HBO's Game of Thrones (pictured, top) led the field in the 14th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards, earning no fewer than nine nominations from the honorary society. In feature films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens led with seven, including the VES's topline feature film award, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.

Animated feature The Peanuts Movie earned five nominations, San AndreasInside Out and The Good Dinosaur each received four and Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury RoadThe WalkThe Revenant and History's Vikings were each nominated three times.

San Andreas VFX

San Andreas

Toughest competition? Probably Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode, where Vikings managed to squeeze in just one nomination in a category dominated by three different episodes of Game of Thrones. Biggest deviation from the Oscars? San Andreas earns four nominations here despite failing to make the Academy's top 20.

The award-winners in a total of 23 categories will be announced at a VES Awards event on February 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where director Ridley Scott will receive the group's Lifetime Achievement Award and conceptual artist Syd Mead will get the VES Visionary Award. The full list of nominees follows below. 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
 
Furious 7
Mike Wassel
Karen Murphy
Martin Hill
Kevin McIlwain
Dan Sudick
 
San Andreas
Colin Strause
Randall Starr
Bryan Grill
Nordin Rahhali
Brian Cox
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Roger Guyett
Luke O'Byrne
Patrick Tubach
Paul Kavanagh
Chris Corbould
 
Mad Max: Fury Road
Andrew Jackson
Holly Radcliffe
Tom Wood
Dan Oliver
Andy Williams

The Martian
Richard Stammers
Barrie Hemsley
Matt Sloan
Chris Lawrence
Steven Warner
 
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
 
In The Heart of The Sea
Jody Johnson
Leslie Lerman
Sean Stranks
Bryan Hirota
Mark Holt
 
Bridge of Spies
Sven Martin
Jennifer Meislohn
Charlie Noble
Sean Stranks
Gerd Nefzer
 
The Walk
Kevin Baillie
Camille Cellucci
Viktor Muller
Sebastien Moreau
 
Everest
Dadi Einarsson
Roma O-Connor
Matthias Bjarnasson
Glen Pratt
Richard Van Den Bergh
 
The Revenant
Rich McBride
Ivy Agregan
Jason Smith
Nicolas Chevallier
Cameron Waldbauer
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
 
The Peanuts Movie
Steve Martino
Michael J. Travers
Nick Bruno
Scott Carroll
 
Inside Out
Michael Fong
Jonas Rivera
Victor Navone
Paul Mendoza
 
Anomalisa
Derek Smith
Rosa Tran
Joe Passarelli
John Joyce
 
Hotel Transylvania 2
Karl Herbst
Skye Lyons
Alan Hawkins
Genndy Tartakovsky
 
The Good Dinosaur
Sanjay Bakshi
Denise Ream
Michael Venturini
Jon Reisch
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
 

The Order: 1886
Nathan Phail-Liff
Dana Jan
Anthony Vitale
Scot Andreason
 
Halo 5: Guardians
Nicolas Bouvier
Jon Wood
Brien Goodrich
Matt Aldridge
 
The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows
Alasdair Coull
Daniel Smith
Nick Donaldson
Tim Elek
 
Destiny: The Taken King
Michael Zak
Mark Noseworthy
Stephen Scott
Dave Matthews
 
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Thierry Dansereau
Francois Pelland
Marc-Andre Clermont
Mathieu Chouinard
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
 
Nezlamna; Sea Dogfight
Dmitriy Ovcharenko
Igor Klimovsky
Egor Borschevsky
Vladimir Mikheyenko
 
Childhood's End; Night Three
Kevin Blank
Adica Manis
Niklas Jacobson
Glenn Melenhorst
 
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; Arabella
Jean-Claude Deguara
Natalie Reid
Nicolas Hernandez
Sara Bennett
 
The Strain; Identity
Dennis Berardi
Luke Groves
Matt Glover
Trey Harrell
Warren Appleby
 
Game of Thrones; The Dance of Dragons
Joe Bauer
Steve Kullback
Eric Carney
Derek Spears
Stuart Brisdon
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
 
Ikea; T-shirts
Diarmid Harrison Murray
Julie Evans
Tom Harding
Tim van Hussen
 
Halo 5; The Hunt Begins
Benjamin Walsh
Pip Malone
Brian Burke
Ian Holland
 
Audi; Birth
Andrew Proctor
Gemma Humphries
Mike Chapman
Gianluca Di Marco
 
SSE; Pier
Neil Davies
Tim Lyall
Hitesh Patel
Jorge Montiel
 
Game of War; Rooftop Alliance
David Lawson
Erin Hicke
Becky Porter
Krystal Sae Eua
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
 
