Visual Effects Society Awards 2004

The 3rd Visual Effects Society Awards, given on 16 February 2005, honored the best visual effects in film and television.

Nominees

(Winners in bold)

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Robert Zemeckis

George Melies Award for Pioneering:

• Robert Abel

Board of Directors Award:

• Don Shay

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture:

• The Day After Tomorrow
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Spider-Man 2

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:

• The Aviator
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Troy

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:

• The Aviator - Hell's Angels
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Dementor Train
• The Day After Tomorrow - Tidal Wave

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Hippogriff Character
• Hellboy - Sammael Character
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Sunny Character

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture:

• The Incredibles - Bob Par/Mr. Incredible
• The Polar Express - Steamer
• Shark Tale - Angie
• Shrek 2 - Puss in Boots

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture:

• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
• I, Robot
• The Phantom of the Opera - Opening Shot
• Spider-Man 2 - "NYC Street - Night"

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture:

• The Aviator - "XF11 Crash"
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• National Treasure - Treasure Room

Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Phantom of the Opera - Opening Shot
• Spider-Man 2 - "Train Sequence"

Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Visual Effects Film:

• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Jude Law - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2''

Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:

• The Aviator
• Spider-Man 2
• Van Helsing

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:

• Stargate Atlantis - Rising
• Stargate SG-1 - Lost City
• Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front, Part 2

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:

• Clubhouse - Episode #005
• Lost -Pilot, Part 2
• Spartacus

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:

• Dragons
• Earthsea
• Virtual History: The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:

• British Telecom: Network
• Citroën - "Alive with Technology"
• Johnnie Walker - Tree

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video:

• Britney Spears - "Toxic"
• Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow
• Never - The Dream

Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program:

• Battlestar Galactica - Episode 101 - Cylon Character
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital - Antubis Character

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program:

• Smallville - Crusade - Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
• Spartacus - Opening
• Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program:

• The Librarian - Humalayan Pass sequence
• Smallville - Crisis - Clark Kent stops a bullet sequence
• Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets

Video games

Outstanding Visuals in a Video Game:

• 007 Everything or Nothing
• Half-Life 2
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

External links

• 3rd Annual VES Awards nominees and recipients