The 15th
Visual Effects Society
The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and p ...
Awards was held in Los Angeles on February 7, 2017, in honor to the best
visual effects
Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated as VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of
a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.
The integration of live-action footage and other live-action fo ...
in film and television of 2016. The nominations were announced on January 10, 2017. ''
The Jungle Book
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'' took five awards at the ceremony.
Winners and nominees
(winners in bold)
Honorary awards
Lifetime Achievement Award:
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Ken Ralston
Kenneth Ralston (born 1954) is an American visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston began his career at the commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictur ...
VES Visionary Award
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Victoria Alonso
Victoria Alonso (born 22 December 1965) is an Argentine film producer who formerly served as the president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios.
Early life and education
Victoria Alonso was born on ...
Film
Television
Other categories
Most nominations
Most wins
References
External links
Visual Effects Society Awards 2016at
Internet Movie Database
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
2016 film awards
2016 television awards