The force was with ILM at the Visual Effects Society Awards this week. The team from ILM — Roger Guyett, Luke O'Byrne, Patrick Tubach and Paul Kavanagh — along with the film's special effects supervisor, Chris Corbould, shared the VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star Wars earned three more awards at the Tuesday night ceremony. Yanick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek and Quentin Marmier won Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature for the "Falcon Chase/Graveyard" section of the film; Paul Kavanagh, Colin Benoit, Susumu Yukuhiro and Greg Walter received the Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project award for the same sequence; and Joshua Lee, Matthew Denton, Landis Fields and Cyrus Jam won Oustanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project for their work on the droid sensation known as BB-8.

Meanwhile, Game of Thrones slashed its way to four awards. Joe Baurer, Steve Kullback, Eric Carney, Derek Spears and Stuart Brisdon shared the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode award for "The Dance of Dragons" and Dominic Piche, Christine Leclerc, Patrice Poissant and Thomas Montminy-Brodeur won Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project. The epic "Hardhome" episode was honored twice — David Ramos, Antonio Lado, Piotr Weiss, and Félix Bergés won for Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project, while Eduardo Diaz, Gillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea and Inmaculada Nadela shared Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode.

And Pixar made a strong showing with three awards for its film The Good Dinosaur. Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Michael Venturini and Jon Reisch won Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature; David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc and Tom Miller got Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature; and Stephen Marshall, Magnus Wrenninge, Michael Hall and Hemagiri Arumugam earned the award for Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature.

The complete list of honorees follows. 

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
 
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens
        Roger Guyett
        Luke O'Byrne
        Patrick Tubach
        Paul Kavanagh
        Chris Corbould
 
        
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
 
    The Revenant
        Rich McBride
        Ivy Agregan
        Jason Smith
        Nicolas Chevallier
        Cameron Waldbauer
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
 
    The Good Dinosaur
        Sanjay Bakshi
        Denise Ream
        Michael Venturini
        Jon Reisch
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
    
    Game of Thrones; The Dance of Dragons
        Joe Bauer
        Steve Kullback
        Eric Carney
        Derek Spears
        Stuart Brisdon
 
 
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
 
    Vikings; To the Gates
        Dominic Remane
        Bill Halliday
        Paul Wishart
        Ovidiu Cinazan
        Paul Byrne
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project
 
    The Order: 1886
        Nathan Phail-Liff
        Dana Jan
        Anthony Vitale
        Scot Andreason
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
 
    SSE; Pier
        Neil Davies
        Tim Lyall
        Hitesh Patel
        Jorge Montiel
  

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
 
    Fast and Furious: Supercharged
        Chris Shaw
        Alysia Cotter
        Ben White
        Diego Guerrero
 
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature
 
    The Revenant; The Bear
        Matt Shumway
        Gaelle Morand
        Karin Cooper
        Leandro Estebecorena
 
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature
 
    Inside Out; Joy
        Shawn Krause
        Tanja Krampfert
        Jacob Merrell
        Alexis Angelidis
 
 
Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
 
    SSE; Pier; Orangutan
        Jorge Montiel
        Sauce Vilas
        Philippe Moine
        Sam Driscoll
 
    
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
 
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard
        Yanick Dusseault
        Mike Wood
        Justin van der Lek
        Quentin Marmier

 
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
 
    The Good Dinosaur; The Farm
        David Munier
        Matthew Webb
        Matt Kuruc
        Tom Miller
 
 
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
 
    
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
 
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Falcon Chase / Graveyard
        Paul Kavanagh
        Colin Benoit
        Susumu Yukuhiro
        Greg Salter
 
 
Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project
 
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens; BB-8
        Joshua Lee
        Matthew Denton
        Landis Fields
        Cyrus Jam
 
 
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
 
    Mad Max: Fury Road; Toxic Storm
        Dan Bethell
        Clinton Downs
        Chris Young
 
 
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
    
    The Good Dinosaur
        Stephen Marshall
        Magnus Wrenninge
        Michael Hall
        Hemagiri Arumugam
 
    
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
 
    Game of Thrones; Hardhome
        David Ramos
        Antonio Lado
        Piotr Weiss
        Félix Bergés
 
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
 
    The Revenant; Bear Attack
        Donny Rausch
        Alan Travis
        Charles Lai
        TC Harrison
 
    
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
 
    Game of Thrones; Hardhome
        Eduardo Díaz
        Guillermo Orbe
        Oscar Perea
        Inmaculada Nadela
 
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial
 
    SSE; Pier
        Gary Driver
        Greg Spencer
        Grant Connor
 
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
 
    Citipati
        Andreas Feix
        Francesco Faranna