The Visual Effects Society has announced its nominations. Below are those results:

Nomination Tallies

(11) Avatar
(4) Coraline
(3) 2012; District 9; Up

The Nominations

Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Film

2012
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Supporting Visual Effects

Angels & Demons
The Box
Invictus
The Road
Sherlock Holmes

Animation in an Animated Film

9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Up

Single Visual Effect

2012 – Escape from L.A.
Avatar – Quarich’s Escape
Avatar – Neytiri Drinking
Knowing – Plane Crash
Terminator Salvation – VLA Escape

Animated Character in a Live Action Film

Neytiri – Avatar
Christopher Johnson – District 9
Bucky – G-Force
Doctor Manhattan – Watchmen

Animated Character in an Animated Film

Coraline – Coraline
Buck – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
B.O.B. – Monsters vs. Aliens
Carl – “No Dad Scene” – Up

Effects Animation in an Animated Film

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
Up

Matte Paintings in a Film

Avatar – Pandora
Franklyn – Meanwhile City Scapes
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek

Models and Miniatures in a Film

Avatar – Samson/Home Tree / Floating Mountains / Ampsuit
Coraline
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – National Air and Space Museum Escape
Terminator Salvation

Created Environment in a Film

2012 – Los Angeles Destruction
Avatar – Floating Mountains
Avatar – Jungle/Biome
Avatar – Willow Glade

Compositing in a Film

Avatar
Avatar – End Battle
District 9
Sherlock Holmes