Visual Effects Society
The Visual Effects Society is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos and games.
Consisting of a diverse group of over 3,700 members in more than 35 countries.
The Visual Effects Society is a professional, honorary society and
- Members are more than 3,300 artists, technologists and practitioners in the visual effects field
- Represented in 30 countries, including United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Brazil
- Produces the VES Awards Gala, Production Summit and more than 25 educational events, reaching an international audience of 10,000+ annually.
- Nearly 50% of VES members are freelancers or independent contractors
- Membership currently consists of 20% women.
- VES members have garnered over a hundred Oscar and Emmy awards
- More than 2/3 of members have 11+ years in the visual effects field
- VES Membership requires at least five years of full-time production experience as a visual effects professional and the endorsement of two Visual Effects Society members, or having received one of the industry's top honors.
- VES circulates news and information to the international audience of over 10,000.
- Publishes the quarterly visual effects magazine, .
VES Awards
Winners
Film
- Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture:
- *2002: '*
- *2003: '*
- *2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- *2005: King Kong*
- *2006: '*
- *2007: Transformers
- *2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
- *2009: Avatar*
- *2010: Inception*
- *2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- *2012: Life of Pi*
- *2013: Gravity*
- *2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- *2015: '
- *2016: The Jungle Book*
- *2017: War for the Planet of the Apes
- *2018: '
- *2019: The Lion King
- Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture:
- *2002: The Sum of All Fears
- *2003: The Last Samurai
- *2004: The Aviator
- *2005: Kingdom of Heaven
- *2006: Flags of Our Fathers
- *2007: Ratatouille
- *2008: Changeling
- *2009: Sherlock Holmes
- *2010: Hereafter
- *2011: Hugo*
- *2012: The Impossible
- *2013: The Lone Ranger
- *2014: Birdman or
- *2015: The Revenant
- *2016: Deepwater Horizon
- *2017: Dunkirk
- *2018: First Man*
- *2019: The Irishman
- Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture:
- *2002: '*
- *2003: '*
- *2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- *2005: King Kong*
- *2006: '*
- *2007: '
- *2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- *2009: Avatar*
- *2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
- *2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- *2012: Life of Pi*
- *2013: '
- *2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- *2015: The Revenant
- *2016: The Jungle Book
- *2017: War for the Planet of the Apes
- *2018: '
- *2019: '
- Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture:
- *2002: Stuart Little 2
- *2003: Finding Nemo
- *2004: The Incredibles
- *2005: '
- *2006: Cars
- *2007: Ratatouille
- *2008: WALL-E
- *2009: Up
- *2010: How to Train Your Dragon
- *2011: Rango
- *2012: Brave
- *2013: Frozen
- *2014: Big Hero 6
- *2015: Inside Out
- *2016: Finding Dory
- *2017: Coco
- *2018: '
- *2019: Missing Link
Television
- Best Visual Effects in a Television Series
- *2002: Firefly - "Serenity"
- *2003: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Chosen"
- *2004: - "Storm Front |Storm Front, Part 2"
- *2005: Rome - "The Stolen Eagle"
- *2006: Battlestar Galactica - "Exodus"
- *2007: Fight for Life - Episode 4
- *2008: Battlestar Galactica - BSG Space Battle
- *2009: Battlestar Galactica - "Daybreak"
- *2010: Caprica
- *2011: Terra Nova
- *2012: Game of Thrones - "Valar Morghulis"
- *2013: Game of Thrones - "Valar Dohaeris"
- *2014: Game of Thrones - "The Children"
- *2015: Game of Thrones - "The Dance of Dragons"
- *2016: Game of Thrones - "Battle of the Bastards"
- *2017: Game of Thrones - "Beyond the Wall"
- *2018: Lost in Space – "Danger, Will Robinson"
- *2019: The Mandalorian – ""
The VES List of the Most Influential Visual Effects films
- 1. Star Wars
- 2. Blade Runner
- 3. '
- The Matrix
- 5. Jurassic Park
- 6. Tron
- 7. King Kong
- 8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- 9. Alien
- 10. The Abyss
- 11. The Empire Strikes Back
- 12. Metropolis
- 13. A Trip to the Moon
- 14. '
- 15. The Wizard of Oz
- 16. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- 17. Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 18. Titanic
- 19. '
- 20. Jason and the Argonauts
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 22. Toy Story
- 23. '
- 24. The Ten Commandments
- 25. The War of the Worlds
- Forrest Gump
- Citizen Kane
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 30. The Terminator
- 31. Aliens
- 32. Mary Poppins
- 33. '
- 34. Forbidden Planet
- 35. Babe
- 36. The Day the Earth Stood Still
- '
- 38. King Kong
- 39. Planet of the Apes
- 40. Fantastic Voyage
- 41. Jaws
- 42. Ghostbusters
- 43. Sin City
- 44. Superman
- 45. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- 46. The Lost World
- Return of the Jedi
- 48. What Dreams May Come
- 49. An American Werewolf in London
- 50. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
- The Fifth Element
- 300
- Apollo 13
- Avatar
- Back to the Future
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- District 9
- Ex Machina
- Gertie the Dinosaur
- Godzilla
- Gravity
- Inception
- Independence Day
- Life of Pi
- The Mask
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Starship Troopers
- The Thing
- Total Recall
- Transformers
- Young Sherlock Holmes