The 3rd Visual Effects Society Awards, given on 16 February 2005, honored the best visual effects in film and television.
Winners and nominees
(Winners in bold)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Robert Zemeckis
George Melies Award for Pioneering:
Robert Abel
Board of Directors Award:
Don Shay
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture:
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Spider-Man 2
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Troy
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:
The Aviator - Hell's Angels
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Dementor Train
The Day After Tomorrow - Tidal Wave
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Hippogriff Character
Hellboy - Sammael Character
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Sunny Character
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture:
The Incredibles - Bob Par/Mr. Incredible
The Polar Express - Steamer
Shark Tale - Angie
Shrek 2 - Puss in Boots
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture:
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
I, Robot
The Phantom of the Opera - Opening Shot
Spider-Man 2 - "NYC Street - Night"
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture:
The Aviator - "XF11 Crash"
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
National Treasure - Treasure Room
Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Phantom of the Opera - Opening Shot
Spider-Man 2 - "Train Sequence"
Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Visual Effects Film:
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Jude Law - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2''
Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
The Aviator
Spider-Man 2
Van Helsing
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:
Stargate Atlantis - Rising
Stargate SG-1 - Lost City
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front, Part 2
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:
Clubhouse - Episode #005
Lost -Pilot, Part 2
Spartacus
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:
Dragons
Earthsea
Virtual History: The Secret Plot to Kill Hitler
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
British Telecom: Network
Citroën - "Alive with Technology"
Johnnie Walker - Tree
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video:
Britney Spears - "Toxic"
Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow
Never - The Dream
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program:
Battlestar Galactica - Episode 101 - Cylon Character
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital - Antubis Character
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program:
Smallville - Crusade - Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Spartacus - Opening
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program:
The Librarian - Humalayan Pass sequence
Smallville - Crisis - Clark Kent stops a bullet sequence
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
Outstanding Visuals in a Video Game:
007 Everything or Nothing
Half-Life 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
