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www.postmagazine.com 4 POST JAN/FEB 2019 BITS & PIECES LOS ANGELES — On February 5th, the Visual Effects Society (VES) held the 17th Annual VES Awards, the pres- tigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host for the eigth time to the more than 1,000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton to celebrate VFX talent in 24 awards categories. Avengers: Infinity War was named the photoreal feature winner, garnering four awards. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was named top animated film, winning four awards. Lost in Space was named best photoreal episode and also garnered four awards. Jimmy Kimmel presented the VES Award for Creative Excellence to award-winning creators-executive pro- ducers-writers-directors David Benioff and D.B. Weiss; Evan Rachel Wood presented the VES Visionary Award to acclaimed writer-director-producer Jonathan Nolan; and Steve Carell presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar-nominated producer and founder and CEO of Illumination Chris Meledandri. VES ANNOUNCES WINNERS AT 17TH ANNUAL AWARDS WINNERS INCLUDE: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature — Avengers: Infinity War (Daniel DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Kelly Port, Matt Aitken, Daniel Sudick) Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature — First Man (Paul Lambert, Kevin Elam, Tristan Myles, Ian Hunter, JD Schwalm) Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Danny Dimian, Bret St. Clair) Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode — Lost in Space; Danger, Will Robinson (Jabbar Raisani, Terron Pratt, Niklas Jacobson, Joao Sita) Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode — Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; Pilot (Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Bobo Skipper, Deak Ferrand, Pau Costa) Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial — The Boy and the Piano (Kamen Markov, Philip Whalley, Anthony Bloor, Andy Steele) Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature — Avengers: Infinity War; Thanos (Jan Philip Cramer, Darren Hendler, Paul Story, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo) Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Miles Morales (Marcos Kang, Chad Belteau, Humberto Rosa, Julie Bernier Gosselin) Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project — Lost in Space; Humanoid (Chad Shattuck, Paul Zeke, Julia Flanagan, Andrew McCartney) Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial — Volkswagen; Born Confident; Bam (David Bryan, Chris Welsby, Fabian Frank, Chloe Dawe) Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature — Ready Player One; The Shining, Overlook Hotel (Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido, Daniel-Ștefan Gagiu). For the full list of winners, visit the Post Website at postmagazine.com. Thanos Avengers: Infinity War "Danger, Will Robinson" Lost In Space