The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2004. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture", and changed in 2007 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". It was again changed in 2009, this time to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture", and again in 2011 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture". Before its final change in 2015, to its current title, it was re-titled in 2014 to "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture".
Winners and nominees 2000s Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2004 Spider-Man 2 NYC Street - Night Dan Abrams, David Emery, Andrew Nawrot and John Hart Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Rick Leary, Jody Johnson and Pieter Warmington I, Robot Rachael Haupt, Mark Tait Lewis, Nick McKenzie and Geoff Tobin The Phantom of the Opera Opening Shot Claas Henke, Laurent Ben-Mimoun and Anupam Das 2005 King Kong New York Dawn Attack Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aiken and Charles Tait Batman Begins Gotham City Monorail Chase Alex Wuttke, Pete Bebb, Dayne Cowan and Imery Watson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Black Lake Andy Kind, Ivan Moran, Rob Allman and Justin Martin Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Jonathan Harb, Hilmar Koch, Yannick Dusseault and Brett Northcutt 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Chris Stoski, Susumu Yukuhiro, Jack Mongovan and Greg Salter Mission: Impossible III Russell Earl, Richard Bluff, Giles Hancock and Dennis Martin Poseidon Mohen Leo, Daniel Pearson, Willi Geiger and Matt Brumit Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The Maelstrom Frank Losasso Petterson, Paul Sharpe, Joakim Arnesson and David Meny Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Hall of Prophecy David Vickery, Philippe LePrince, Trina Roy and Jolene McCaffrey I Am Legend Times Square Hunt Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Glass and Daveed Schwartz Rush Hour 3 Barry Williams, Robert Weaver, Jay Cooper and Masahiko Tani Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The Old Bailey Raf Morant, Julian Glass, Nakia McGlynn and Christine Wong Zodiac Washington and Cherry Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw and Karl Denham Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2008 The Dark Knight IMAX Gotham City Scapes Peter Bebb, David Vickery, Philippe Leprince and Andrew Lockley Cloverfield Brooklyn Bridge Sequence David Vickery, Phil Johnson, Victor Wade and Sean Stranks Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Temple Heart Michael Halsted, David Fogler, Steve Walton and David Weitzberg The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Avalanche Sequence Mike Meaker, Rich Mahon, Jason Iverson and Sho Hasegawa Synecdoche, New York Created Environment Brett Miller, Garrett Eaton and Matthew Conner 2009 Avatar Jungle/Biolume Eric Saindon, Shadi Almassizadeh, Dan Cox and Ula Rademeyer Avatar Floating Mountains Dan Lemmon, Keith F. Miller, Cameron Smith and Jessica Cowley Willow Glade Guy Williams, Thelvin Cabezas, Daniel Macarin and Miae Kang 2012 Los Angeles Destruction Haarm-Pieter Duiker, Marten Larsson, Ryo Sakaguchi and Hanzhi Tang
2010s Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2010 Inception Paris Dreamscape Bruno Baron, Dan Neal, Graham Page and Per Mork-Jensen Iron Man 2 Stark Expo Giles Hancock, Richard Bluff, Todd Vaziri and Aaron McBride Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Sand Room Jonathan Litt, Juan S. Gomez, Kevin Sears and Sonja Burchard Tron: Legacy Disc Game Jonathan Litt, Juan S. Gomez, Kevin Sears and Sonja Burchard Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 155 Wacker Drive Giles Hancock, John Hansen, Tom Martinek and Scott Younkin Anonymous London André Cantarel, Robert Freitag, Greg Strasz and Rony Soussan Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hogwarts Keziah Bailey, Stephen Ellis, Clement Gerard and Pietro Ponti Thor Bifröst Pierre Buffin, Audrey Ferrara, Yoel Godo and Dominique Vidal 2012 The Avengers Midtown Manhattan Richard Bluff, Barry Williams, David Meny and Andy Proctor The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Goblin Caverns Ryan Arcus, Simon Jung, Alastair Maher and Anthony M. Patti Life of Pi Open Ocean Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell and Walt Jones Prometheus LV-233 Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel and Marco Rolandi 2013 Gravity Exterior Paul Beilby, Kyle Mcculloch, Stuart Penn and Ian Comley Elysium Torus Votch Levi, Joshua Ong and Barry Poon Gravity Interior Harry Bardak, Nathan Walster, Jonathan Fawkner and Claire Michaud Iron Man 3 Shipyard John Stevenson-Galvin, Greg Notzelman, Paul Harris and Justin Stockton Pacific Rim Hong Kong Ocean Brawl Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer and Victor Schutz Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2014 Interstellar Tesseract Tom Bracht, Graham Page, Thomas Døhlem and Kristy Clark Captain America: The Winter Soldier Triskelion Johan Thorngren, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier and Luis Calero Lucy Times Square Richard Bluff, Steve Bevins, Steve DeLuca and Tiffany Young Noah Antediluvian Earth Grady Cofer, Dan Wheaton, Susumu Yukuhiro and Ben O'Brien Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Falcon Chase/Graveyard Yannick Dusseault, Mike Wood, Justin van der Lek and Quentin Marmier Ant-Man The Microverse Florian Witzel, Taylor Shaw, Alexis Hall and Heath Kraynak Jurassic World Jungle Chase Martyn Culpitt, Jao Sita, Yuta Shimizu and Michael Billette Tomorrowland Tomorrowland Center Barry Williams, Greg Kegel, Quentin Marmier and Thang Lee The Walk World Trade Center Jim Gibbs, Brian Flora, Laurent Tallefer and Pavel Kolar 2016 Doctor Strange New York City Adam Watkins, Martinjn van Herk, Tim Belsher and Jon Mitchell Deadpool Freeway Assault Seth Hill, Jedediah Smith, Laurent Taillefer and Marc-Antoine Paquin Doctor Strange London Brendan Seals, Raphael A. Pimentel, Andrew Zink and Gregory Ng Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Scarif Complex Enrico Damm, Kevin George, Olivier Vernay-Kim and Yannick Dusseault 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Los Angeles Chris McLaughlin, Ryan Salcombe, Seungjin Woo and Francesco Dell'Anna Blade Runner 2049 Trash Meca Didier Muanza, Thomas Gillet, Guillaume Mainville and Sylvain Lorgeau Vegas Eric Noel, Arnaud Saibron, Adam Goldstein and Pascal Clement War for the Planet of the Apes Hidden Fortress Greg Notzelman, James Shaw, Jay Renner and Gak Gyu Choi Prison Camp Phillip Leonhardt, Paul Harris, Jeremy Fort and Thomas Lo 2018 Ready Player One Overlook Hotel Mert Yamak, Stanley Wong, Joana Garrido, Daniel GagiuAnt-Man and the WaspJourney to the Quantum RealmFlorian Witzel, Harsh Mistri, Yuri Serizawa, Can YukselAquamanAtlantisQuentin Marmier, Aaron Barr, Jeffrey De Guzman, Ziad ShureihSolo: A Star Wars StoryVandor PlanetJulian Foddy, Christoph Ammann, Clement Gerard, Pontus Albrecht 2019 The Lion King The Pridelands Marco Rolandi, Luca Bonatti, Jules Bodenstein, Filippo PretiAladdinAgrabahDaniel Schmid, Falk Boje, Stanislaw Marek, Kevin GeorgeAlita: Battle AngelIron CityJohn Stevenson-Galvin, Ryan Arcus, Mathias Larserud, Mark TaitMotherless BrooklynPenn StationJohn Bair, Vance Miller, Sebastian Romero, Steve SullivanStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerPasaanaDaniele Bigi, Steve Hardy, John Seru, Steven Denyer
2020s Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2020 Mulan Imperial City Jeremy Fort, Matt Fitzgerald, Ben Walker, Adrian Vercoe Bloodshot Neuralspace Arbanud Brisebois, Patrick Bacon, Dawid Borkiewicz, Gérôme ViavantThe Eight Hundred1937 Shanghai DowntownSefano Cieri, Aaron Auty, Simon Carlile, Patrick ZentisShanghai Warehouse DistrictJamie Macdougall, Mark Honer, David Pekarek 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home The Mirror Dimension Eric Le Dieu de Ville, Thomas Dotheij, Ryan Olliffe, Claire Le Teuff Dune Arrakeen City Rhys Salcombe, Seungjin Woo, Jeremie Touzery, Marc Austin Jungle Cruise Waterfall Canyon Mark McNicholl, Frédéric Valleur, Hamish Beachman, Mark Wainwright The Suicide Squad Valle Del Marre Nick Cattell, Jason Desjarlais, Matt Fitzgerald, Jerome Moo 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water The Reef Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny Avatar: The Way of Water Metkayina Village Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris, TaeHyoung David Kim Jurassic World Dominion Biosyn Valley Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton 2023 The Creator Floating Village John Seru, Guy Williams, Vincent Techer, Timothée Maron John Wick: Chapter 4 Place de L’Étoile Joelle Xin Zhow, Fabrice Vienne, Vignesh Ravi, Laurent Makowski Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Underwater Wreck Johan Gabrielsson, Adrian Tsang, Stefan Andersson, Martin Eneroth Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Knowhere Omar Alejandro Lavrador Ibanez, Fabien Julvecourt, Klaudio Ladavac, Benjamin Patterson 2024 Dune: Part Two Arrakeen Basin Daniel Rhein, Daniel Anton Fernández, Marc James Austin, Christopher Anciaume Civil War Washington, D.C. Matthew Chandler, James Harmer, Robert Moore, Adrien Zeppieri Gladiator II Rome Oliver Kane, Stefano Farci, John Seru, Frederick Vallee Wicked Emerald City Alan Lam, Steve Bevins, Deepali Negi, Miguel Sánchez López-Ruíz
Films with Multiple Nominations
3 Nominations Avatar Blade Runner 2049
2 Nominations Doctor Strange The Eight Hundred Gravity War for the Planet of the Apes Avatar: The Way of Water
External links Visual Effects Society
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