Samael Nominated for VES Award!

The Visual Effects Society announced nominees for the 3rd annual VES awards on January 10th, which included Samael for Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture.

Here is a full list of the nominees for the category:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Michael Eames, David Lomax, Felix Balbas, Pablo Grillo

Hellboy – Samael Character
Dovi Anderson, Todd Labonte, Sven Jensen, Paul Thuriot

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events- Sunny Character
Rick O’Connor, Martin Murphy, Indira Guerrieri, Sam Breach

The VES Awards recognize outstanding visual effects in nineteen (19) categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and games. Nominees are chosen by a panel of over sixty (60) visual effects professionals (all VES members) that view hundreds of entry submissions during an all-day event at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.

Winners will be announced at the 3rd Annual VES Awards gala on February 16, 2005 at the Hollywood Palladium. Academy Award? winning director, Robert Zemeckis, will receive the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented to him by Academy Award? winning actor Tom Hanks.

Congratulations to Dovi, Sven, Todd, Paul, GDT and all involved! To see a full list of the nominees, click here.