Tom Hanks to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Robert Zemeckis at the 3rd Annual VES Awards
Tom Hanks to present the Lifetime Achievement honor to Robert Zemeckis at the 3rd Annual VES Awards recognizing outstanding visual effects in 19 categories of film, television, commercial, music videos and games
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 9, 2005 -- Tom Hanks will present the Lifetime Achievement honor to long-time friend and colleague Robert Zemeckis at the 3rd Annual VES Awards recognizing outstanding visual effects in nineteen (19) categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and games. The black-tie 3rd Annual VES Awards will be held at the legendary Hollywood Palladium on February 16. Other honorees include Don Shay, who will receive the Board of Directors Award for his contributions to the visual effects industry as Publisher of Cinefex Magazine. Robert Abel will receive the first ever Georges Melies Award for pioneering visual effects (posthumously).
Winners: Winners of the 3rd Annual VES Awards will be announced at the 3rd Annual VES Awards. NO advance notification will be provided to the media on embargo as votes are tabulated and kept under lock and key by an outside accounting firm. After the VES Awards, winners will be posted on the VES web site: www.vesawards.com.
About VES: Founded in 1997, the Visual Effects Society is an organization comprised of distinguished visual effects artists desiring to honor, advance and promote visual effects for its membership and the industry as a whole. The Society promotes continuous awareness about the visual effects industry, supports combined technology research and development, and designs and implements educational programs for its membership and the public interested in the production of visual effects. Society headquarters are located in Los Angeles, CA with over 1,100 global members.
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