MPC receives nine nominations at the 21st annual VES Awards, and three nominations at the 50th Annie Awards

MPC’s work has been recognised across eight categories at the VES Awards:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Ryan Tudhope
Paul Molles
Seth Hill
Bryan Litson
Scott Fisher

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

THIRTEEN LIVES
Jason Billington
Thomas Horton
Denis Baudin
Michael Harrison
Brian Cox

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Aaron Weintraub
Jeffrey Schaper
Cameron Carson
Emma Gorbey

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: The Black Queen
Angus Bickerton
Nikeah Forde
Sven Martin
Michael Bell
Michael Dawson

PREHISTORIC PLANET: Ice Worlds
Lindsay McFarlane
Fay Hancocks
Elliot Newman
Kirstin Hall

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

VIKINGS: VALHALLA; The Bridge
Ben Mossman
Melanie Callaghan
Matt Schofield
Chris Cooper
Paul Byrne

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

DISNEY’S PINOCCHIO; Honest John
Christophe Paradis
Valentina Rosselli
Armita Khanlarpour
Kyoungmin Kim

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO; In the Stomach of a Sea Monster
Warren Lawtey
Anjum Sakharkar
Javier Gonzalez Alonso
Quinn Carvalho

OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A CG PROJECT

PREHISTORIC PLANET
Daniel Fotheringham
Krzysztof Szczepanski
Wei-Chuan Hsu
Claire Hill

Learn more about the VES Awards here. Winners will be announced February 15, 2023.

At the Annie Awards, MPC picked up the following three nominations:

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

PREHISTORIC PLANET: Coasts
BBC Studios in association with Apple
FX Production Company: MPC

BEST FX – FEATURE

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A ShadowMachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
FX Production Company: MPC
Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail Donchenko

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

FINCH
Production Company: Amblin Partners Apple Original Films
FX Production Company: MPC
Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio also received a nomination for BEST FEATURE and Prehistoric Planet for BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION.

Winners for the 50th annual Annie Awards will be announced February 25, 2023.

Tanya Combrinck
Author: Tanya Combrinck

Tanya is a writer covering art, design, and visual effects. She has 15 years of experience as a magazine journalist and has written for publications including 3D World, 3D Artist, Computer Arts, net magazine, and Creative Bloq.

Comments

comments