Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in an Episode

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2003. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in compositing. It has gone through several title changes over the years; from 2003 to 2012, the category included commercials in the category, before refocusing in 2013, specifically nominating television programs.

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Program/Commercial Episode(s) Nominees Network
2002
[1][2]
Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial
Dinotopia Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor-Bjorn Olsson ABC
Firefly "SerenityMarooned/Making Good" Loni Peristere, Emile Edwin Smith, Kristen Branan, Chris John Jones Fox
Adidas: Mechanical Legs Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio
2003
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Smallville "Accelerate" Eli Jarra, Ivan DeWolf, Brian Harding The WB
Angels in America Stefano Trivelli HBO
Battlestar Galactica Patti Gannon, Chris Jones, Sean Apple, Jarrod Davis Sci Fi
2004
[5]
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets George Roper, Christian Manz, Sirio Quintavalle, Pedro Sabrosa Discovery Channel
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Himalayan Pass Sequence) Greg Groenekamp, Joel Merritt, Mamie McCall TNT
Smallville "Crisis" (Clark Kent Stops a Bullet Sequence) John Han, Eli Jarra, Noriaki Matsumoto, Terry Shigemitsu The WB
2005
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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video
Empire Stefano Trivelli, Michele Moen, Kelly Bumbarger, Sean Wilson ABC
Into the West "Wheel to the Stars" Jared Jones, Jason Korber, Geeta Basantani, Ryan Dutour TNT
Mezzo Djarum Robert Nederhorst, Marc Rienzo, Feliciano di Giorgio, Maciek Sokalski
2006
[8][9]
Travelers: Snowball Laure Lacroix, Lyse Beck, Steve McGillen, Matt Holland
Battlestar Galactica "Resurrection Ship, Part 2" Lane Jolly, Don Kim, Matt Smith, Chris Zapara Sci Fi
Coke: The Greatest Gift Murray Butler, MaryAnne Lauric, Nathan Hughes, Pedro Sabrosa
ESPN: Sports Heaven Geoff McAuliffe, Yafei Wu, Robert Sethi, Jimi Simmons
2007
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Nike: Leave Nothing James Allen, Rob Trent
Levi's: Change Tim Davies, Jason Schugardt, Yuichiro Yamashito
Smallville "Bizarro" (Flood) David Alexander, Kaz Yoshida, Geeta Basantani, Tony White The CW
"Justice" Rob Reinhart, Jake Matsumoto, Takashi Takeoka, Christina Spring
Tin Man "Into the Storm" Todd Thibault, Philippe Thibault, Lionel Lim, Annabelle Kent Sci Fi
2008
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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
John Adams "Join or Die" (Boston Harbor) Paul Graff, Joshua LaCross, Matt Collorafice HBO
Coke: It's Mine (Balloons) Angus Kneale, Dan Williams, Andrew Proctor
FedEx: PIGEON (Pigeon) Andy Walker, Spencer Lueders, Maryane Butler, Murray Butler
Toshiba: Time Sculpture Richard de Carterert, Paul Downes, Oliver Dadswell, John Price
2009
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Family Affair" (Opening Shot) Derek Smith, Christina Spring, Steve Meyer, Zach Zaubi CBS
Kerry Lowlow: Mouse (Overall) Jake Mengers, Stephen Newbold, Kelly Bruce, Greg Howe-Davies
Pepsi: The Flight of the Penguin Murray Butler, Ben Cronin, Andy Rowan-Robinson, Miyuki Shimamoto
Porsche: Family Tree Tim Davies, Jeff Willette, Zach Tucker

