‘Dune’ Sweeps Top Honours At 20th Visual Effects Society Awards

Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic was the big winner at the 20th Visual Effects Society Awards, collecting four trophies including the night’s top award for outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature.

On Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton, Dune, from Legendary and Warner Bros. additionally earned awards for models, effects simulations, and compositing.

The award for outstanding VFX–which was presented by Villeneuve – went to Dune‘s production VFX supervisor and two-time Oscar winner Paul Lambert, VFX producer Brice Parker, special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer, and DNEG VFX supervisors Tristan Myles and Brian Connor.

DNEG was the lead VFX studio on Dune.

Also in the live-action feature categories, Spider-Man: No Way Home won a trophy for a created environment (the mirror dimension), Jungle Cruise picked up an award for practical effects, and Last Night in Soho won the prize for supporting VFX.

In the animation competition, Disney’s Encanto led the field, winning four awards including outstanding VFX in an animated feature, animated character, for Mirabel, created environment, for Antonio’s room; and virtual cinematography, for the movie’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” sequence.

Guillermo del Toro was the recipient of the VES Award for Creative Excellence, which his producing partner J. Miles Dale accepted on his behalf.