"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" Wins Big at VES Awards

The big winner at the 13th VES Awards was "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", taking home three awards out of its four nominations. (See all of the VES Awards nominees here.)  Earning two wins was the Quicksilver sequence from "X-Men: Days of Future Past". "Interstellar" took home a trophy for its Tesseract sequence, and "Birdman" won the award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects.

Listed below are all of the live-action feature film category winners. To see all of the winners visit FXGuide's coverage here.  To learn more about the Visual Effects Society, visit their web site, which now has photos of the event online.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Matt Kutcher, Dan Lemmon, Hannah Blanchini

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

BIRDMAN

Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau, Isabelle Langlois

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; Caesar

Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Andrea Merlo, Emiliano Padovani

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

INTERSTELLAR; Tesseract

Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlen, Kirsty Clark

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Media Project (mixed formats)

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST; Kitchen Scene

Austin Bonang, Casey Schatz, Dennis Jones, Newton Thomas Sigel

Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project (mixed formats)

BIG HERO 6; City of San Fransokyo

Brett Achorn, Minh Duong, Scott Watanabe, Larry Wu

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Adam Paschke, Premamurti Paetsch, Sam Hancock, Timmy Lundin

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli