The Oscar for Best Visual Effects is particularly tough to predict because of the complicated system by which the nominees are determined in three stages. The members of the executive committee of the ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" dominated the Visual Effects Society awards with 10 nominations, including outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature. There is a three-way tie for top nominations in ...

The Visual Effects Society has named the first honorees who will be feted at a special event in October. Avatar co-producer Brooke Breton, a former SVP Production at James Cameron’s effects house ...

The Visual Effects Society has composited its first group of 2023 honorees. Oscar-winning VFX supervisor and VES founding member Tim McGovern will receive the 2023 VES Founders Award, and the group ...

What makes a good sci-fi show? Well, for starters, you need an interesting story to hook the audience. They won't particularly flock to your show if you don't have a good story. Think about the ...

“Dune: Part Two” led all films in nominations for the 233 annual VES Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic received seven nominations in the VES ...

F0r almost as long as there have been movies in theaters, there’s been a need for special visual effects to bring them to life. However, it wasn’t until 1938 that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

We tend to watch a lot of sci-fi movies, traditionally the nerdiest of the nerdy cinematic pursuits. Almost across the board, these movies will have enormous computer-generated spaceships, monsters, ...

1982 was a spectacular year for film in general, and a landmark year for science fiction and cinematic visual effects, with classics like Blade Runner, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, and Star Trek II: ...