# Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting in 2002. It is awarded to visual effects artists for their work in compositing.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2002 | Best Compositing in a Motion Picture | Best Compositing in a Motion Picture |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Quiddich Match) | Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Philip R. Brennan |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | George Macri, Mike Hardison, Patrick Murphy, Dan Trezise |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Mortitz Glaesle, Mark Lewis, Kara Vandeleur |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 (Train Sequence) | Colin Drobnis, Greg Derochie, Blaine Kennison, Kenny Lam |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer |
| 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera (Opening Shot) | Claas Henke, Laurent Ben-Minoun, Anupam Das |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Marshall Krasser, Michael Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman, Regan Mcgee |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Voldemort's Nose) | Ben Shepherd, Uel Horman, Charley Henley, Nicolas Aithadi |
| 2005 | King Kong (T-Rex Fight) | Erik Winquist, Michaell Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, Suzanne Jandu |
| 2006 | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Jeff Sutherland, Tory Mercer |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code (Saint Sulpice Sequence) | Mathew Krentz, Jordan Benwick, Enrico Perei, Rafal Kaniewski |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Scott Younkin, Janeen Elliott, Brian Connor, Mark Nettleton |
| 2007 | Transformers | Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Mike Conte |
| 2007 | I Am Legend (Seaport Evacuation) | Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Eddie Pasquarello, Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hiller |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Death of Beckett) | Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Ligenfelser |
| 2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (Crusoe) | Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Benjamin Comes Together) | Janelle Croshaw, Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Sarahjane Javelo |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Stuart Lashley, Arundi Asregadoo, Mark Curtis, Richard Baker |
| 2008 | Iron Man (Head Under Sisplay/HUD Compositing) | Jonathan Rothbart, Dav Rauch, Kyle McCulloch, Kent Seki |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace (Siennna Chase and Fight Sequence) | Anthony Smith, Christian Kaestner, Adrian Metzelaar, Jon Thum |
| 2009 | District 9 | Shervin Shogian, Hamish Schumacher, Janeen Elliott, Simon Hughes |
| 2009 | Avatar | Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder, Giuseppe Tagliavini |
| 2009 | Avatar (End Battle) | Eddie Pasquarello, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Jay Cooper |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2010 | Inception | Astrid Busser-Casas, Scott Pritchard, Jan Maroske, George Zwier |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland (Stolen Tarts) | Aaron Kupferman, Lisa Deaner, Orde Stevanoski, Ruben Flores |
| 2010 | Hereafter (Tsunami Sequence) | Joseph Farrell, Nick Crew, Jamie Hallett, Christine Lo |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Kym Olsen, Sarajane Javelo Chase |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Casey Allen, Trent Claus, Brian Hajek, Cliff Welsh |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Michele Benigna, Martin Ciastko, Thomas Dyg, Andy Robinson |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Jean-Luc Azzis, Quentin Hema, Simon Jung, Christoph Salzmann |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Chris Balog, Ben O'Brien, Amy Shepard, Jeff Sutherland |
| 2012 | Life of Pi (Storm of God) | Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher |
| 2012 | The Avengers (Hulk Punch) | Chris Balog, Peter Demarest, Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Jean-Luc Azzis, Steven McGillen, Christoph Salzmann, Charles Tait |
| 2012 | Prometheus (Engineers & the Orrery) | Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan |
| 2013 | Gravity | Mark Bakowski, Anthony Smith, Theodor Groeneboom, Adrian Metzelaar |
| 2013 | Elysium | Jean Lapointe, Jordan Benwick, Robin Hackl, Janeen Elliott |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Charles Tait, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, Sean Heuston |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 (Barrel of Monkeys) | Michael Maloney, Francis Puthanangadi, Justin Van Der Lek, Howard Cabalfin |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 (House Attack) | Darren Poe, Stefano Trivelli, Josiah Howison, Zach Zaubi |
| 2014 | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder, Quentin Hema, Simone Riginelli |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow (Beach) | Craig Wentworth, Matthew Welford, Marie Victoria Denoga, Frank Fieser |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Simon Jung, Ben Roberts, Matthew Adams, Jordan Schilling |