Goosebumps VR Adventure
Jason Schugardt
Mike Wigart
Alex Harding
Daniel Marsh
 
Nike; The Neymar Jr. Effect
Janelle Croshaw
Ian Markiewicz
Lou Pecora
Aruna Inversin
 
Kaka's Great Adventure
Neelesh Gore
Rajiv Kessop
Amogh Vaidya
Shaffi Mahammad
 
Fast and Furious: Supercharged
Chris Shaw
Alysia Cotter
Ben White
Diego Guerrero
 
SpongeBob SubPants
Brent Young
John Kokum
Michael Smith
Timothy Williams
 
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
 
The Walk; World Trade Center
Jim Gibbs
Brian Flora
Laurent Taillefer
Pavel Kolar
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard
Yanick Dusseault
Mike Wood
Justin van der Lek
Quentin Marmier
 
Ant-Man; The Microverse
Florian Witzel
Taylor Shaw
Alexis Hall
Heath Kraynak
 
Jurassic World; Jungle Chase
Martyn Culpitt
Joao Sita
Yuta Shimizu
Michael Billette
 
Tomorrowland; Tomorrowland Center
Barry Williams
Greg Kegel
Quentin Marmier
Thang Le
 
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
 
Vikings; To the Gates
Dominic Remane
Bill Halliday
Paul Wishart
Ovidiu Cinazan
Paul Byrne
 
Black Sails; XVIII
Erik Henry
Annemarie Griggs
Kevin Rafferty
Aladino Debert
Paul Stephenson 
 
Penny Dreadful; And They Were Enemies
James Cooper
Bill Halliday
Sarah McMurdo
Mai-Ling Lee
 
Daredevil; Speak of the Devil
Bryan Godwin
David Van Dyke
Karl Coyner
Julie Long
Johan Kunz
 
Agent Carter; Now Is Not the End
Sheena Duggal
Addie Manis
Richard Bluff
Jayesh Dalal
Kenneth C. Clark
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Maz
Joel Bodin
Arslan Elver
Ian Comley
Stephen Cullingford
 
The Revenant; The Bear
Matt Shumway
Gaelle Morand
Karin Cooper
Leandro Estebecorena
 
Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulk
Jakub Pistecky
Lana Lan
John Walker
Sean Comer
 
Chappie; Chappie
Earl Fast
Chris Harvey
Mark Wendell
Robert Bourgeault
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
 
The Peanuts Movie; Snoopy
Jeff Gabor
Joseph Antonuccio
Ignacio Barrios
Sabine Heller
 
The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown
Matthew Doble
Steve Vanseth
Stephen Gressak
Nikki Tomaino
 
Inside Out; Joy
Shawn Krause
Tanja Krampfert
Jacob Merrell
Alexis Angelidis
 
The Good Dinosaur; Spot
Ana Gabriela Lacaze
Jacob Brooks
Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Mark C. Harris
 
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
 
The Good Dinosaur; The Farm
David Munier
Matthew Webb
Matt Kuruc
Tom Miller
 
Inside Out; Imagination Land
Amy L. Allen
Steve Karski
Eric Andraos
Jose L. Ramos Serrano
 
The Peanuts Movie; Charlie Brown's Neighborhood
Jon Townley
Angel Camacho-Torres
Cleveland Hibbert
Ken Lee
 
Shaun the Sheep Movie; Under the Arches
Matt Perry
Charles Copping
Alfred Llupia Perez
Andy Brown
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
 
Game of Thrones; Mother's Mercy; Wounded Drogon
Florian Friedmann
Jonathan Symmonds
Sven Skoczylas
Sebastian Lauer
 
Game of Thrones; Dance of Dragons; Drogon Arena Rescue
James Kinnings
Michael Holzl
Joseph Hoback
Matt Derksen
 
SSE; Pier; Orangutan
Jorge Montiel
Sauce Vilas
Philippe Moine
Sam Driscoll
 
Sainsbury's; Mog
Sebastian Nino
Chris Hurtt
Joseph Henson
Gez Wright
 
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
 
Game of Thrones; City of Volantis
Dominic Piche
Christine Leclerc
Patrice Poissant
Thomas Montminy-Brodeur
 
Vikings; Paris
Paul Wishart
Karol Wlodarczyk
Tom Morrison
Matt Ralph
 
Game of Thrones; Drogon Arena
Rajeev B R.
Loganathan Perumal
Ramesh Shankers
Anders Ericson
 
Black Sails; Charles Town Harbor
Aladino Debert
Matt Dougan
Greg Teegarden
Ken Jones
 
