Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Animation award
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2008.
Winners and nominees
2000s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
2008 [ 1] WALL-E Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
Bolt Chris Williams , Byron Howard , John Murrah, Doug Bennett
Kung Fu Panda Markus Manninen, Dan Wagner, Alex Parkinson, Raymond Zibach
Roadside Romeo Pankaj Khandpur, Sherry Bharda, Shrirang Sathayem Suhael Merchant
Waltz With Bashir Yoni Goodman, Yael Nahlieli
2009 [ 2] Up Pete Docter , Jonas Rivera , Steve May, Gary Bruins
9 Ken Duncan, Jinko Gotoh, Daryl Graham, Joe Ksander
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Pete Nash, Chris Juen, Alan Hawkins, Mike Ford
Coraline Henry Selick , Claire Jennings
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Melvin Tan, Galen Chu, Jeff Gabor, Anthony Nisi
2010s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
2010 [ 3] How to Train Your Dragon Simon Otto , Craig Ring, Bonnie Arnold
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Zareh Naibandian, Simon Whiteley, Eric Leighton, Alex Weight
Shrek Forever After Jason Reisig, Doug Cooper, Gina Shay , Teresa Cheng
Tangled Clay Kaytis , John Kahrs , Glen Keane , Roy Conli
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich , Darla K. Anderson , Guido Quaroni , Michael Fong
2011 [ 4] Rango Tim Alexander , Hal Hickel , Jacqui Lopez, Katie Lynch
The Adventures of Tintin Jamie Beard, Joe Letteri , Meredith Meyer-Nichols, Eileen Moran
Arthur Christmas Doug Ikeler, Chris Juen, Alan Short, Mandy Tankenson
Kung Fu Panda 2 Melissa Cobb, Alex Parkinson, Jennifer Yuh Nelson , Raymond Zibach
Puss in Boots Joe M. Aguilar, Guillaume Aretos, Ken Bielenberg, Chris Miller
2012 [ 5] [ 6] Brave Mark Andrews , Steve May, Katherine Sarafian , Bill Wise
Hotel Transylvania Lydia Bottegoni, James Crossley, Mike Ford, Daniel Kramer
ParaNorman Chris Butler, Sam Fell , Travis Knight , Brad Schiff
Rise of the Guardians Nancy Bernstein , David Prescott, Peter Ramsey , Christina Steinberg
Wreck-It Ralph Sean Jenkins, Scott Kersavage, Rich Moore , Clark Spencer
2013 [ 7] Frozen Chris Buck , Jennifer Lee , Peter Del Vecho , Lino Di Salvo
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Peter Nash, Michael Ford, Chris Juen, Mandy Tankenson
The Croods Jane Hartwell , Chris Sanders , Kirk DeMicco , Markus Manninen
Despicable Me 2 Chris Meledandri , Janet Healy, Chris Renaud , Pierre Coffin
Monsters University Kori Rae , Sanjay Bakshi, Jon Reisch, Scott Clark
2014 [ 8] Big Hero 6 Don Hall , Chris Williams , Roy Conli, Zach Parrish
The Boxtrolls Travis Knight , Anthony Stacchi , Graham Annable , Brad Schiff
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Bonnie Arnold , Dean DeBlois , Dave Walvoord, Simon Otto
The Lego Movie Chris McKay , Amber Naismith, Jim Dodd, David Williams
Rio 2 Carlos Saldanha , Bruce Anderson, John C. Donkin, Kirk Garfield
2015 [ 9] The Good Dinosaur Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini, Jon Reisch
Anomalisa Derek Smith, Rosa Tran, Joe Passarelli, John Joyce
Hotel Transylvania 2 Karl Herbst, Skye Lyons, Alan Hawkins, Genndy Tartakovsky
Inside Out Michael Fong, Jonas Rivera , Victor Navone, Paul Mendoza
The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino , Michael J. Travers, Nick Bruno , Scott Carroll
2016 [ 10] Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight , Arianne Sutner, Steve Emerson, Brad Schiff
Finding Dory Angus MacLane , Lindsey Collins, John Halstead, Chris J. Chapman
Moana Kyle Odermatt, Nicole P. Hearon, Hank Driskill, Ian Gooding
The Little Prince Mark Osborne , Jinko Gotoh, Pascal Bertrand, Jamie Caliri
Zootopia Scott Kersavage, Bradford S. Simonsen, David Goetz, Ernest J. Petti
2017 [ 11] Coco Lee Unkrich , Darla K. Anderson , David Ryu, Michael K. O'Brien
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren , Mark Swift, Mireille Soria , David Dulac
Cars 3 Brian Fee , Kevin Reher, Michael Fong, Jon Reisch
Despicable Me 3 Pierre Coffin , Chris Meledandri , Kyle Balda , Eric Guillon
The Lego Batman Movie Rob Coleman , Amber Naismith, Grant Freckelton , Damien Gray
The Lego Ninjago Movie Gregory Jowle, Fiona Childton, Miles Green, Kim Taylor
2018 [ 12] Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal , Danny Dimian, Bret St. Clair
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Pierre Leduc , Janet Healy, Bruno Chauffard, Milo Riccarand
Incredibles 2 Brad Bird , John Walker, Rick Sayre, Bill Watral
Isle of Dogs Mark Waring, Jeremy Dawson, Tim Ledbury, Lev Kolobov
Ralph Breaks the Internet Scott Kersavage, Bradford Simonsen, Ernest J. Petti, Cory Loftis
2019 [ 13] Missing Link Brad Schiff, Travis Knight , Steve Emerson, Benoit Dubuc
Frozen 2 Steve Goldberg, Peter Del Vecho , Mark Hammel, Michael Giaimo
Klaus Sergio Pablos , Matthew Teevan, Marcin Jakubowski, Szymon Biernacki
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part David Burgess, Tim Smith, Mark Theriault. John Rix
Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley , Mark Nielsen, Bob Moyer, Gary Bruins
2020s
Year
Film
Nominee(s)
2020 [ 14] [ 15] Soul Pete Docter , Dana Murray , Michael Fong, Bill Watral
Onward Dan Scanlon , Kori Rae , Sanjay Bakshi, Vincent Serritella
Over the Moon Glen Keane , Gennie Rim, Céline Desrumaux, David Alexander Smith
The Croods: A New Age Joel Crawford , Mark Swift, Betsyf Nofsinger, Jakob Hjort Jensen
Trolls World Tour Walt Dohrn , Gina Shay , Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin , Matt Baer
2021 [ 16] Encanto Scott Kersavage, Bradford Simonsen, Thaddeus P. Miller, Ian Gooding
Luca Enrico Casarosa , Andrea Warren, David Ryu, Jon Reisch
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Alan Hawkins, Carey A. Smith, Mike Lasker, Nicola Lavender
Raya and the Last Dragon Kyle Odermatt, Osnat Shurer , Kelsey Hurley, Paul Felix
Sing 2 Patrick Delage, Nathalie Vancauwenberghe, Christophe Lourdelet, Boris Jacq
2022 [ 17] Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey
The Bad Guys Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans
Mad God Chris Morley, Phil Tippett , Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons
The Sea Beast Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders
Strange World Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi
Turning Red Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale
2023 [ 18] Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Alan Hawkins, Christian Hejnal , Michael Lasker, Matt Hausman
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Charles Copping, Matthew Perry
Elemental Peter Sohn , Denise Ream, Sanjay Bakshi, Stephen Marshall
Nimona Archie Donato, Yancy Lindquist, Theodore Ty, Anthony Kemp
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Matthieu Rouxel, Marie Balland, Jacques Daigle, Vincent Leroy
2024 [ 19] The Wild Robot Chris Sanders , Jeff Hermann, Jeff Budsberg , Jacob Hjort Jensen
Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann , Mark Nielsen, Sudeep Rangaswamy, Bill Watral
Moana 2 Carlos Cabral, Tucker Gilmore, Ian Gooding, Gabriela Hernandez
Transformers One Frazer Churchill, Fiona Chilton, Josh Cooley , Stephen King
Ultraman: Rising Hayden Jones, Sean M. Murphy, Shannon Tindle , Mathieu Vig
References
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