15th Visual Effects Society Awards
February 7, 2017
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
The Jungle Book
Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
Game of Thrones - Battle of the Bastards
The 15th Visual Effects Society Awards was held in Los Angeles on February 7, 2017, in honor to the best visual effects in film and television of 2016. The nominations were announced on January 10, 2017.The Jungle Book took five awards at the ceremony.
(winners in bold)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
VES Visionary Award
The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, JD Schwalm
Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Jason Snell, John Galloway, Burt Dalton
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner, Steve Emerson, Brad Schiff
The Jungle Book – King Louie – Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Jack Tema, Andrei Coval
Finding Dory – Hank – Jonathan Hoffman, Steven Clay Hunter, Mark Piretti, Audrey Wong
Doctor Strange – New York City – Adam Watkins, Martinjn van Herk, Tim Belsher, Jon Mitchell
Moana – Motonui Island – Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman, Larry Wu