# Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2004. While the award's title has changed several time within this period, the recipients have been television episodes and/or movies or specials with less prominent, more subtle visual effects work.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2004 | Lost | "Pilot (Part 2)" | Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Benoit Girard, Jerome Morin | ABC |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | "Spectator Interference" | Curt Miller, Jason C. Spratt, Doug Witsken, Mike Tonder | CBS |
| 2004 | Spartacus | Spartacus | Sam Nicholson, Eric Grenaudier, Anthony Ocampo, Tim Donahue | USA |
| 2005 | Lost | "Exodus: Part 2" | Kevin Blank, Mitchell Ferm, Eric Chauvin, John Teska | ABC |
| 2005 | Alias | "The Index" | Kevin Blank, Armen V. Kevorkian, Eric Chauvin | ABC |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Warm Springs | Camille Cellucci, Jonathan Keeton, Kirk Cadrette, John Baker | HBO |
| 2006 | ER | "Scoop and Run" | Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Adam Ealovega, Anthony Ocampo | NBC |
| 2006 | Alias | "Reprisal"/"All the Time in the World" | Kevin Blank, Jay Worth, Steve Fong, Kevin Kutchaver | ABC |
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | "The Wind Beneath Her Wings" | Mark Kolpack, Adam Ealovega, Mark Spatny, Michael Enriquez | ABC |
| 2007 | Rome | "Philippi" | James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Duncan Kinnaird, Gary Brozenich | HBO |
| 2007 | Drive | "The Starting Line" | Raoul Bolognini, Loni Peristere, Steven Meyer, Chris John Jones | Fox |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | "Walk on Water" | Sam Nicholson, Scott Ramsey, Valeri Pfahning, Michael Enriquez | ABC |
| 2007 | Marie-Antoinette | Marie-Antoinette | Richard Martin, Pierre Raymond, Sébastien Rioux, Nadine Homier | |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | "Pie-lette" | Craig Weiss, Toni Pace Carstensen, Brian Vogt, Jimmy Berndt | ABC |
| 2008 | Fringe | "Pilot" | Kevin Blank, Jay Worth, Andrew Orloff, Barbara Genicoff | Fox |
| 2008 | Jericho | "Patriots and Tyrants" | Andrew Orloff, Blythe Dalton Klippsten, Chris John Jones, Michael Cliett | CBS |
| 2008 | Life | "Frozen Solid" | Anthony 'Max' Ivins, Jenny Foster, Danny S. Kim, Shawn Lipowski | NBC |
| 2008 | Pushing Daisies | "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy" | William Powloski, Elizabeth Castro, Melanie Rose Tucker, Eric Chauvin | ABC |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Family Affair" (Opening Sequence) | Rik Shorten, Steven Meyer, Derek Smith, Sabrina Arnold | CBS |
| 2009 | FlashForward | "No More Good Days" | Kevin Blank, Steven Meyer, Jonathan Spencer Levy, Andrew Orloff | ABC |
| 2009 | Kings | "Goliath" | Craig Weiss, Niel Wray, Brian Vogt, Ronald B. Moore | NBC |
| 2009 | Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace | Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace | Thomas Tannenberger, Olcun Tan, Shane Cook, Mark Kolpack | ZDF |
| 2009 | Lost | "The Incident" | Mitch Suskin, Eric Hance, Sean M. Scott, Samantha Mabie-Tuinstra | ABC |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Nominees | Network |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Robert Stromberg, David Taritero, Richard Friedlander, Paul Graff | HBO |
| 2010 | Human Target | Andrew Orloff, Raoul Bolognini, Nathan Overstrom, Charlene Eberle Douglas | Fox |
| 2010 | Lost | Adam Avitabile, Melinka Thompson-Godoy, Michael Capton, Michael Degtjarewsky | ABC |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Sam Nicholson, Jason Sperling, Kent Johnson, Christopher D. Martin | AMC |
| 2010 | Undercovers | Jay Worth, Andrew Waisler, Ron Thornton, Andrew Kramer | NBC |
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | "Winter Is Coming" | Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor, Angela Barson, Ed Bruce, Adam McInnes | HBO |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | "Georgia Peaches" | Richard Friedlander, Robert Stromberg, David Taritero | HBO |
| 2011 | Bones | "The Twist in the Twister" | Christian Cardona, Buddy Gheen, Beau Janzen, Andy Simonson | Fox |
