I’m rather astounded that Rango was so well loved. When comparing effects between Rango and several other films, I never would have expected it to win this big, especially not over The Adventures of Tintin. I guess Tintin wasn’t really that well loved. On the Effects-Driven Visual Effects from Rise of the Planet of the Apes shows it has all the strength it needs to persevere through Oscar season and win Best Visual Effects at the Oscar. Four out of the five previous winners in this category did so.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Visual Effects Society.

Award Tallies

(4) Rango
(2) Hugo / Rise of the Planet of the Apes / Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(1) Captain America: The First Avenger

The Awards

Best Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Supporting Visual Effects

Hugo

Best Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

Rango

Best Animated Character in a Live Action Film

Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Caesar

Best Animated Character in an Animation Film

Rango – Rango

Best Created Environment in a Live Action Film

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 155 Wacker Drive

Best Created Environment in an Animated Feature

Rango – Main Street Dirt

Best Models

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Driller

Best Compositing

Captain America: The First Avenger – Skinny Steve

Best Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Film

Hugo

Best Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature

Rango – The Dirt Saloon

Visual Effects Society Data

First Awards: 2002 (10)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Visual Effects: 4 (1-1-1-0-1) W / 6 (2-1-1-1-1) N / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) I
Visual Effects (Effects-Driven): 4 (1-1-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Visual Effects (Supporting): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (1-0-0-0-0) N / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) I