The Oscar frontrunner dominated the Visual Effects Society awards, taking five awards total. The Jungle Book had received six nominations and, had it not been double-nominated in the Animated Performance category, it would have done a clean sweep, as such, it merely won in every category in which it was nominated. Deepwater Horizon won the Supporting Visual Effects category, one of its two prizes. Doctor Strange took the remaining live-action prize. On the animation side, Kubo and the Two Strings captured the top prize there, but lost the other three categories to Disney/Pixar, with Moana taking two and Finding Dory the remaining award. This does little to dissuade the notion that Jungle Book is still the film to beat.

Awards Tallies

(5) The Jungle Book
(2) Deepwater Horizon, Moana

The Awards

Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

The Jungle Book (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Deepwater Horizon (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

The Jungle Book – King Louie (Wesley, RU:Tripp)

Best Animated Performance in an Animation Feature

Finding Dory – Hank

Best Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Doctor Strange – New York City (Tripp, Thomas)

Best Created Environment in an Animated Feature

Moana – Montouri Island (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter)

Best Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Deepwater Horizon – Deepwater Horizon Rig (Wesley, Tripp, RU:Thomas)

Best Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

The Jungle Book (Tripp, RU:Thomas)

Best Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

The Jungle Book (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Effects Simulations in an Photoreal Feature

The Jungle Book – Nature Effects (Wesley, Tripp, RU:Thomas)

Best Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Moana (RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas)

Visual Effects Society Data

First Awards: 2002 (14)