2019 BAFTA 'Special Visual Effects' Nominations Announced

45+ Years | 500+ Film and TV credits | 135+ Awards

SINCE 1975

Jan 9, 2019

This morning BAFTA announced the nominees for their annual awards ceremony on February 10th and we’re thrilled that ILM worked on three of the five films that made the list!

Congratulations to our artists Russell Earl (VFX Supervisor, Avengers: Infinity War), Craig Hammack (VFX Supervisor, Black Panther), Roger Guyett (Visual Effects Supervisor, Ready Player One), Grady Cofer (VFX Supervisor, Ready Player One), and David Shirk (Animation Supervisor, Ready Player One).

Films ILM contributed to:

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick

BLACK PANTHER
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick

READY PLAYER ONE
Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk

Also nominated:

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins

FIRST MAN
Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm

We’d like to congratulate all the nominees on this honor and thanks to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.