Disney’s The Lion King emerged victorious at the 18th annual VES Awards, winning three trophies including the marquee Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature during Wednesday night’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the winners of the 18th annual Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature THE LION KING Robert Legato Tom Peitzman Adam Valdez Andrew R. Jones Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature THE IRISHMAN Pablo Helman Mitchell Ferm Jill Brooks Leandro Estebecorena Jeff Brink Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature MISSING LINK Brad Schiff Travis Knight Steve Emerson Benoit Dubuc Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode THE MANDALORIAN; The Child Richard Bluff Abbigail Keller Jason Porter Hayden Jones Roy K. Cancino Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode CHERNOBYL; 1:23:45 Max Dennison Lindsay McFarlane Clare Cheetham Paul Jones Claudius Christian Rauch Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project CONTROL Janne Pulkkinen Elmeri Raitanen Matti Hämäläinen James Tottman Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial HENNESSY: THE SEVEN WORLDS Carsten Keller Selçuk Ergen Kiril Mirkov William Laban Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project STAR WARS: RISE OF THE RESISTANCE Jason Bayever Patrick Kearney Carol Norton Bill George Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL; Alita Michael Cozens Mark Haenga Olivier Lesaint Dejan Momcilovic Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature MISSING LINK; Susan Rachelle Lambden Brenda Baumgarten Morgan Hay Benoit Dubuc Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project STRANGER THINGS 3; Tom/Bruce Monster Joseph Dubé-Arsenault Antoine Barthod Frederick Gagnon Xavier Lafarge Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial CYBERPUNK 2077; Dex Jonas Ekman Jonas Skoog Marek Madej Grzegorz Chojnacki Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature THE LION KING; The Pridelands Marco Rolandi Luca Bonatti Jules Bodenstein Filippo Preti Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature TOY STORY 4; Antiques Mall Hosuk Chang Andrew Finley Alison Leaf Philip Shoebottom Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project GAME OF THRONES; The Iron Throne; Red Keep Plaza Carlos Patrick DeLeon Alonso Bocanegra Martinez Marcela Silva Benjamin Ross Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project THE LION KING Robert Legato Caleb Deschanel Ben Grossmann AJ Sciutto Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project THE MANDALORIAN; The Sin; The Razorcrest Doug Chiang Jay Machado John Goodson Landis Fields IV Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Don Wong Thibault Gauriau Goncalo Cababca François-Maxence Desplanques Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature FROZEN 2 Erin V. Ramos Scott Townsend Thomas Wickes Rattanin Sirinaruemarn Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project STRANGER THINGS 3; Melting Tom/Bruce Nathan Arbuckle Christian Gaumond James Dong Aleksandr Starkov Outstanding Compositing in a Feature THE IRISHMAN Nelson Sepulveda Vincent Papaix Benjamin O’Brien Christopher Doerhoff Outstanding Compositing in an Episode GAME OF THRONES; The Long Night; Dragon Ground Battle Mark Richardson Darren Christie Nathan Abbott Owen Longstaff Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial HENNESSY: THE SEVEN WORLDS Rod Norman Guillaume Weiss Alexander Kulikov Alessandro Granella Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE AGE OF RESISTANCE; She Knows All the Secrets Sean Mathiesen Jon Savage Toby Froud Phil Harvey Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project THE BEAUTY Marc Angele Aleksandra Todorovic Pascal Schelbli Noel Winzen
