Visual Effects Society Awards 2007
6th Visual Effects Society Awards
February 10, 2008
Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Transformers
The 6th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on 10 February 2008, honored the best visual effects in film and television. The awards were later broadcast on HDNet on April 2, 2008.
Nominees
(Winners in bold)
Honorary Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Film
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:
- 300 - Crazy Horse Sequence
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Jack and Davey Duel
- Spider-Man 3 - The Birth of Sandman
- Surf's Up - Riding the Visual Effects Tube
- Transformers - Desert Highway Sequence
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Pictures:
- Enchanted - Pip
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Davey Jones
- Spider-Man 3 - Sandman
- Transformers - Optimus Prime
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - Crusoe
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture:
- Beowulf - Beowulf
- Ratatouille - Colette
- Shrek The Third - King Harold
- Surf's Up - Chicken Joe
- Surf's Up - Cody
Outstanding Effects in an Animated Motion Picture:
- Beowulf - Dragon Chase
- Ratatouille - Food
- Ratatouille - Rapids
- Shrek The Third - Effects
- Surf's Up - Riding Waves - CG Style
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture:
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - The Hall of Prophecy
- I Am Legend - Times Square Hunt
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - The Maelstrom
- Rush Hour 3
- Sweeney Todd - The Old Bailey
- Zodiac - Washington and Cherry
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture:
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Hogwarts School
- Live Free or Die Hard - Freeway Sequence - F35 Miniature and Effects
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Practical and Digital Ships
- Spider-Man 3 - Building/Crane Destruction Miniature and Effects
- Transformers
Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture:
- I Am Legend - Seaport Evacuation
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Death of Beckett
- Transformers
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - Crusoe
Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture:
Television
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:
- Battlestar Galactica - Episode 316 - Maelstrom
- Doctor Who - Last of the Time Lords - Series 3 - Episode 13
- Fight For Life - Episode 4
- Heroes - Episode 208: Four Months Ago
- Stargate Atlantis - Adrift
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:
- Drive - Episode 101 - The Starting Line - Driving Sequence
- Grey's Anatomy - Walk on Water - Ferryboat Crash
- Marie Antoinette - Miniseries
- Pushing Daisies - Pilot Episode
- Rome 2 - Episode 6 - Philipi
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor
- Ben 10: Race Against Time - VFX Compilation
- Doctor Who Christmas Special 2007 - Voyage of the Damned
- Race to Mars: Getting to Mars
- Tin Man Night One
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video:
- AMP - Paper
- Ben 10: Race Against Time - Grey Matter Sequence
- The Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance - Fatlip Shots
- Doctor Who - Last of the Time Lords - Series 3 - Episode 13
- Primeval - Episode 6 - Predator Animation
- Propel - Stress Monster
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - 002_5
- Smallville - Metropolis City
- Subaru - Peel Out
- Tin Man - Night One
- Ugly Betty - A League of Their Own
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video:
- Halo 3 - Believe Campaign
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
- Levis - Change
- Nike - Leave Nothing
- Smallville - Bizarro Flood
- Smallville - Season 6, Episode 11: Justice
- Tin Man - Night One
Video games
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game:
- Crysis - Realtime Visuals
- Halo 3 - Halo 3 Footage
- Mass Effect - Game Sequence
- Need for Speed: ProStreet - Pro Street
- Team Fortress 2
Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game:
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - GDI, NOD and Scrin Scenes
- Hellgate: London
- The Witcher Cinematic - Intro
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Cinematic Intro
Other
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:
- Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia - 38_011
- Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor - Show Edit
- Sea Monsters