Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society. The award goes to artists whose work in virtual cinematography. It was first awarded in 2003 and 2004 for, under the title "Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture", before being scrapped from the ceremony. The award was given separately to artists in live-action film, animated film, and commercials/television. These categories were first awarded in 2012. The following year, the category specifically awarding animated film was dropped, with only live-action film and commercial/television being awarded. In 2015, only live-action films were awarded. The following year, the category's title changed to "Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project". It has held its current title since 2020.
2000s
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture| Year | Film | Nominee |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Kim Libreri, George Borshukov, Paul Ryan, John Gaeta |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Alex Funke, Rob Kerr, Henk Prins |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Carl Miller, Mike Conte, Tami Carter |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Pat Sweeney, Mike Bienstock, Grady Cofer, John Hansen |
2010s
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture| Year | Film | Nominee |
| 2011 | Hugo | Martin Chamney, Rob Legato, Adam Watkins, Fabio Zangla |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Thelvin Cabezas, Mike Perry, R. Christopher White, Erik Winquist |
| 2011 | Thor | Xavier Allard, Pierre Buffin, Nicolas Chevallier |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Balog, Richard Bluff, Shawn Kelly, Jeff White |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Matt Aitken, Victor Huang, Christian Rivers, R. Christopher White |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Rob Engle, David Schaub, Cosku Turhan, Max Tyrie |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Daniel Baldwin, Mattias Forsstrom, Sam Schwier, Joshua Wassung |
| 2013 | Gravity | Tim Webber, Emmanuel Lubezki, Richard McBride, Dale Newton |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Christian Rivers, Phil Barrenger, Mark Gee, Thelvin Cabezas |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Mark Smith, Aaron Gilman, Thelvin Cabezas, Gerardo Ramirez |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Daniel Paulsson, Edmund Kolloen, Joel Prager, David Stripinis |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | Colin Benoit, Nick Walker, Adam Schnitzer, Victor Schutz |
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
| Year | Film | Nominee |
| 2011 | Rango | Colin Benoit, Philippe Rebours, Nelson Sepulveda, Nick Walker |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Jericca Cleland, Michael Ford, David Morehead, Emi Tahira |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Mahyar Abousaeedi, Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky, Jonathan Pytko |
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Broadcast Program or Commercial
| Year | Commercial/Program | Nominee |
| 2011 | Gears of War 3: Dust to Dust | Niles Heckman, Richard Morton, Vernon Wilbert Jr. |
| 2011 | Ghost Recon: Future Soldier "Camo Up" | Matt Aitken, Matthias Menz, Keith F. Miller, Wayne Stables |
| 2011 | Hot Wheels | Steve Beck, Robert Sethi, Felix Urquiza |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | Stephen Jackson, Sallyanne Massimini, Nathan Matsuda, Kevin Struckman |
| 2012 | ZombiU | Dominique Boidin, Léon Bérelle, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère |
| 2012 | Call of Duty - Eclipse: Surprise | Chris Bayol, Steve Beck, Chris Knight, Robert Sethi |
| 2012 | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | Colin Benoit, Jeremy Goldman, Tory Mercer, Roger Liu |
| 2012 | Toyota: Real Deal | Adam Berg, Niles Heckman, Ronald Herbst, Vernon Wilbert |
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live-Action Commercial or Broadcast Program
| Year | Commercial/Program | Nominee |
| 2013 | The Crew | Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Maxime Luère |
| 2013 | Mad Max: Ethos | Aladino Debert, Neil Huxley, David Liu, Michael Harbour |
| 2013 | Murdered: Soul Suspect | Vernon Wilbert, Tim Jones, Rafael Colon, April Warren |
| 2013 | Qualcomm Snapdragon: A Dragon is Coming | Joshua Wassung, Shannon Justison, Shayne Ryan, Seth Gollub |
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project
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