ILM & ILM Immersive Earn 19 Nominations at 23rd VES Awards

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards, with 19 nominations for ILM & ILM Immersive for projects including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Wicked, Gladiator II, and What If…? – An Immersive Story.

The Visual Effects Society have announced their nominations for the 23rd Annual VES Awards, recognizing visual effects artistry and innovation in features, animation, television, commercials, games, and new media. Both ILM and ILM Immersive received 19 nominations in total.

Nominations in the overall film and television categories include Outstanding Visual Effects In A Photoreal Feature for Twisters, Outstanding Visual Effects In an Animated Feature for Transformers One and Ultraman: Rising, and Outstanding Visual Effects In A Photoreal Episode for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season 2).

In the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project category, ILM Immersive received a nomination for What If…? – An Immersive Story and the D23 Real-Time Rocket.

ILM has received nominations in many other categories including Outstanding Environment in a Photoreal Feature for Rome in Gladiator II and the Emerald City in Wicked, as well as Outstanding Environment in an Animated Feature for Transformers One’s Iacon City. Alien: Romulus, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Gladiator II have each picked up nominations for Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project, while Venom: The Last Dance joins Twisters with nominations for Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature.

Congratulations to our ILM and ILM Immersive teams!

See the full list of nominees here. The awards will be presented at the 23rd Annual VES Awards Gala on February 11th, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

SOURCEILM.com
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