Awards -- Visual Effects Society (VES)

The Visual Effects Society released their nominees for this year, and surprise surprise, AVATAR leads the list of nominees, scooping up a grand total of 11.

VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN FEATURE FILM
2012
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A FEATURE FILM
Angels & Demons
The Box
Invictus
The Road
Sherlock Holmes

ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Up

BEST SINGLE VISUAL EFFECT OF THE YEAR
"2012" -- Escape from L.A.
"Avatar"
"Avatar" -- Quarich's Escape
"Knowing" -- Plane Crash
"Terminator: Salvation" -- VLA Escape

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM
"Avatar" -- Neytiri
"District 9" -- Christopher Johnson
"G-Force" -- Bucky
"Watchmen" -- Doctor Manhattan

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Coraline" -- Coraline
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" -- Buck
"Monsters vs. Aliens" -- B.O.B.
"Up" -- Carl

EFFECTS ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
Up

MATTE PAINTING IN A FEATURE FILM
"Avatar" -- Pandora
"Avatar" -- Franklyn
"Avatar" -- Meanwhile City Scapes
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Star Trek"

MODELS AND MINIATURES IN A FEATURE FILM
"Avatar" -- Samson / Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit
"Coraline"
"Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian" -- National Air and Space Museum Escape
"Terminator: Salvation"

CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A FEATURE FILM
"2012" -- Los Angeles Destruction
"Avatar" -- Floating Mountains
"Avatar" -- Jungle / Biolume
"Avatar" -- Willow Glade

COMPOSITING IN A FEATURE FILM
"Avatar"
"Avatar" -- End Battle
"District 9"
"Sherlock Holmes" -- Wharf Explosion Sequence