| 2011 | Breaking Bad | "Face Off" | Bruce Branit, Werner Hahnlein, Greg Nicotero, William Powloski | AMC |
| 2011 | Pan Am | "Pilot" | Tavis Larkham, Christopher D. Martin, Sam Nicholson, Matt Robken | ABC |
| 2012 | Boardwalk Empire | "The Pony" | John Bair, Parker Chehak, Paul Graff, Lesley Robson-Foster | HBO |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | "La O Na Makuahine " | Gevork Babityan, Jon Howard, Armen V. Kevorkian, Rick Ramirez | CBS |
| 2012 | Hell on Wheels | "Blood Moon" | Matt von Brock, Jason Fotter, Tim Jacobsen, Bill Kent | AMC |
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Nathan Abbot, Kip Larsen, Chris Morley, Chris Paizis | HBO |
| 2012 | The Men Who Built America | "Bloody Battles" | Glenn Allen, Matthew Conner, Eran Dinur, David W. Reynolds | History |
| 2013 | Banshee | "Pilot" | Armen V. Kevorkian, Mark Skowronski, Jeremy Jozwik, Rick Ramirez | Cinemax |
| 2013 | The Borgias | "Relics" | Wojciech Zielinski, Neishaw Ali, Bill Halliday, J.P. Giamos | Showtime |
| 2013 | Da Vinci's Demons | "Ho'onani Makuakane" | Kevin Blank, Simon Frame, Ante Dekovic, Oliver Arnold | Starz |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | "La O Na Makuahine " | Armen V. Kevorkian, Alexander Soltes, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan | CBS |
| 2013 | Mob City | "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" | Jason Sperling, Michael Morreale, Valeri Pfahning, Michael Enriquez | TNT |
| 2013 | Moonfleet | "Episode 2" | Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, John O'Connell, Joseph Courtis | Sky One |
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Edward Mordrake (Part 2)" | Jason Piccioni, Jason C. Spratt, Michael Kirylo, Justin Ball, Eric Roberts | FX |
| 2014 | Black Sails | "I." | Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Paul Graff, George Murphy | Starz |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Crossbones | Kevin Blank, Ron Pogue, Andy Weder, Niklas Jacobson, Måns Björklund | NBC |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful | "Séance" | James Cooper, Bill Halliday, Sarah McMurdo, Lorne Kwechansky | Showtime |
| 2014 | Ripper Street | "Whitechapel Terminus" | Ed Bruce, Alan Collins, Joseph Courtis, John O'Connell | Amazon |
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2015 | Vikings | "To the Gates!" | Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Paul Wishart, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne | History |
| 2015 | Agent Carter | "Now is Not the End" | Sheena Duggal, Addie Manis, Richard Bluff, Jayesh Dalal, Kenneth C. Clark | ABC |
| 2015 | Black Sails | "XVIII." | Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Kevin Rafferty, Aladino V. Debert, Paul Stephenson | Starz |
| 2015 | Daredevil | "Speak of the Devil" | Bryan Godwin, David Van Dyke, Karl Coyner, Julie Long, Johann Kunz | Netflix |
| 2015 | Penny Dreadful | "And They Were Enemies" | James Cooper, Bill Halliday, Sarah McMurdo, Mai-Ling Lee | Showtime |
| 2016 | Black Sails | "XX." | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Aladino V. Debert, Yafei Wu, Paul Stephenson | Starz |
| 2016 | The Man in the High Castle | "Fallout" | Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain | Amazon |
| 2016 | Penny Dreadful | "The Day Tennyson Died" | James Cooper, Bill Halliday, Sarah McMurdo, Mai-Ling Lee | Showtime |
| 2016 | Roots | "Part One" | Simon Hansen, Paul Kalil, Theo le Roux Preis, Wicus Labuschagne, Max Poolman | History |
| 2016 | Vikings | "The Last Ship" | Dominic Remane, Mike Borrett, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Wishart, Paul Byrne | History |
| 2017 | Black Sails | "XXIX." | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Yafei Wu, David Wahlberg, Paul Dimmer | Starz |
| 2017 | Fear the Walking Dead | "Sleigh Ride" | Peter Crosman, Denise Gayle, Philip Nussbaumer, Martin Pelletier, Frank Iudica | AMC |
| 2017 | Mr. Robot | "eps3.4_runtime-error.r00" | Ariel Altman, Lauren Montuori, John T. Miller, Luciano DiGeronimo | USA |
