Firefly nominated for a special effects award

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TVDIR

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:37 PM

Our favorite show FIREFLY was nominated for a VES Award, honoring excellence for visual effects in feature films, television, commercials and music videos.

For more info, here's their website: http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/

Here's a list of all the nominees:

The Visual Effects Society
Visual Effects Awards 2002 Nominees

Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture

Men in Black II
John Berton, Tom Bertino

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures

Gangs of New York
Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander

The Sum of all Fears
Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro

Frida
Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker

Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or a Special

Stephen King's Rose Red
Robin Griffin, Stuart Robertson, Dion Hatch, and Nelson Sepulveda

James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck
Dean Lewis

Dinotopia
Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn

Best Visual Effects in a Television Series

Dinotopia "Marooned & Making Good"
Guy Hudson, Sharon Fitzgerald, Frazer Churchill, David Hulin

Firefly "Serenity" pilot
Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan

Shockwave Part One Episode of the Enterprise
Dan Curry, Ronald Moore, Liz Castro

Best Visual Effects in a Commercial

Blockbuster Entertainment: “Prima Donna”
Scott Souter, Frank Petzold

XBOX “Mosquito”
William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie

Adidas "Mechanical Legs"
Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feliciano Digiorgio

Best Visual Effects in a Music Video

Linkin Park "Points of Authority"
Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher, Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan

Will Smith "Black Suits Coming"
Greg Strause, Colin Strause

So to Speak
Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley

Harry Potter "Dobby's Face"
David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt

The Lord of the Rings: "The Two Towers"
Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial

Stargate SG-1 “Revelations”
James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De Bosch Kemper

Blockbuster Entertainment "Kung Fu"
Scott Souter, Frank Petzond

Dinotopia
Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White

Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
James Baxter

Stuart Little 2
Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen

Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture

Die Another Day
Chris Corbould

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, Scott Harens

Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb

Gangs of New York
Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelian, Mathieu Raynault

Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial

The Man Who Saved Christmas
Mark Fordham, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Gudrun Heinze

Dinotopia
Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae

Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte

Die Another Day
John Richardson

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken

Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial

Steph

MRGREEN

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:51 PM

Well, can't say it's a super prestigiuos award, but it's nice to see people recognizing FF.

Rob

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:54 PM

Nice prop, too bad it comes too late to keep the show on the air. Perhaps it can be used as a selling point to whoever Joss pitches the show to now that Sci Fi has passed on Firefly.