Discreet Presents the 1st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards

The Visual Effects Society will hold the 1st Annual VES AwardsFebruary 19, 2003. The VES Awards will honor excellence for visualeffects in feature films, television, commercials and music videos. TheAwards will be a black tie dinner event in Los Angeles at the AhmansonBallroom in the Skirball Cultural Center.

"This is our first year, and it will serve as a test for the VES andour awards process,” states Jeff Okun, VES Awards Chair and BoardMember. “Much like visual effects, our awards are a 'work inprogress'. Over the next few years, VES will expand the content."

For more information, visit www.visualeffectssociety.com

The Visual Effects Society

Visual Effects Awards 2002 Nominees

NOTE: Productions in each category are in random order

Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture

Men in Black II

John Berton, Tom Bertino

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

Gangs of New York

Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander

The Sum of all Fears

Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro

Frida

Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker

Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or aSpecial

Stephen King's Rose Red

Robin Griffin, Stuart Robertson, Dion Hatch, and NelsonSepulveda

James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck

Dean Lewis

Dinotopia

Mike McGee, Tim Webber, Alec Knox, Ben Morris

Best Visual Effects in a Television Series

Dinotopia "Marooned & Making Good"

Guy Hudson, Sharon Fitzgerald, Frazer Churchill, David Hulin

Firefly "Serenity" pilot

Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan

Shockwave Part One Episode of the Enterprise

Dan Curry, Ronald Moore, Liz Castro

Best Visual Effects in a Commercial

Blockbuster Entertainment: "Prima Donna"

Scott Souter, Frank Petzold

XBOX "Mosquito"

William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie

Adidas "Mechanical Legs"

Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Visual Effects in a Music Video

Linkin Park Points of Authority

Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher, Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan

Will Smith Black Suits Coming

Greg Strause, Colin Strause

So to Speak

Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley

Harry Potter "Dobby's Face"

David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program,Music Video, or Commercial

Stargate SG-1 "Revelations"

James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De BoschKemper

Blockbuster Entertainment "Kung Fu"

Scott Souter, Frank Petzond

Dinotopia

Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White

Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

James Baxter

Stuart Little 2

Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen

Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture

Die Another Day

Chris Corbould

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, Scott Harens

Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb

Gangs of New York

Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelian, MathieuRaynault

Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video, orCommercial

The Man Who Saved Christmas

Mark Fordham, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Gudrun Heinze

Dinotopia

Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae

Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte

Die Another Day

John Richardson

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken

Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video,or Commercial

Stephen King's Rose Red

Michael Joyce

Gatorade "Visitors"

Mathew Gratzner, James Waterhouse, Scott Lukowski, Eric Coon

Enterprise "Dead Stop"

John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott

Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers

Stuart Little 2

Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck

Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture

Minority Report

Alexander Laurant, Alex McDowell

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

Alex Jaeger, Doug Chiang, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo

Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video,or Commercial

Linkin Park "Points of Authority"

Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan, Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher

Adidas "Mechanical Legs"

Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Compositing in a Motion Picture

Minority Report

Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets "Quidditch Match"

Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle

Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video, orCommercial

Dinotopia

Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn

Firefly "Serenity" Pilot

Loni Peristere, Emile Smith, Kristen Branan, Chris Jones

Adidas "Mechanical Legs"

Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

Adaptation

Nicolas Cage

Men in Black II

Will Smith