1st Visual Effects Society Awards
February 19, 2003
Best Visual Effects - Motion Picture: 
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The 1st Visual Effects Society Awards, given on February 19, 2003 at the Skirball Cultural Center, honored the best visual effects in film and television from 2002.[1]
Winners and nominees
(Winners in bold)
Film
Television
| Best Visual Effects in a Television Series | Best Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or Special | 
|---|---|
| 
 Firefly - Serentity (Pilot) – Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan 
  | 
 Dinotopia – Mike McGee, Tim Webber, Alec Knox, Ben Morris 
  | 
| Best Visual Effects in a Commercial | Best Visual Effects in a Music Video | 
| 
 Xbox - Mosquito – William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie 
  | 
 So to Speak – Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade 
  | 
| Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | Best Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | 
| 
 Dinotopia – Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White 
  | 
 Dinotopia – Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae 
  | 
| Best Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | Best Effects Art Direction in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | 
| 
 Enterprise - Dead Stop – John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott 
  | 
 Adidas - Mechanical Legs – Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio 
  | 
| Best Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | |
| 
 Dinotopia – Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn 
  | 
References
- ↑ "1st Annual VES Awards". visual effects society.