Annnnnd because I’m interested, here are the nominees for the Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

2012
Volker Engel, Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Weigert, Visual Effects Supervisor
Josh Jaggars, Visual Effects Producer

AVATAR
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Joyce Cox, Overall VFX Producer
Eileen Moran, VFX Producer
Richard Baneham, Animation Supervisor

DISTRICT 9
Dan Kaufman, VFX Supervisor
Stefanie Boose, VFX Producer
James Stewart, Creature Supervisor
Peter Muyzers, On-set VFX Plate Supervisor

STAR TREK
Roger Guyett, Visual Effects Supervisor
Burt Dalton, Special Effects Supervisor
Shari Hanson, Visual Effects Producer
Russell Earl, Visual Effects Supervisor

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Scott Farrar, Visual Effects Supervisor
John Frazier, Special Effects Supervisor
Scott Benza, Animation Director
Wayne Billheimer, Visual Effects Producer

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture

ANGELS & DEMONS
Barrie Hemsley, VFX Producer
Angus Bickerton, VFX Supervisor
Ryan Cook, VFX Supervisor
Mark Breakspear, VFX Supervisor

THE BOX
Thomas Tannenberger, Visual Effects Supervisor
Olcun Tan, Digital Effects Supervisor
Mark Kolpak, Visual Effects Producer
Peter Cvijanovic, Compositing Supervisor

INVICTUS
Michael Owens, VFX Supervisor
Geoff Hancock, VFX Supervisor
Cyndi Ochs, VFX Producer
Dennis Hoffman, Head of Production

THE ROAD
Mark O. Forker, VFX Supervisor
Phillip Moses, VFX Producer
Ed Mendez, Compositing Supervisor
Paul Graff, VFX Supervisor – Crazy Horse Effects

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Jonathan Fawkner, VFX Supervisor
Chas Jarrett, VFX Supervisor
David Vickery, VFX Supervisor
Dan Barrow, VFX Producer

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

9
Jinko Gotoh, Co-Producer
Joe Ksander, Animation Director
Daryl Graham, Supervising Animator
Ken Duncan, Animation Supervisor

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Pete Nash, Animation Director
Chris Juen, Co-Producer
Alan Hawkins, Supervising Animator
Mike Ford, CG Supervisor

CORALINE
Henry Selick, Animation Director
Claire Jennings, Animation Producer

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Melvin Tan, Senior Animator
Galen Chu, Supervising Animator
Jeff Gabor, Senior Animator
Anthony Nisi, Animation Production Supervisor

UP
Pete Docter, Director
Jonas Rivera, Producer
Steve May, Supervising Technical Director
Gary Bruins, Effects Supervisor

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

ALICE – Night 2
Lee Wilson, VFX Supervisor
Lisa Sepp-Wilson, VFX Producer
Sebastien Bergeron, DFX Supervisor
Les Quinn, CG Supervisor

BEN 10: ALIEN SWARM – Montage
Evan Jacobs, Visual Effects Supervisor
Sean McPherson, Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrew Orloff, Visual Effects Supervisor

DISNEY PREP AND LANDING – Gadgets, Globes, and other Garish Gizmos
Dorothy McKim, VFX Producer
Scott Kersavage, VFX Supervisor
David Hutchins, EFX Animator
Kee Suong, EFX Animator

INFESTATION
PJ Foley, VFX Producer
Efram Potelle, VFX Supervisor
James May, Technical Director
Dan DeEntremont, Animator

SKELLIG
Sara Bennett, Compositing Supervisor
Jenna Powell, Visual Effects Producer
David Houghton, Visual Effects Supervisor
Jean-Claude Deguara, Senior Animation Supervisor

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 4 – Ep. 421 “Daybreak”
Michael Gibson, VFX Producer
Gary Hutzel, VFX Supervisor
Jesse Toves, CGI Artist
Dave Morton, CGI Artist

DEFYING GRAVITY – Pilot
Sam Nicholson, VFX Producer
Dale Fay, VFX Supervisor
Mike Yip, 3D Lead Artist
Jared Jones, Lead Compositor

FRINGE – Ep. 206 “Earthling”
Jay Worth, VFX Supervisor/Producer
Robert Habros, VFX Supervisor
Andrew Orlaff, VFX Supervisor
Eric Hance, Visual Effects Artist

STARGATE UNIVERSE – Air
Mark Savela, VFX Supervisor
Shannon Gurney, VFX Producer
Andrew Karr, CGI Supervisor
Craig Vandenbiggelaar, Digital Effects Supervisor

V- Pilot
Andrew Orloff, VFX Supervisor
Karen Czukerberg, VFX Producer
Chris Zapara, VFX Supervisor
Johnathan R. Banta, Lead Compositor

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program

CSI CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION – Ep. 1001 “Opening Sequence”
Rik Shorten, VFX Supervisor
Sabrina Arnold, VFX Producer
Steve Meyer, Compositor
Derek Smith, Compositor

FLASH FORWARD – No More Good Days
Kevin Blank, Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrew Orloff, VFX Producer
Steve Meyer, 2D Supervisor
Jonathan Spencer Levy, Facility VFX Supervisor

KINGS – Ep. 001 “Goliath”
Craig Weiss, VFX Supervisor
Ron Moore, VFX Producer
Niel Wray, CG Supervisor
Brian Vogt, Lead Lighting TD

KRUPP-EINE DEUTSCHE FAMILIE – Krupp
Thomas Tannenberger, Visual Effects Supervisor
Olcun Tan, Digital Effects Supervisor
Mark Kolpak, Visual Effects Producer
Shane Cook, Compositing Supervisor

LOST – The Incident Part 1 & 2
Mitch Suskin, Visual Effects Supervisor
Samantha Mabie-Tuinstra, Visual Effects Producer
Eric Hance, Supervising Artist
Sean Scott, Character Animator

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year

2012 – Escape from L.A.
Volker Engel, Visual Effects Supervisor
Marc Weigert, Visual Effects Supervisor
Josh R. Jaggars, Visual Effects Producer
Mohen Leo, Visual Effects Supervisor

AVATAR – Quarich’s Escape
John Knoll, Visual Effects Supervisor
Jill Brooks, Visual Effects Producer
Frank Losasso Petterson, Simulation Technical Director
Tory Mercer, Compositor

AVATAR- Neytiri Drinking
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Joyce Cox, Overall VFX Producer
Eileen Moran, VFX Producer
Thelvin Cabezas, Lighting Technical Director

KNOWING – Plane Crash
Andrew Jackson, VFX Supervisor
Camille Cellucci, VFX Producer
Dan Breckwoldt, Lead Compositor
Angelo Sahin, Special Effects Supervisor

TERMINATOR SALVATION – VLA Escape
Charles Gibson, Studio Visual Effects Supervisor
Chantal Feghali, Studio Producer
Ben Snow, Visual Effects Supervisor
Susan Greenhow, Visual Effects Producer

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

The logo for VES, and the actual trophy are modeled after the moon in "Le Voyage dans la Lune," the 1902 Georges Méliès film.

AMF – The Caterpillar
Asher Edwards, VFX Producer
Robert Sethi, VFX Supervisor
Becky Porter, Lead Compositor
Jamie O’Hara, Lead Character Modeller

AUDI – Intelligently Combined
Jay Barton, Visual Effects Supervisor
Rafael F. Colon, Sr. Compositor
Ronald Herbst, CG Supervisor
Chris Fieldhouse, Visual Effects Producer

KERRY LOWLOW – Mouse
Jake Mengers, VFX Supervisor
Stephen Newbold, VFX Supervisor
Ashley Bernes, Effects TD
Louisa Cartwright Tucker, VFX Producer

PEPSI – The Flight of the Penguin
Murray Butler, VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame
Seth Gollub, Animation Lead
Andy Walker, VFX Supervisor, Technical Lead
Jenn Dewey, Senior VFX Producer

PLANE STUPID – Polar Bears
Jake Mengers, VFX Supervisor
Vicky Osborn, CG Artist
Suzanne Jandu, Compositor
Scott Griffin, VFX Producer

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project

BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES – Multi-plane Visual Effects
Daren Ulmer, Visual Effects Supervisor
Cedar Conner, Lead Compositor
Susan Beth Smith, Visual Effects Producer

DANCE OF THE DRAGONS – Eastern
Derry Frost, VFX Supervisor
Michael Morreale, VFX Producer

Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 – Gulag Extraction
Mark Rubin, Producer
Richard Kriegler, Art Director
Robert Gaines, Lead Visual Effects Artist
David Johnson, Visual Effects Artist

FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 – Gameplay
Frank Vitz, CG Supervisor
Jenny Freeman, Art Director
Jeff Atienza, Producer
Ben Ross, Lead Character Artist

NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT – World Sequence
Andreas Moll, Art Director
Sven Moll, Art Director
Dave Flynn, Development Director – World
Robert Dibley, Lead Rendering Software Engineer

UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES
Evan Wells, Game Producer
Christophe Balestra, Technical Lead

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Game Trailer

DJ HERO
Diarmid Harrison-Murray, VFX Supervisor
Sarah Hiddlestone, Senior CG Producer
Marco Puig, Art Director
Jamie Jackson, Game Producer

HALO 3: ODST – The Life
Robert Moggach, VFX Supervisor
Ryan Meredith, VFX Producer
Jens Zalzala, CG Supervisor
Michael Pardee, Executive Producer

MASS EFFECT 2
Tim Miller, VFX Producer
Brandon Riza, VFX Supervisor
Dave Wilson, GC Supervisor

STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC
Tim Miller, VFX Producer
Brandon Riza, VFX Supervisor
Dave Wilson, GC Supervisor

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Neytiri
Joe Letteri, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrew R. Jones, Animation Director
Jeff Unay, Facial Lead
Zoe Saldana, Actress

DISTRICT 9 – Christopher Johnson
Steve Nichols, Animation Supervisor
Jeremy Mesana, Animation Lead
Vera Zivny, Senior VFX Coordinator
Brett Ineson, Motion Capture Supervisor

G-FORCE – Bucky
Benjamin Cinelli, Senior Character Animator
Dustin Wicke, Lead Cloth and Hair
Peter Tieryas, Character Set-Up Technical Director
Ryan Yee, Animator

WATCHMEN – Doctor Manhattan
Keith Smith, Lead Animator
Kevin Hudson, CG Modeling Supervisor
Victor Schutz, Lead CG Lighting and Compositing Artist
Aaron Campbell, Character Rigger

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

CORALINE – ‘CORALINE’
Travis Knight, Lead Animator
Trey Thomas, Lead Animator

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS – Buck
Simon Pegg, Buck
Peter de Seve, Characters designed by

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS – B.O.B.
David Burgess, Head of Character Animation
Scott Cegielski, Effects Lead
Terran Boylan, Character Technical Director
David Weatherly, Animator

UP – Carl – “No Dad Scene”
Ed Asner, Voice of Carl
Ron Zorman, Animator
Brian Tindall, Character Modeling and Articulation Artist
Carmen Ngai, Character Cloth Artist

Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

AMF – The Caterpillar
Robert Sethi, Lead CG Artist
Jamie O’Hara, Lead Character Modeller
Steve Beck, Lead Character Animator
Becky Porter, Lead Compositor

DISNEY PREP AND LANDING – Wayne
David Foley, Voice of Wayne
Mark Mitchell, Supervising Animator
Hidetaka Yosumi, Character Technical Director
Leo Sanchez Barbosa, Modeler

EVIAN – Skating Babies
Jorge Montiel Meurer, Lead Animator
Wayne Simmons, Animator
Jordi Onate, Animator
Emanuele Pavarotti, Animator

PEPSI – Penguin – “The Flight of the Penguin”
Andy Walker, VFX Supervisor, Technical Lead
Seth Gollub, Animation Lead
James Dick, Technical Director
Spencer Leuders, Technical Director

Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Rob Bredow, VFX Supervisor
Dan Kramer, Digital Effects Supervisor
Matt Hausman, Effects Animation Supervisor
Carl Hooper, Effects Animation Supervisor

CORALINE
John Allan Armstrong, VFX Animator
Richard Kent Burton, Stop Motion Effects Animator
Craig Dowsett, CG Modeler

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Amaury Aubel, Effects Lead
Scott Cegielski, Effects Lead
Alain De Hoe, Effects Lead
David Allen, Effects Animator

UP
Jason Johnston, Effects Artist
Alexis Angelidis, Effects Artist
Jon Reisch, Effects Artist
Eric Froemling, Effects Artist

Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Pandora
Yvonne Muinde, Lead Matte Painter
Brenton Cottman, Lead Matte Painter
Peter Baustaedter, Senior Matte Painter
Jean-Luc Azzis, Senior Compositor

FRANKLYN – Meanwhile City Scapes
Tania Richard, Matte Painter
Christoph Unger, Matte Painter

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Tania Richard, Matte Painter
David Bassalla, TD
Emily Cobb, 3D Artist

STAR TREK
Brett Northcutt, Digimatte Lead
Shane Roberts, Digimatte
Masahiko Tani, Digimatte
Dan Wheaton, Digimatte

Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

KAISER PERMANENTE – Emerald City
Ben Walker, Matte Painter
David Woodland, Matte Painter
Kim Taylor, Matte Painter
Ben Walsh, Matte Painter

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR – Samson/Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit
Simon Cheung, Senior Modeller
Paul Jenness, Lead Modeller
John Stevenson-Galvin, Senior Modeller
Rainer Zoettl, Senior/Lead Modeller

CORALINE
Deborah Cook, Lead Costume Design Fabricator
Paul Mack, Model Maker
Martin Meunier, Facial Animation Design
Matthew DeLeu, Miniature Lighting Technician

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN – National Air and Space Museum Escape
Ian Hunter, VFX Supervisor
Forest Fischer, Model Crew Chief
Robert Chapin, Digital FX Supervisor
Tony Chen, Model Maker

TERMINATOR SALVATION – Practical Models and Miniatures
Brian Gernand, Creative Director, Model Shops
Geoff Heron, Special FX Supervisor
Nick d’Abo, Model Shop Supervisor
Patrick Sweeney, Director of Photography

Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture

Image borrowed from cgsociety.org

2012 – Los Angeles Destruction
Haarm-Pieter Duiker, CG Supervisor
Marten Larsson, CG Effects Animation Lead
Ryo Sakaguchi, CG Effects Animation Lead
Hanzhi Tang, CG Lighting Supervisor

AVATAR – Floating Mountains
Dan Lemmon, Visual Effects Supervisor
Keith F. Miller, CG Supervisor
Cameron Smith, Lead Compositor
Jessica Cowley, Senior Texture Painter

AVATAR – Jungle / Biolume
Eric Saindon, Visual Effects Supervisor
Shadi Almassizadeh, CG Supervisor
Dan Cox, CG Supervisor
Ula Rademeyer, Lead Texture Painter

AVATAR – Willow Glade
Guy Williams, Visual Effects Supervisor
Thelvin Cabezas, Lighting Technical Director
Daniel Macarin, Lighting Technical Director
Miae Kang, Lead Lighting Technical Director

Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

AMC THEATERS / COKE – Magic Chairs
Rob Nederhorst, VFX Supervisor
Dariush Derakhshani, CG Supervisor
Steve Cummings, CG Artist
Harry Michalakeas, Technical Director

ASSASSINS CREED: LINEAGE – Ep. 1 “Duke of Milan Assassination”
Mathieu Lalonde, CG Modeler
Nadine Homier, Compositor
Joseph Kasparlan, Lead Textures and Lighting
Christian Morin, Compositor

FLASH FORWARD – Pilot “Freeway Overpass”
Steve Meyer, Compositor
Colin Feist, Compositor
Paul Ghezzo, CG Supervisor
Roger Kupelian, Matte Painter

V – Pilot “Atrium and Ship Interiors”
Chris Zapara, VFX Supervisor
Chris Irving, Lead Compositor
David Morton, Matte Painter
Trevor Adams, CG Artist

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

AVATAR
Erik Winquist, Compositing Supervisor
Robin Hollander, Compositor
Erich Eder, Compositor
Giuseppe Tagliavini, Compositor

AVATAR – End Battle
Eddie Pasquarello, Compositing Supervisor
Beth D’Amato, Digital Paint
Todd Vaziri, Compositor
Jay Cooper, Technical Director

DISTRICT 9
Shervin Shogian, Compositing Supervisor
Hamish Schumacher, Lead Compositor
Janeen Elliott, Senior Compositor
Simon Hughes, Senior Compositor

SHERLOCK HOLMES – Wharf Explosion Sequence
Kate Windibank, Senior Compositor
Jan Adamczyk, Mid Compositor
Sam Osborne, Compositor
Alex Cumming, Junior Compositor

Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

CSI CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION – Ep 1001 Opening Sequence
Derek Smith, Compositor
Christina Spring, Compositor
Steve Meyer, VFX Supervisor
Zach Zaubi, Compositor

KERRY LOWLOW ‘MOUSE’ – Overall
Jake Mengers, VFX Supervisor
Stephen Newbold, VFX Supervisor
Kelly Bruce, Compositor
Greg Howe-Davies, Compositor

PEPSI – The Flight of the Penguin
Murray Butler, VFX Supervior/Lead Flame
Ben Cronin, Senior Flame Operator
Andy Rowan-Robinson, Technical Director
Miyuki Shimamoto, Flame Operator

PORSCHE – Family Tree
Tim Davies, VFX Supervisor/Lead Compositor
Jeff Willette, Lead Technical Designer
Zach Tucker, CG Supervisor

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

THE FULL MOON MYSTERY – The Discovery
David Goubitz, VFX Supervisor & Producer
Flip Buttinger, VFX Supervisor & Producer
Jeffrey De Vore, Director

MOTHERLAND
Hannes Appell

THEY WILL COME TO TOWN
Thilo Ewers

URS – Cliff
Moritz Mayerhofer, Graduate

While we’re at it, here are the nominees for the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards. The winners, which were announced on Valentine’s Day, are in bold.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

• Avatar – Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E., John Refua, A.C.E. & James Cameron, A.C.E.
• District 9 – Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
• Star Trek – Maryann Brandon, A.C.E. & Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E.
• Up in the Air – Dana Glauberman, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

• 500 Days of Summer – Alan Edward Bell
• The Hangover – Debra Neil-Fisher, A.C.E.
• Julie & Julia – Richard Marks, A.C.E.
• A Serious Man – Roderick Jaynes
• It’s Complicated – Joe Hutshing, A.C.E. & David Moritz

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

• Coraline – Christopher Murrie & Ronald Sanders
• Fantastic Mr. Fox – Andrew Weisblum
• UP – Kevin Nolting

BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:

• 30 Rock: “Apollo Apollo”- Ken Eluto, A.C.E.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Bare Midriff” – Steven Rasch, A.C.E.
• Entourage: “The Sorkin Notes” – Steven Sprung, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

• 24: “8pm-9pm” – Leon Ortiz Gil, A.C.E.
• Breaking Bad: “ABQ” – Lynne Willingham, A.C.E.
• ER: “And in the End” – Randy Jon Morgan, A.C.E. & Jacque Toberen
• Law & Order SVU: “Hardwired” – Karen Stern, A.C.E.
• Lost: “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham” – Christopher Nelson, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

• Dexter: “Living the Dream” – Stewart Schill
• Dexter: “Remains to be Seen” – Louis Cioffi
• True Blood: “Hard-Hearted Hannah” – Louise Innes

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:

• Grey Gardens – Alan Heim, A.C.E. & Lee Percy, A.C.E.
• Into The Storm – John Bloom & Antonia Van Drimmelen
• Taking Chance – Lee Percy, A.C.E. & Brian A. Kates, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY:

• The Cove – Geoffrey Richman
• Food, Inc. – Kim Roberts
• This Is It – Don Brochu & Kevin Stitt, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED REALITY SERIES:

• The Deadliest Catch: Stay Focused Ordie – Kelly Coskran & Josh Earl
• Expedition Africa: Stanley and Livingstone – Jonathon Braun, A.C.E., Brad Ley, Sven Pape & Molly Schock
• Top Chef: The Last Supper – Annie Tighe, Alan Hoang, Adrienne Salisbury & Kevin Leffler

Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Penélope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year
• “Coraline” (Focus Features)
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox)
• “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney)
• “The Secret of Kells” (GKIDS)
• “Up” (Walt Disney)

Achievement in art direction
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Art Direction: Patrice Vermette Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Warner Bros.) Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Christian Berger

Achievement in costume design
• “Bright Star” (Apparition) Janet Patterson
• “Coco before Chanel” (Sony Pictures Classics) Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Jason Reitman

Best documentary feature
• “Burma VJ” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Magic Hour Films Production, Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions) An Oceanic Preservation Society Production, Nominees to be determined
• “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia Pictures), A Robert Kenner Films Production, Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” A Kovno Communications Production, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home”, A Mr. Mudd Production, Rebecca Cammisa

Best documentary short subject
• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” A Downtown Community Television Center Production Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” A Just Media Production Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” A Community Media Production, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence” An iThemba Production Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” (Deckert Distribution) An MS Films Production Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Achievement in film editing
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year
• “Ajami”(Kino International) An Inosan Production Israel
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production, Argentina
• “The Milk of Sorrow” A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production, Peru
• “Un Prophète” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production, France
• “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics),  An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany

Achievement in makeup
• “Il Divo” (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros. Hans Zimmer
• “Up” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″ (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best motion picture of the year
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox), A Lightstorm Entertainment Production James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production
• “District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production, Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Best animated short film
• “French Roast” A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park

Best live action short film
• “The Door” (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi” A Gregg Helvey Production Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” (Premium Films) A Druid Films ProductionLuke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants” A Park Pictures and M & M Production Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” (Walt Disney) Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Achievement in sound mixing
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Achievement in visual effects
• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay
• “District 9″ (Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop” (IFC Films) Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man” (Focus Features) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

I compiled a list of every Best Editing Academy Award winner by year along side the Best Picture winners to see 1) Just a list of all the Best Editing winners all lined up, and 2) Which films won Best Editing and NOT Best Picture as well.  I plan to watch them all or at least start with those that won Best Editing and not Best Picture first.  I doubt I’ll go all the way down to the 1934 winner, but maybe just as far as the award seems currently relevant.  That’s probably somewhere around the early 60s with some exceptions lower.  Mary Poppins seems very modern to me.

So, in case anyone else is interested in a list laid out and easy to reference, here it is.  (There is also a column, if Best Picture and Best Editor winners don’t match, for whether the Best Picture winner was even nominated for Best Editing).

OscarEditWinners

A short film/tv pilot called “Together” that I did the titles animation and color for has won the Accolade Award of Excellence:

It is currently being shopped around as a television show to networks.

http://www.togetherfilm.com/

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