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
 
Ant-Man; Macro Action
James Baker
Alex Kahn
Thomas Luff
Rebecca Baehler
 
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation; Underwater Torus Chamber
Vincent Aupetit
Margaux Durand-Rival
Christopher Anciaume
Robert Elswit
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard
Paul Kavanagh
Colin Benoit
Susumu Yukuhiro
Greg Salter
 
The Walk; Towers Walk
Shawn Hull
Suzanne Cipolletti
Laurent Taillefer
Dariusz Wolski
 
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
 
SSE; Pier
Peter Agg
Sam Driscoll
Matthew Fuller
 
Halo 5: The Hunt Begins
Vladislav Tushevskiy
Tomas Zaveckas
Sho Hasegawa
Sergey Kosareff
 
Lipton; The Revolution in Tea
Jonathan -Wes- Westley
Tom Raynor
Christos Parliaros
 
Game of Thrones; Hardhome
David Ramos
Antonio Lado
Piotr Weiss
Félix Bergés
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
 

San Andreas; Los Angeles Destruction
Sandro Blattner
Hamish Schumacher
Nicholas Kim
Mario Rokicki
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jay Cooper
Marian Mavrovic
Jean Lapointe
Alex Prichard
 
Tomorrowland
Francois Lambert
Jean Lapointe
Peter Demarest
Conny Fauser
 
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lindsay Adams
Matthew Wynne
Chris Davies
Phil Outen
 
The Revenant; Bear Attack
Donny Rausch
Alan Travis
Charles Lai
TC Harrison
 
Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens; BB-8
Joshua Lee
Matthew Denton
Landis Fields
Cyrus Jam
 
Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulkbuster
Howie Weed
Robert Marinic
Daniel Gonzalez
Myriam Catrin
 
Everest; Mt. Everest
Matthias Bjarnasson
Olafur Haraldsson
Kjartan Hardarson
Petur Arnorsson
 
Jurassic World; Indominus Rex
Steve Jubinville
Martin Murphy
Aaron Grey
Kevin Reuter
 
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
 
Mad Max: Fury Road; Toxic Storm
Dan Bethell
Clinton Downs
Chris Young
 
Avengers: Age of Ultron; Hulk vs Hulkbuster
Michael Balog
Jim Van Allen
Florent Andorra
Georg Kaltenbrunner
 
San Andreas; Hoover Dam / San Francisco Tsunami
Joe Scarr
Lukas Lepicovsky
Yves D-Incau
Marcel Kern
 
San Andreas; Los Angels Destruction
Remy Torre
Marc Horsfield
Niall Flinn
Victor Grant
 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Starkiller Base
Rick Hankins
Dan Bornstein
John Doublestein
Gary Wu
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
 
Vikings; To the Gates
Ovidiu Cinazan
Olivia Yapp
Greg Lamar
Meng Angel Li
 
Game of Thrones; Hardhome
Eduardo Díaz
Guillermo Orbe
Oscar Perea
Inmaculada Nadela
 
 
Game of Thrones; Drogon Arena
Michael Crane
Travis Nelson
Joe Salazar
Beverly Bernacki
 
Game of Thrones; Drogon Lair
Travis Nobles
Mark Spindler
Max Riess
Nadja Ding
 
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
 
Inside Out
Amit Baadkar
Dave Hale
Vincent Serritella
Paul Mendoza
 
The Peanuts Movie
Alen Lai
Ilan Gabai
Chris Chapman
Douglas Seiden
 
The Good Dinosaur
Stephen Marshall
Magnus Wrenninge
Michael Hall
Hemagiri Arumugam
 
Home
Greg Gladstone
Michael Losure
Chris De St Jeor
Alex Timchenko
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial
 
SSE; Pier
Gary Driver
Greg Spencer
Grant Connor
 
Game of War; Rooftop Alliance
Becky Porter
Jeannie Huynh
Patrick Heinen
Don Kim
 
 
Halo 5; The Hunt Begins
Ian Holland
Brian Delmonico
Brandon Nelson
Nicholas Kim
 
Under Armour; Rule Yourself
Gavin Wellsman
Nathan Kane
Michael Smith
Ilia Mokhtareizadeh
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
 

Skål
Marco Hakenjos
Christian Zehetmeier
Timm Wagener
Manuel Seifert
 

Jagon
Julian Weiss
Vincent Ullmann
Fabian Fricke
Yafes Sahin
 
Citipati
Andreas Feix
Francesco Faranna
 

Korser
Guillaume Menard
Vincent Desgrippes
Jessie Hereng 
Tangi Vaillant