The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2011. The award was originally titled "Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture", before being re-titled in 2016.
2010s Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2011 Rango Main Street Dirt John Bell, Polly Ing, Martin Murphy, Russell Paul The Adventures of Tintin Bagghar Hamish Beachman, Adam King, Wayne Stables, Mark Tait Docks Matt Aitken, Jeff Capogreco, Jason Lazaroff, Alessandro Mozzato Pirate Battle Phil Barrenger, Keith F. Miller, Alessandro Saponi, Christoph Sprenger Puss in Boots The Cloud World Guillaume Aretos, Greg Lev, Brett Miller, Peter Zaslav 2012 Brave The Forest Tim Best, Steve Pilcher, Inigo Quilez, Andrew Whittock ParaNorman Graveyard Phil Brotherton, Robert Desue, Oliver Jones, Nick Mariana Main Street Alice Bird, Matt DeLeu, Caitlin Pashalek Rise of the Guardians The North Pole Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, Peter Maynez 2013 Frozen Elsa's Ice Palace Virgilio John Aquino, Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, David Womersley The Croods The Maze Jonathan Harman, Violette Sacre-Shaik, Benjamin Venancie, Philippe Brochu Epic Pod Patch Aaron Ross, Travis Price, Jake Panian, Antelmo Villarreal Monsters University Campus Robert Kondo, Eric Andraos, Dale Ruffolo, Peter Sumanaseni 2014 Big Hero 6 Into the Portal Ralf Habel, David Hutchins, Michael Kaschalk, Olun Riley The Book of Life Magical Land of the Remembered Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters The Boxtrolls Boxtroll Cavern Curt Enderle, Rob DeSue, Emily Greene, Jesse Gregg How to Train Your Dragon 2 Oasis Glo Minaya, Amy Chen, Sean McEwan, Jeff Masters Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Year Film Character Nominee(s) 2015 The Good Dinosaur The Farm David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller Inside Out Imagination Land Amy L. Allen, Steve Karski, Eric Andraos, Jose L. Ramos Serrano The Peanuts Movie Charlie Brown's Neighborhood Jon Townley, Angel Camacho-Torres, Cleveland Hibbert, Ken Lee Shaun the Sheep Movie Under the Arches Matt Perry, Charles Copping, Alfred Llupia Perez, Andy Brown 2016 Moana Motonui Island Rob Dressel, Andy Harkness, Brien Hindman, Larry Wu Finding Dory Open Ocean Exhibit Stephen Gustafson, Jack Hattori, Jesse Hollander, Michael Rutter Kubo and the Two Strings Hanzo's Fortress Phil Brotherton, Nick Mariana, Emily Greene, Joe Strasser Waves David Horsley, Eric Wachtman, Daniel Leatherdale, Takashi Kuboto 2017 Coco City of the Dead Michael Frederickson, Jamie Hecker, Jonathan Pytko, Dave Strick Cars 3 Abandoned Racetrack Marlena Fecho, Thidartana Annee Jonjai, Jose L. Ramos Serrano, Frank Tai Despicable Me 3 Hollywood Destruction Axelle De Cooman, Pierre Lopes, Milo Riccarand, Nicolas Brack The Lego Ninjago Movie Ninjago City Kim Taylor, Angela Ensele, Felicity Coonan, Jean Pascal leBlanc 2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Graphic New York City Terry Park, Bret St. Clair, Kimberly Liptrap, Dave Morehead Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Whoville Loic Rastout, Ludovic Ramiere, Henri Deruer, Nicolas Brack Incredibles 2 Parr House Christopher M. Burrows, Philip Metschan, Michael Rutter, Joshua West Ralph Breaks the Internet Social Media District Benjamin Min Huang, Jon Kim Krummel II, Gina Warr Lawes, Matthias Lechner 2019 Toy Story 4 Antiques Mall Hosuk Chang, Andrew Finley, Alison Leaf, Philip Shoebottom for Antique Mall Frozen 2 Giants' Gorge Samy Segura, Jay V. Jackson, Justin Cram, Scott Townsend How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World The Hidden World Chris Grun, Ronnie Cleland, Ariel Chisholm, Philippe Brochu Missing Link Passage to India Jungle Phil Brotherton, Oliver Jones, Nick Mariana, Ralph Procida
2020s Year Film Environment Nominee(s) 2020 Soul You Seminar Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, Frank Tai Onward Swamp Gas Eric Andraos, Laura Grieve, Nick Pitera, Michael Rutter Trolls World Tour Techno Reef Luke Heathcock, Zachary Glynn, Marina Ilic, Michael Trull Volcano Rock City Brian LaFrance, Sara Cembalisty, Christopher Sprunger, Ruben Perez 2021 Encanto Antonio's Room Camille Andre, Andrew Finley, Chris Patrick O'Connell, Amol Sathe Luca Portorosso Piazza Airton Dittz, Jr., Jack Hattori, Michael Rutter, Joshua West Raya and the Last Dragon Talon Mingjue Helen Chen, Chaiwon Kim, Virgilio John Aquino, Diana Jiang LeVangie Sing 2 Crystal Theater Ludovic Ramière, Théo Rivoalen, Henri Deruer, Frédéric Mainil Vivo Mambo Cabana Bertrand Bry-Marfaing, Josef Dylan Swift, Geeta Basantani, Jeremy Kim 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio In the Stomach of a Sea Monster Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho Lightyear T'Kani Prime Forest Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano The Sea Beast The Hunting Ship Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Strange World The Windy Jungle Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske Wendell & Wild The Scream Fair Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Mumbattan City Taehyun Park, YJ Lee, Pepe Orozco, Kelly Han Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Chicken Island Charles Copping, Matthew Perry, Jim Lewis, Jon Biggins Elemental Element City Chris Bernardi, Brandon Montell, David Shavers, Ting Zhang Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Midtown Manhattan Olivier Mitonneau, Eddy Frechou, Guillaume Chevet, Arnaud Philippe-Giraux 2024 The Wild Robot The Forest John Wake, He Jung Park, Woojin Choi, Shane Glading Kung Fu Panda 4 Juniper City Benjamin Lippert, Ryan Prestridge, Sarah Vawter, Peter Maynez Transformers One Iacon City Alex Popescu, Geoffrey Lebreton, Ryan Kirby, Hussein Nabeel Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aqueduct Matt Perry, Dave Alex Riddett, Matt Sanders, Howard Jones 2025 Zootopia 2 Marsh Market Limei Z. Hshieh, Alexander Nicholas Whang, Joshua Fry, Ryan DeYoung Elio The Communiverse Steve Arguello, Christopher M. Burrows, Andy Lin, Laura Murphy KPop Demon Hunters Seoul Rafael Lescano, Gunsik Kim, Tyquane Wright, Hee-Chel Nam The Bad Guys 2 Cairo City John J. Lee, Greg Hettinger, Mikael Genachte-Le Bail, Mayumi Shimokawa
Films with Multiple Nominations
3 Nominations The Adventures of Tintin
2 Nominations Kubo and the Two Strings ParaNorman Trolls World Tour
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