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VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE

• "I Am Legend" - Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
• "Transformers" - Scott Farar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza
• "The Golden Compass" - Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
• "Spider-Man 3" - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook

SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Ratatouille" - Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
• "Zodiac" - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
• "We Own the Night" - Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
• "The Kite Runner" - David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
• "Blades of Glory" - Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin

BEST SINGLE VISUAL EFFECT of the YEAR

• "Transformers" - Desert Highway Sequence - Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Jack and Davy duel - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert, Philippe Rebours
• "300" - Crazy horse sequence - Chris Watts, Gayle Busby, Kirsty Millar
• "Surf�S Up" - Riding the visual effects tube - Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman
• "Spider-Man 3" - The birth of Sandman - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE

• "Spider-Man 3" - Sandman - Chris Yang, Bernd Anger, Dominick Cecere, Remington Scott
• "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" - Crusoe - Richard Frances-Moore, Martin Hill, Marco Revelant, Daniel Barrett
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World�s End" - Davy Jones - Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser
• "Enchanted" - Pip - Tom Gibbons, James W. Brown, David Richard Nelson, John Koester
• "Transformers" - Optimus Prime - Rick O'connor , Doug Sutton, Keiji Yamaguchi, Jeff White
• "I Am Legend" - The Infected Leader - David Schaub, Marco Marenghi, Josh BeveridgeANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

• "Surf's Up" - Chicken Joe - David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper, Andreas Procopiou

• "Shrek the Third" - King Harold - John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung, Sean Mahoney

• "Beowulf" - Beowulf - Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn Mcdonald

• "Surf's Up" - Cody - David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley, Shia Labeouf

• "Ratatouille" - Colette - Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi , Paul Aichele

EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

• "Beowulf" - dragon chase - Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle, Pericles Michielin
• "Shrek the Third" - effects - Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost, Anthony Field
• "Ratatouille" - food - Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling, Tolga Goktekin
• "Surf�s Up" - riding wave - CG Style - Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman, Danny Dimian
• "Ratatouille" - rapids - Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen

CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE

• "Sweeney Todd" - The Old Bailey - Raf Morant, Julian Gnass, Nakia Mcglynn, Christine Wong
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - the maelstrom - Frank Losasso Petterson , Paul Sharpe , Joakim Arnesson , David Meny
• "Zodiac" - Washington and Cherry - Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw, Karl Denham
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - The Hall Of Prophecy - David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Trina Roy, Jolene Mccaffrey
• "Rush Hour 3" - Barry Williams, Robert Weaver , Jay Cooper , Masahiko Tani

• "I Am Legend" - Times Square hunt - Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Gress, Daveed Shwartz

MODELS OR MINIATURES IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Practical And Digital Ships - Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller , Geoff Heron
• "Live Free Or Die Hard" - Freeway Sequence - F35 Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly, John Cazin
• "Transformers" - Dave Fogler , Ron Woodall , Alex Jaeger, Brian Gernand
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - Hogwarts School - Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
• "Spider-Man 3" - Building / Crane Destruction Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Raymond Moore

COMPOSITING IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Transformers" - Pat Tubach , Beth D'amato , Todd Vaziri , Mike Conte
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Death Of Beckett - Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Lingenfelser
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Eddie Pasquarello , Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hillier
• "I Am Legend" - Seaport Evacuation - Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
• "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" - Crusoe - Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates, Caterina Schiffers
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - Hall of Prophecy and Comp Shots - Jolene Mccaffrey, Jelena Stojanovic, Victor Wade, Adam Pashke

SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton, Richard Farns, Stephen Hutchinson