VES Awards coverage

Production Tek Tips’ coverage of the 7th Annual VES Awards. Also, fxguide mentions that the Awards will be broadcast on US television this weekend.

Kennedy Marshall interview

Kennedy Marshall Discuss a Lifetime of VFX Achievement, at VFXWorld.

Rick Sayre talks Oscar vfx process

Rick Sayre from the Visual Effects Branch of the AMPAS ‘discusses the breathtaking effects applied in each of this year’s nominated films’, here.

Phil Tippett interviews

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Benjamin Button wins Oscar

This year’s Oscar for visual effects was won by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron).

VES Awards – the winners

The winners of this year’s VES Awards are listed here. fxguide has a report and photo gallery from the night.

VFXWorld interviews nominees

VFX Oscar Nominees 2009: Conversations with Barba, Franklin and Snow, at VFXWorld.

VFX Oscar nominees talk

CGSociety interviews Eric Barba, Paul Franklin and Ben Snow about Benjamin Button, Dark Knight and Iron Man.

Visual effects Oscar noms

The Best Visual Effects Oscar nominations are:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron



The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin



Iron Man
– John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

VFX bakeoff report

VFX Oscar Bakeoff 2009: The Dance of the Superheroes, at VFXWorld.