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The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the honorees for its upcoming VES Honors Celebration, taking place November 7 at Sony Pictures Imageworks’ new facility in Los Angeles. Selected by the VES board of directors from member-submitted candidates, these distinguished honorees have profoundly impacted visual effects, shaped its legacy and continue to inspire future generations of VFX practitioners.
“The annual VES Honors Celebration serves to acknowledge the incredible contributors to our industry. Each individual is selected for advancing the craft of VFX and the sector overall. We’re excited to host this unique and intimate forum and give this year’s recipients their well-deserved recognition,” says VES board chair Kim Davidson.
This year’s event will welcome two new honorary VES members, Jon Favreau and Tim Sweeney. Favreau is the director behind Iron Man (2008), The Jungle Book (2016), The Lion King (2019) and television series including The Mandalorian (2019-2023). Sweeney is the founder and CEO of Epic Games, whose Unreal Engine software helped to usher in a new era of real-time rendering and advanced virtual production capabilities in the VFX industry.
This year Bob Coleman, VES will receive the VES Founders Award for sustained contributions to the art, science and business of VFX and for his distinguished service to the society. Dennis Hoffman will receive an Honorary VES Lifetime Membership for his dedication to the society and the industry, and for furthering the interests and values of VFX artists worldwide. This year’s VES Fellows , recognized for outstanding contributions to VFX and dedicated service over 10 of the past 20 years, include Colin Campbell, Darin Grant and Gayle Munro.
Additionally, Glenn Campbell (1956-2024), Mabel Normand (1893-1930), and Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970) will join the VES Hall of Fame for their pioneering contributions that advanced the art, science and technology of VFX.
The VES will also honor the following section leaders for their exceptional dedication, having served three consecutive terms on their section boards of managers and several years as a section chair or co-chair: Rachel Copp (New Zealand), Eric Greenlief (Washington State), Anthony Tan (Montreal), Agon Ushaku (Germany) and Philipp Wolf (Montreal).
