The 5th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on 12 February 2007, honored the best visual effects in film and television. The awards were broadcast on HDNet.
Winners and nominees
(winners in bold)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dennis Muren
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture:
Charlotte's Web
The Fountain
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Da Vinci Code
Flags of Our Fathers
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year:
Children of Men - Birth Sequence
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Flying Dutchman Sequence)
Poseidon - Opening Sequence
X-Men: The Last Stand - The Phoenix Force Sequence
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture:
Charlotte's Web - Templeton
Charlotte's Web - Wilbur
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Davy Jones
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture:
Cars - Mater
Happy Feet - Mumble's Banishment
Monster House - House
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Mission: Impossible III
Poseidon
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture:
The Good Shepherd
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
V For Vendetta
Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture:
The Da Vinci Code - Saint Sulpice Sequence
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture:
Casino Royale
Superman Returns
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series:
Battlestar Galactica - Episode 303b - Exodus
Prehistoric Park - Episode 4
Smallville - Season 6 - Episode 1 - Zod
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program:
Alias - Reprisal/All the Time in the World
Commander in Chief - Ep 112 - The Wind Beneath Her Wings
ER - Scoop and Run
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special:
Fight Science
The Hogfather - Episode 1
Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Battleground
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial:
Rexona - Go Wild
Sears Tools - Arboretum
Travelers - Snowball
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video:
Killers - Bones
U2 and Green Day – "The Saints Are Coming"
Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
Battlestar Galactica - Episode 217 - Downloaded
Doctor Who - Episode 2, Series 2
GEICO - Chat
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
Coke - The Greatest Gift
Elisabeth - Episode 1
ESPN - Monday Night Football Remote Open
Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
Battlestar Galactica -Season 2 - Episode 218 - Resurrection Ship, Part 2
Commander in Chief - Ep 112 - Air Force One
Dodge - Fairy
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video:
Battlestar Galactica -Season 2 - Episode 218 - Resurrection Ship, Part 2
Coke - The Greatest Gift
Sports Heaven
Travelers - Snowball
Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game:
Fight Night Round 3
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project:
Greece, Secrets of the Past
Fields of Freedom
Roving Mars