| 2017 | Outlander | "Eye of the Storm" | Richard Briscoe, Elicia Bessette, Aladino V. Debert, Filip Orrby, Doug Hardy | Starz |
| 2017 | Taboo | "Episode 1" | Henry Badgett, Tracy McCreary, Nic Birmingham, Simon Rowe, Colin Gorry | FX |
| 2017 | Vikings | "On the Eve" | Dominic Remane, Mike Borrett, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Wishart, Paul Byrne | History |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | "Pilot" | Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Bobo Skipper, Deak Ferrand, Pau Costa | Amazon |
| 2018 | The Alienist | "The Boy on the Bridge" | Kent Houston, Wendy Garfinkle, Steve Murgatroyd, Drew Jones, Paul Stephenson | TNT |
| 2018 | The Deuce | "We're All Beasts" | Jim Rider, Steven Weigle, John Bair, Aaron Raff | HBO |
| 2018 | The First | "Near and Far" | Karen E. Goulekas, Eddie Bonin, Roland Langschwert, Bryan Godwin, Matthew James Kutcher | Hulu |
| 2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | "June" | Brendan Taylor, Stephen Lebed, Winston Lee, Leo Bovell | Hulu |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | "1:23:45" | Max Dennison, Lindsay McFarlane, Clare Cheetham, Paul Jones, Claudius Rauch | HBO |
| 2019 | The Crown | "Aberfan" | Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, David Fleet, Jonathan Wood | Netflix |
| 2019 | Living with Yourself | "Nice Knowing You" | Jay Worth, Jacqueline VandenBussche, Chris Wright, Tristan Zerafa | Netflix |
| 2019 | See | "Godflame" | Adrian De Wet, Eve Fizzinoglia, Matt Welford, Pedro Sabrosa, Tom Blacklock | Apple TV+ |
| 2019 | Vikings | "What Happens in the Cave" | Dominic Remane, Mike Borrett, Ovidiu Cinazan, Thomas Grant Morrison, Paul Byrne | History |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2020 | The Crown | "Gold Stick" | Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Andrew Scrase, Jonathan Wood | Netflix |
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | "Episode 1" | Eric Pascarelli, Keith Kolder, Ariel Altman | HBO |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | "Shirley" | Janelle Croshaw, Kaylie Whitcher, Leonardo Silva, Zena Bielewicz, Michael Innanen | FX |
| 2020 | Survive | Survive | Ariel Altman, Rae Welty, Caius Wong, Carl Fong | Quibi |
| 2020 | Vikings | "Best Laid Plans" | Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Thomas Grant Morrison, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne | Amazon |
| 2020 | Warrior | "Learn to Endure, or Hire a Bodyguard" | Jonathan Alenskas, Leah Orsini, Nate Overstrom, David Eschrich | Cinemax |
| 2021 | See | "Rock-a-Bye" | Chris Wright, Parker Chehak, Javier Roca, Tristan Zerafa, Tony Kenny | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | "Hold the Line" | Brigitte Bourque, Tyler Deck, Jason Gottlieb, Josephine Noh, Elia Popov | Fox |
| 2021 | The Handmaid's Tale | "Chicago" | Brendan Taylor, Stephen Lebed, Kayla Cabral, Brannek Gaudet | Hulu |
| 2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | "A Bunch of Smart Orphans" | Philippe Thibault, Marie-Pierre Boucher, Alexis Belanger, Gabriel Beauvais | Disney+ |
| 2021 | Squid Game | "VIPS" | Jaihoon Jung, Hyejin Kim, Hyungrok Kim, Sungman Jun | Netflix |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | "Sorry About All the Dead People" | Rob Price, Danica Tsang, Matt Bramante, Jayme Vandusen | Netflix |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | "Day Two" | Eric Durst, Danny McNair, Matt Whelan, Goran Pavles, John MacGillivray | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | The Old Man | "Episode III" | Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Jamie Klein, Sylvain Théroux, J.D. Streett | FX |
| 2022 | See | "I See You" | Chris Wright, Parker Chehak, Tristan Zerafa, Oscar Perea, Tony Kenny | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | Severance | "Good News About Hell" | Vadim Turchin, Nicole Melius, David Piombino, David Rouxel | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | Vikings: Valhalla | "The Bridge" | Ben Mossman, Melanie Callaghan, Matt Schofield, Chris Cooper, Paul Byrne | Netflix |

## Programs with multiple awards
### 2 awards

* Black Sails (Starz)