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.
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.