'Jungle Book,' 'Game of Thrones' Take Top Honors at Visual Effects Awards in Beverly Hills

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- "The Jungle Book" won five awards, including for outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature film, at Tuesday evening's 15th annual Visual Effects Society Awards.

"Game of Thrones" also won five awards, including for outstanding visual effects in a television episode,

"Kubo and the Two Strings" won for top animated film in a field that also included "Finding Dory," "Moana," "The Little Prince" and "Zootopia."

Oscar-winning visual effects expert Ken Ralston received a lifetime achievement award during the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, while the society's Visionary Award was presented to Marvel Studios Executive Vice President of Physical Production Victoria Alonso.

Here is a complete list of winners:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:

-- ``The Jungle Book,'' Robert Legato, Joyce Cox, Andrew R. Jones, Adam
Valdez, JD Schwalm

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
-- ``Deepwater Horizon,'' Craig Hammack, Petra Holtorf-Stratton, Jason
Snell, John Galloway, Burt Dalton

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
-- ``Kubo and the Two Strings,'' Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner, Steve
Emerson, Brad Schiff

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
-- ``Game of Thrones:; Battle of the Bastards; Joe Bauer, Steve
Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Matthew Rouleau, Sam Conway

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
-- ``Black Sails''; XX; Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Aladino Debert, Yafei
Wu, Paul Stephenson

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
-- ``Uncharted 4,'' Bruce Straley, Eben Cook, Iki Ikram

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
-- ``John Lewis; Buster the Boxer,'' Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Hannah
Ruddleston, Fabian Frank, William Laban

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
-- ``Pirates of the Caribbean; Battle for the Sunken Treasure,'' Bill
George, Amy Jupiter, Hayden Landis, David Lester

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature
-- ``The Jungle Book''; King Louie; Paul Story, Dennis Yoo, Jack Tema,
Andrei Coval

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
-- ``Finding Dory''; Hank; Jonathan Hoffman, Steven Clay Hunter, Mark
Piretti, Audrey Wong

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project
-- ``Game of Thrones''; Battle of the Bastards; Drogon; James Kinnings,
Michael Holzl, Matt Derksen, Joeseph Hoback

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Commercial
-- ``John Lewis''; Buster the Boxer; Tim van Hussen, David Bryan, Chloe
Dawe, Maximillian Mallman

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
-- ``Doctor Strange''; New York City; Adam Watkins, Martijn van Herk,
Tim Belsher, Jon Mitchell

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
-- ``Moana''; Motonui Island; Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman,
Larry Wu

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
-- ``Game of Thrones''; Battle of the Bastards; Meereen City; Deak
Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, Francois Croteau, Alexandru Banuta

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
-- ``The Jungle Book,'' Bill Pope, Robert Legato, Gary Roberts, John
Brennan

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
-- ``Deepwater Horizon''; Deepwater Horizon Rig; Kelvin Lau, Jean Bolte,
Kevin Sprout, Kim Vongbunyong

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
-- ``The Jungle Book''; Nature Effects; Oliver Winwood, Fabian Nowak,
David Schneider, Ludovic Ramisandraina

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
-- ``Moana,'' Marc Henry Bryant, David Hutchins, John M. Kosnik, Dale
Mayeda

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
-- ``Game of Thrones''; Battle of the Bastards; Meereen City; Thomas
Hullin, Dominik Kirouac, James Dong, Xavier Fourmond

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
-- ``The Jungle Book''; Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew
Adams, Max Stummer

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
-- ``Game of Thrones''; Battle of the Bastards; Retaking Winterfell;
Dominic Hellier, Morgan Jones, Thijs Noij, Caleb Thompson

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial
-- ``John Lewis''; Buster the Boxer; Tom Harding, Alex Snookes, David
Filipe, Andreas Feix

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
-- ``Breaking Point,'' Johannes Franz, Nicole Rothermel, Thomas Sali,
Alexander Richter

-- City News Service, photo courtesy of the VES