2010s

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Year Program/Commercial Episode(s) Nominees Network
2010
[16][17]
The Pacific "Peleliu Landing" Jeremy Nelson, John P. Mesa, Dan Novy, Tyler Cote HBO
Boardwalk Empire "Boardwalk Empire" Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Jesse Siglow, Merysa Nichols HBO
Drench: Cubehead Matthew Unwin, Lisa Ryan, Michael Gregory
Travelers: Watering Hole Franck Lamberts, Ryan Kowles
2011
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Boardwalk Empire "Gimcrack & Bunkum" Anton Dawson, Eran Dinur, Austin Meyers, David Reynolds HBO
Any World: Jeep: Call of Duty: MW3 Jason Bergman, Rodrigo Dorsch, Steve Meyer, Peter Sidoriak
Channel 4: Street Summer Stirling Archibald, Anthony Bloor, Michael Gregory, Giacomo Mineo
DirecTV: Hot House Franck Lambertz
2012
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Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones "Valar Morghulis" (White Walker Army) Falk Boje, Esther Engel, Alexey Kuchinsky, Klaus Wuchta HBO
Hell on Wheels "Blood Moon" Antonio Chang, Jason Fotter, Eric Hayden, Josh Miyaji AMC
Hemingway & Gellhorn Nathan Abbot, Shelley Campbell, Chris Morley, Christopher Paizis HBO
Last Resort "Captain" Matt Von Brock, Jason Fotter, Aldo Ruggiero, Brian Williams ABC
2013
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Game of Thrones "The Climb" Kirk Brillon, Steve Gordon, Geoff Sayer, Winston Lee HBO
Banshee "Pilot" Gevork Babityan, Andranik Taranyan, Matt Kelly, Matthieu Perin Cinemax
Game of Thrones "The Rains of Castamere" (The Conquering of Yunkai) Sean Faden, Greg Szafranski, Florian Friedmann, Travis Nobles HBO
Vikings "Dispossessed" Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Marco Lee, Maria Gordon History
2014
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Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones "The Watchers on the Wall" Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn HBO
American Horror Story: Freak Show "Edward Mordrake, Part 2" Tommy Tran, JV Pike, Rob Lutz, Matt Lefferts FX
Game of Thrones (Wight Attack) Keegan Douglas, Okan Ataman, Brian Fortune, David Lopez HBO
The Knick (Abigail's Nose) Vance Miller, Aaron Raff, John Bair, Rebecca Dunn Cinemax
Vikings "Invasion" Ovidiu Cinazan, Gary Couto, Doug Cook, Angel Li History
2015
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Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode
Game of Thrones "Hardhome" Eduardo Diaz, Guillermo Orbe, Oscar Perea, Inmaculada Nadela HBO
Game of Thrones "The Dance of Dragons" (Drogon Arena) Dmitry Ovcharenko, Igor Klimovsky, Egor Borschevsky, Vladimir Mikheyenko HBO
"The House of Black and White" (Drogon Lair) Travis Nobles, Mark Spindler, Max Riess, Nadja Ding
Vikings "To the Gates" Ovidiu Cinazan, Olivia Yapp, Greg Lamar, Meng Angel Li History
2016
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Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards" (Retaking Winterfell) Dominic Hellier, Morgan Jones, Thijs Noij, Caleb Thompson HBO
Black Sails "XX." (Sailing Ships) Michael Melchiorre, Kevin Bouchez, Heather Hoyland, John Brennick Starz
Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards" (Meereen City) Thomas Montminy-Brodeur, Patrick David, Michael Crane, Joe Salazar HBO
"The Door" (Beyond the Wall) Eduardo Diaz, Anibal Del Busto, Angel Rico, Sonsoles Lopez-Aranguren
2017
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Game of Thrones "The Spoils of War" (Loot Train Attack) Dom Hellier, Thijs Noij, Edwin Holdsworth, Giacomo Matteucci HBO
Game of Thrones "Beyond the Wall" (Frozen Lake) Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, David Rey, Kevin Yuille, Gary D'Amico HBO
"Eastwatch" Oscar Perea, Santiago Martos, David Esteve, Michael Crane
Star Trek: Discovery Phil Prates, Rex Alerta, John Dinh, Karen Cheng CBS All Access
2018
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Lost in Space "Diamonds in the Sky" (Crash Site Rescue) David Wahlberg, Douglas Roshamn, Sofie Ljunggren, Fredrik Lönn Netflix
Altered Carbon Jean-François Leroux, Reece Sanders, Stephen Bennett, Laraib Atta Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale "June" Winston Lee, Gwen Zhang, Xi Luo, Kevin Quatman Hulu
Silicon Valley "Artificial Emotional Intelligence" (Fiona) Tim Carras, Michael Eng, Shiying Li, Bill Parker HBO
2019
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Game of Thrones "The Long Night" (Dragon Ground Battle) Mark Richardson, Darren Christie, Nathan Abbott, Owen Longstaff HBO
Game of Thrones "The Bells" Sean Heuston, Scott Joseph, James Elster, Corinne Teo HBO
Stranger Things "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt" (Starcourt Mall Battle) Simon Lehembre, Andrew Kowbell, Karim El-Masry, Miklos Mesterhazy Netflix
Watchmen "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (Looking Glass) Nathaniel Larouche, Iyi Tubi, Perunika Yorgova, Mitchell Beaton HBO

2020s

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Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network
2020
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Lovecraft Country "Strange Case" (Chrysalis) Viktor Andersson, Linus Lindblom, Mattias Sandelius, Crawford Reilly HBO
The Mandalorian "Chapter 9: The Marshal" Nicolas Caillier, Simon Rafin, Siang Kee Poh, Simon Marinof Disney+
"Chapter 10: The Passenger" TC Harrison, Tami Carter, Jaume Creus Costabella, Shane Davidson
"Chapter 15: The Believer" Peter Demarest, Christopher Balog, Shawn Mason, David Wahlberg
2021
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Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in an Episode
Loki "Lamentis" ("Shuroo City Destruction") Paul Chapman, Tom Truscott, Biagio Figliuzzi, Attila Szalma Disney+
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier "New World Order" Nathan Abbot, Beck Veitch, Markus Reithoffer, James Aldous Disney+
WandaVision "Previously On" ("The Hex") Charles Labbé, Xavier Fourmond, Reuben Barkataki, Vanessa Delarosbil
"The Series Finale" (Goodbye, Vision) David Zaretti, Bimpe Alliu, Michael Duong, Mark Pascoe
2022
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Love, Death and Robots "Night of the Mini Dead" Tim Emeis, José Maximiano, Renaud Tissandié, Nacere Guerouaf Netflix
House of the Dragon "The Black Queen" ("Dance of Dragons") Kevin Friederichs, Sean Raffel, Florian Franke, Andreas Steinlein HBO
The Book of Boba Fett "From the Desert Comes a Stranger" Peter Demarest, Tami Carter, Brandon McNaughton, Sirak Ghebremusse Disney+
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power "Udûn" (Tirharad Cavalry Charge) Sornalingam P, Ian Copeland, Nessa Mingfang Zhang, Yuvaraj S Amazon Prime Video

Programs with multiple awards

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7 awards
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)

Programs with multiple nominations

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References

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