VES Awards nomination

Today I received a nomination for the VES award!!!

Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial for Evian Skating babies!

I can't believe it!

Together with me there are Jordi Onate, Jorge Montiel Meurer and Wayne Simmons from MPC.

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Press release:

Los Angeles, January 19, 2010 - The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the 8th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in over twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 16, 2010, by numerous blue ribbon panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank and San Francisco as well as at other facilities in London, Sydney and Vancouver.

“The Visual Effects Society is proud to present these nominations as the most outstanding work in the field this year,” said Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society. “It’s important to keep in mind that it wasn’t machines that created these images but incredibly talented artists. We congratulate them all and look forward to seeing who is chosen as the best of the best at the awards show in February.”

As previously announced, this year James Cameron will be honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Dr. Ed Catmull with the Georges Méliès Award for pioneering.

The 8^th Annual VES Awards will take place on Feb. 28, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.

The nominees for the 8^th Annual VES Awards are the following:

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EVIAN - Skating Babies

Jorge Montiel Meurer, Lead Animator

Jordi Onate, Animator

Emanuele Pavarotti, Animator

Wayne Simmons, Animator

Fingers Crossed!