The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 17, 2009, by numerous panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank.

In making the announcement, Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Awards Committee said, "Because visual effects continue to grow in complexity and intensity, touching every aspect of the entertainment industry, we are proud to announce the nominees and their work, which have been deemed by the judges as the best of the best. I congratulate all the artists on their achievements."

The nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards are the following:

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE

•  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Wendy Rogers, Dean Wright, Andrew Fowler, Greg Butler
•  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud
•  Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet, Eamonn Butler
•  Cloverfield
Kevin Blank, Chantal Feghali, Michael Ellis, Eric Leven
•  Iron Man
Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso, John Nelson

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE

•  Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman
•  Eagle Eye
Jim Rygiel, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith, David Smith
•  Valkyrie
Richard R. Hoover, Maricel Pagulayan, Peter Nofz, Daniel Eaton
•  Nim's Island
Camille Cellucci, Scott Gordon, Fred Pienkos, James Straus
•  Synecdoche, New York