VES Announces Nominations for 13th VES Awards

The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for the 13th VES Awards. The nominees were determined by VES members who participated in the nomination judging process.

Of live-action films, the top nomination earner was "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" with five nominations.  "Interstellar" and "The Hobbit 3" earned four nominations each, while "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Edge of Tomorrow" earned three nominations each.

Earning two nominations were "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Captain America 2" and "Maleficent".  Earning a single nomination were "Birdman", "Divergent", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The Imitation Game", "Unbroken", "Lucy", "Noah" and "Transformers 4".

The films that were invited to the Academy Bake-Off that didn't receive any VES Awards nominations are "Godzilla" and "Night at the Museum 3". In contrast, "Edge of Tomorrow", which was not invited to the bake-off, earned two VES Awards nominations.

Listed below are all of the live-action feature film categories, including two categories which, starting this year, are mixed with animated features. To see all of the nominees, visit FXGuide's coverage. The entire VES membership votes for the winners of the awards, which will be announced at a banquet on February 4, 2015.  To learn more about the Visual Effects Society, visit their web site.

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

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 
Stephane Ceretti, Susan Pickett, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corobould

INTERSTELLAR

Paul Franklin, Kevin Elam, Ann Podlozny, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher

MALEFICENT

Carey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Joe Letteri, David Conley, Eric Saindon, Kevin Sherwood, Steve Ingram

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Richard Stammers, Blondel Aidoo, Lou Pecora, Anders Langlands, Cameron Waldbauer

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

BIRDMAN

Ara Khanikian, Ivy Agregan, Sebastien Moreau, Isabelle Langlois

DIVERGENT

Jim Berney, Greg Baxter, Matt Dessero

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Gabriel Sanchez, Jenny Foster, Simon Weisse, Jan Burda

THE IMITATION GAME

Stuart Bullen, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Simon Rowe

UNBROKEN

Bill George, Steve Gaub, Erin Dusseault, Dave Morley, Brian Cox

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

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; Koba

Daniel Barrett, Alessandro Bonora, Mark Edward Allen, Masaya Suzuki

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY; Rocket

Kevin Spruce, Rachel Williams, Laurie Brugger, Mark Wilson

MALEFICENT; Thistlewit

Darren Hendler, Matthias Wittmann, Jeremy Buttell, Elliot Rosenstein

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER; Triskelion Headquarters

Johan Thorngren, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier, Luis Calero

INTERSTELLAR; Tesseract

Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlen, Kirsty Clark

LUCY; Times Square

Richard Bluff, Steve Bevins, Steve DeLuca, Tiffany Yung

NOAH; Antediluvian Earth

Grady Cofer, Dan Wheaton, Susumu Yukuhiro, Ben O'Brien

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

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Keith Miller, Jonathan Paquin, Alessandro Saponi, David Houghton Williams

EDGE OF TOMORROW; Beach and Paris Attacks

Albert Cheng, Jose Enrique Astacio Jr., Michael Havart, Dion Beebe

INTERSTELLAR; Tesseract

Faraz Hameed, Stephen Painter, Hoyte van Hoytema, Dorian Knapp

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

THE BOXTROLLS; Mecha-Drill

Tom McClure, Oliver Jones, Raul Martinez

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES; Laketown

Leslie Chan, Alastair Mayer, Niklas Preston, Justin Stockton

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION; Knightship

Landis Fields, John Goodson, Anthony Rispoli, Dae Han

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash

Dan Pearson, Sheldon Serrao, Jose Burgos, Eric Jennings

EDGE OF TOMORROW; Destruction and Sand

Steve Avoujageli, Pawel Grochola, Atsushi Ikarashi, Paul Waggoner

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Jon Allitt, David Caeiro, Ronnie Menahem

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

EDGE OF TOMORROW; Beach

Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser

INTERSTELLAR; Water

Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling