Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2011. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture", before being re-titled in 2016.
2010s
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Year
Film
Environment
Nominee(s)
2011 [ 1] [ 2] Rango Main Street Dirt John Bell, Polly Ing, Martin Murphy, Russell Paul
The Adventures of Tintin Bagghar
Hamish Beachman, Adam King, Wayne Stables, Mark Tait
Docks
Matt Aitken , Jeff Capogreco, Jason Lazaroff, Alessandro Mozzato
Pirate Battle
Phil Barrenger, Keith F. Miller, Alessandro Saponi, Christoph Sprenger
Puss in Boots The Cloud World
Guillaume Aretos, Greg Lev, Brett Miller, Peter Zaslav
2012 [ 3] [ 4] Brave The Forest Tim Best, Steve Pilcher, Inigo Quilez, Andrew Whittock
ParaNorman Graveyard
Phil Brotherton, Robert Desue, Oliver Jones , Nick Mariana
Main Street
Alice Bird, Matt DeLeu, Caitlin Pashalek
Rise of the Guardians The North Pole Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, Peter Maynez
2013 [ 5] [ 6] Frozen Elsa's Ice Palace Virgilio John Aquino, Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, David Womersley
The Croods The Maze
Jonathan Harman, Violette Sacre-Shaik, Benjamin Venancie, Philippe Brochu
Epic Pod Patch
Aaron Ross, Travis Price, Jake Panian, Antelmo Villarreal
Monsters University Campus
Robert Kondo, Eric Andraos, Dale Ruffolo, Peter Sumanaseni
2014 [ 7] [ 8] Big Hero 6 Into the Portal Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley
The Book of Life Magical Land of the Remembered
Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters
The Boxtrolls Boxtroll Cavern
Curt Enderle, Rob DeSue, Emily Greene, Jesse Gregg
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Oasis
Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
Year
Film
Character
Nominee(s)
2015 [ 9] [ 10] The Good Dinosaur The Farm David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller
Inside Out Imagination Land
Amy L. Allen, Steve Karski, Eric Andraos, Jose L. Ramos Serrano
The Peanuts Movie Charlie Brown's Neighborhood
Jon Townley, Angel Camacho-Torres, Cleveland Hibbert, Ken Lee
Shaun the Sheep Movie Under the Arches
Matt Perry, Charles Copping, Alfred Llupia Perez, Andy Brown
2016 [ 11] [ 12] Moana Motonui Island Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman, Larry Wu
Finding Dory Open Ocean Exhibit
Stephen Gustafson, Jack Hattori, Jesse Hollander, Michael Rutter
Kubo and the Two Strings Hanzo's Fortress
Phil Brotherton, Nick Mariana, Emily Greene, Joe Strasser
Waves
David Horsley, Eric Wachtman, Daniel Leatherdale, Takashi Kuboto
2017 [ 13] [ 14] Coco City of the Dead Michael Frederickson, Jamie Hecker, Jonathan Pytko, Dave Strick
Cars 3 Abandoned Racetrack
Marlena Fecho, Thidartana Annee Jonjai, Jose L. Ramos Serrano, Frank Tai
Despicable Me 3 Hollywood Destruction
Axelle De Cooman, Pierre Lopes, Milo Riccarand, Nicolas Brack
The Lego Ninjago Movie Ninjago City
Kim Taylor, Angela Ensele, Felicity Coonan, Jean Pascal leBlanc
2018 [ 15] [ 16] Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Graphic New York City Terry Park, Bret St. Clair, Kimberly Liptrap, Dave Morehead
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Whoville Loic Rastout, Ludovic Ramiere, Henri Deruer, Nicolas Brack
Incredibles 2 Parr House
Christopher M. Burrows, Philip Metschan, Michael Rutter, Joshua West
Ralph Breaks the Internet Social Media District
Benjamin Min Huang, Jon Kim Krummel II, Gina Warr Lawes, Matthias Lechner
2019 [ 17] [ 18] Toy Story 4 Antiques Mall Hosuk Chang, Andrew Finley, Alison Leaf, Philip Shoebottom for Antique Mall
Frozen II Giants' Gorge
Samy Segura, Jay V. Jackson, Justin Cram, Scott Townsend
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World The Hidden World
Chris Grun, Ronnie Cleland, Ariel Chisholm, Philippe Brochu
Missing Link Passage to India Jungle
Phil Brotherton, Oliver Jones , Nick Mariana, Ralph Procida
2020s
Year
Film
Environment
Nominee(s)
2020 [ 19] [ 20] Soul You Seminar Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, Frank Tai
Onward Swamp Gas
Eric Andraos, Laura Grieve, Nick Pitera, Michael Rutter
Trolls World Tour Techno Reef
Luke Heathcock, Zachary Glynn, Marina Ilic, Michael Trull
Volcano Rock City
Brian LaFrance, Sara Cembalisty, Christopher Sprunger, Ruben Perez
2021 [ 21] Encanto Antonio's Room Camille Andre, Andrew Finley, Chris Patrick O'Connell, Amol Sathe
Luca Portorosso Piazza
Airton Dittz, Jr., Jack Hattori, Michael Rutter, Joshua West
Raya and the Last Dragon Talon
Mingjue Helen Chen, Chaiwon Kim, Virgilio John Aquino, Diana Jiang LeVangie
Sing 2 Crystal Theater
Ludovic Ramière, Théo Rivoalen, Henri Deruer, Frédéric Mainil
Vivo Mambo Cabana
Bertrand Bry-Marfaing, Josef Dylan Swift, Geeta Basantani, Jeremy Kim
2022 [ 22] Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio In the Stomach of a Sea Monster Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho
Lightyear T'Kani Prime Forest
Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano
The Sea Beast The Hunting Ship
Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace
Strange World The Windy Jungle
Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske
Wendell & Wild The Scream Fair
Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross
2023 [ 23] Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Mumbattan City Taehyun Park, YJ Lee, Pepe Orozco, Kelly Han
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Chicken Island
Charles Copping, Matthew Perry, Jim Lewis, Jon Biggins
Elemental Element City
Chris Bernardi, Brandon Montell, David Shavers, Ting Zhang
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Midtown Manhattan
Olivier Mitonneau, Eddy Frechou, Guillaume Chevet, Arnaud Philippe-Giraux
2024 [ 24] The Wild Robot The Forest John Wake, He Jung Park, Woojin Choi, Shane Glading
Kung Fu Panda 4 Juniper City
Benjamin Lippert, Ryan Prestridge, Sarah Vawter, Peter Maynez
Transformers One Iacon City
Alex Popescu, Geoffrey Lebreton, Ryan Kirby, Hussein Nabeel
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aqueduct
Matt Perry, Dave Alex Riddett, Matt Sanders, Howard Jones
Films with Multiple Nominations
3 Nominations 2 Nominations
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