Best Special Effects of 2017
The 16th Visual Effects Society Awards took place today at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. For the seventh time in his career, the event was hosted by actor and screenwriter Patton Oswalt.The rapidly growing organization unites in its ranks more than 3800 special effects and computer graphics artists from 35 countries of the world, who annually celebrate the outstanding achievements of their colleagues. According to VES experts, the most vivid and high-quality visual effects last year were presented to viewers by the creators of the War of the Planet of the Apes blockbuster, Coco's Secret cartoon and Game of Thrones TV series. As part of today's ceremony, the traditional presentation of special awards for contributions to the development of the industry took place. Honorary prizes were given to the director of "Iron Man" and "The Jungle Book" Jon Favreau, as well as the winner of five "Oscars" Joe Letteri, who had a hand in creating special effects in the films "King Kong", "Avatar", "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn", The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Society of Visual Effects Award winners are: Best Visual Effects in Photorealistic Movie - War of the Planet of the Apes  Best Supporting Visual Effects in Photorealistic Film - Dunkirk  Best Animated Photorealistic Character - Caesar (War for the Planet of the Apes)  Best Generated Environment in Photorealistic Film - Los Angeles (Blade Runner 2049)  Best Effect Simulation in Photorealistic Film - War for the Planet of the Apes  Best Photorealistic Compositing - War for the Planet of the Apes  Best Virtual Cinematography in a Photorealistic Film - Groot's Dance (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)  Best Animated Visual Effects - Coco's Secret  Best Animated Cartoon Character - Hector (Coco's Secret)  Best Generated Cartoon Environment - City of the Dead (Coco's Secret)  Best Animated Effect Simulation - Coco's Secret  Best Model in a Photorealistic Film or Cartoon - LAPD Headquarters (Blade Runner 2049)  Best Visual Effects Series - Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)  Best Supporting VFX in a Series - Episode XXIX (Black Sails)  Best Animated Series - Drogon Attacking the Gold Train (Game of Thrones)  Best Generated Environment in a TV Show, Commercial, or Video Game - Frozen Lake (Game of Thrones)  Best Simulated Effects in a TV Show, Commercial, or Video Game - Breaking the Wall (Game of Thrones)  Best Compositing in a Series - Attack on the Gold Train (Game of Thrones)  Honorary award to them. Georges Melies - Joe Letteri  Honorary Award for Contribution to the Development of Cinematography - Jon Favreau 
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