Tue 24th Jan 2012 | News
There were some surprising selections in the VFX and animation nomination lists for this year's Academy Awards.
The nominations have been released for the Academy Awards, due to go live late February. The list is honourable, though the omission of some of the leading studio's work brings a sting of reality to the announcements.
Of course, I agree with, celebrate and congratulate those talents who have come through to the final nominated list. Some great independent European works have been included, which brings a more ecclectic flavor to these awards.
In the Visual Effects list, there is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2', 'Hugo', 'Real Steel', 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes', and 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'. 'The Speilberg/Jackson piece, 'The Adventures of Tintin' missed out, and I am wondering if the judging panel just couldn't decide category it was supposed to be in. VFX or animation. The fact stand that it missed out in both categories.
The Visual Effects list of nominations is:
◦ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. -Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
◦ Hugo. -Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
◦ Real Steel. -Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
◦ Rise of the Planet of the Apes. -Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
◦ Transformers: Dark of the Moon. - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier.
In other categories:
Animated Feature Films nominated:
◦ A Cat in Paris. - Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
◦ Chico & Rit. - Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
◦ Kung Fu Panda 2. - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
◦ Puss in Boots. - Chris Miller
Rango. -Gore Verbinski
Cinematography
◦ The Artist. - Guillaume Schiffman
◦ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. - Jeff Cronenweth
◦ Hugo. - Robert Richardson
◦ The Tree of Life. -Emmanuel Lubezki
◦ War Horse . -Janusz Kaminski
Short film (Animated)
◦ Dimanche/Sunday. - Patrick Doyon
◦ The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
◦ La Luna. - Enrico Casarosa
◦ A Morning Stroll. - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
◦ Wild Life. - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
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