MarwenKevin Baillie, Sandra Scott, Seth Hill, Marc Chu, James Paradis
2019
The Lion KingRobert Legato, Tom C. Peitzman, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones
2019
'Richard E. Hollander, Kevin L. Sherwood, Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham, Bob Trevino
2019
'Dan DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick
2019
Gemini ManBill Westenhofer, Karen M. Murphy, Guy Williams, Sheldon Stopsack, Mark Hawker
2019
Roger Guyett, Stacy Bissell, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy