The Visible Results Society (VES) has introduced the honorees for its upcoming VES Honors Celebration, happening November 7 at Sony Photos Imageworks’ new facility in Los Angeles. Chosen by the VES board of administrators from member-submitted candidates, these distinguished honorees have profoundly impacted visible results, formed its legacy and proceed to encourage future generations of VFX practitioners.
“The annual VES Honors Celebration serves to acknowledge the unbelievable contributors to our business. Every particular person is chosen for advancing the craft of VFX and the sector total. We’re excited to host this distinctive and intimate discussion board and provides this 12 months’s recipients their well-deserved recognition,” says VES board chair Kim Davidson.
This 12 months’s occasion will welcome two new honorary VES members, Jon Favreau and Tim Sweeney. Favreau is the director behind Iron Man (2008), The Jungle Ebook (2016), The Lion King (2019) and tv sequence together with The Mandalorian (2019-2023). Sweeney is the founder and CEO of Epic Video games, whose Unreal Engine software program helped to usher in a brand new period of real-time rendering and superior digital manufacturing capabilities within the VFX business.
This 12 months Bob Coleman, VES will obtain the VES Founders Award for sustained contributions to the artwork, science and enterprise of VFX and for his distinguished service to the society. Dennis Hoffman will obtain an Honorary VES Lifetime Membership for his dedication to the society and the business, and for furthering the pursuits and values of VFX artists worldwide. This 12 months’s VES Fellows , acknowledged for excellent contributions to VFX and devoted service over 10 of the previous 20 years, embrace Colin Campbell, Darin Grant and Gayle Munro.
Moreover, Glenn Campbell (1956-2024), Mabel Normand (1893-1930), and Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970) will be a part of the VES Corridor of Fame for his or her pioneering contributions that superior the artwork, science and expertise of VFX.
The VES can even honor the next part leaders for his or her distinctive dedication, having served three consecutive phrases on their part boards of managers and a number of other years as a piece chair or co-chair: Rachel Copp (New Zealand), Eric Greenlief (Washington State), Anthony Tan (Montreal), Agon Ushaku (Germany) and Philipp Wolf (Montreal).