| 2014 | Interstellar (Water) | Raphael Hamm, Isaac Layish, Sebastian Von Overheidt, Tristan Myles |
| 2015 | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature | Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Donny Rausch, Alan Travix, Charles Lai, TC Harrison |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Lindsay Adams, Matthew Wynne, Chris Davies, Phil Outen |
| 2015 | San Andreas (Los Angeles Destruction) | Sandro Blattnber, Hamish Schumacher, Nicholas Kim, Mario Rokicki |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Jay Cooper, Marian Mavrovic, Jean Lapointe, Alex Prichard |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland | Francois Lambert, Jean Lapointe, Peter Demarest, Conny Fauser |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Christoph Salzmann, Masaki Mitchell, Matthew Adams, Max Stummer |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange (New York City) | Matthew Lane, Jose Fernandez, Ziad Shureih, Amy Shepard |
| 2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence (Under the Mothership) | Mathew Giampa, Adrian Sutherland, Daniel Lee, Ed Wilkie |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse (Quicksilver Rescue) | Jess Burnheim, Alana Newell, Andy Peel, Matthew Shaw |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Christoph Salzmann, Robin Hollander, Ben Morgan, Ben Warner |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 (LAPD Approach and Joi Holograms) | Tristan Myles, Miles Lauridsen, Joel Delle-Vergin, Farhad Mohasseb |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Nelson Sepulveda, Aaron Brown, Paolo Acri, Shawn Mason |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok (Bridge Battle) | Gavin McKenzie, David Simpson, Owen Carroll, Mark Gostlow |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War (Titan) | Sabine Laimer, Tim Walker, Tobias Wiesner, Massimo Pasquetti |
| 2018 | First Man | Joel Delle-Vergin, Peter Farkas, Miles Lauridsen, Francesco Dell'Anna |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | John Galloway, Enrik Pavdeja, David Nolan, Juan Espigares Enriquez |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Woei Lee, Saul Galbiati, Max Besner, Thai-Son Doan |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Nelson Sepulveda, Vince Papaix, Benjamin O'Brien, Christopher Doerhoff |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel | Adam Bradley, Carlo Scaduto, Hirofumi Takeda, Ben Roberts |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Tim Walker, Blake Winder, Tobias Wiesner, Joerg Bruemmer |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel (Young Nick Fury) | Trent Claus, David Moreno Hernandez, Jeremiah Sweeney, Yuki Uehara |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Jeff Sutherland, John Galloway, Sam Bassett, Charles Lai |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Nominee(s) |
| 2020 | Project Power | Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Chris Gooch, Tiago Santos, Stu Bruzek, Sneha Amin |
| 2020 | Mulan | Christoph Salzmann, Beck Veitch, Joerg Bruemmer, Indah Maretha |
| 2020 | Underwater | Sreejith Venugopalan, Ruslan Borysov, Susil Sabat, Andreas Andersson |
| 2021 | Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature | Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature |
| 2021 | Dune (Attack on Arrakeen) | Gregory Haas, Francesco Dell'Anna, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Cleve Zhu |
| 2021 | Black Widow (Red Room Crashing Back to Earth) | Michael Melchiorre, Simon Twine, Daniel Harkness, Tim Crowson |
| 2021 | Dune (Hologram & Hunter Seeker) | Patrick Heinen, Jacob Maymudes, Tj Burke, James Jooyoung Lee |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Macau City) | Jeremie Maheu, Mathieu Dupuis, Karthic Ramesh, Jiri Kilevnik |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home (Liberty Island Battle & Christmas Swing Finale) | Zac Campbell, Frida Nerdal, Louis Corr, Kelvin Yee |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water (Water Integration) | Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water (Landing Rockets Forest Destruction) | Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho |
| 2022 | The Batman (Rainy Freeway Chase) | Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Freceric Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo |
| 2023 | The Creator (Bar) | Phil Prates, Min Kim, Nisarg Suthar, Toshiko Miura |
| 2023 | The Creator (Spaceships) | Ben O-Brien, Juan Espigares Enriquez, Wesley Roberts, Hayes Brien |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Indah Maretha, Beck Veitch, Nathan Abbot, Steve McGillen |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 (Apartment Massacre Videogame Style) | Javier Roca, Julien Forest, Thomas Bourdis, Dominik Kirouac |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Bret St.Clair, Kieron Cheuk-Chi, Lo Kelly, Christophers Rowan Young |

## Superlatives
### Films with Multiple Nominations
#### 2 Nominations

* Avatar
* Avatar: The Way of Water
* Dune
* Iron Man 3
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* The Creator