(L-R) VES Executive Director Eric Roth, actor Cheech Marin, and PDI founder Carl Rosendahl.

(L-R) Cedric Tomacruz, David Bailey, Valeri Pfahning, and Siddhartha Jayakar, who won VES Awards for Outstanding Created Environment in a Live-Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video for their work on the miniseries, Into the West.

(L-R) R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, and Charles Tait won awards for Outstanding Created Environment in a Live-Action Motion Picture for the "New York Dawn Attack" in King Kong.

(L-R) Jack Geist, Johnathan Banta, and Jerome Morin earned their awards for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project—Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon.

Kevin Blank (left) and Eric Chauvin (right), who won VES Awards for their work on the TV show Lost flank actor/presenter Craig T. Nelson (The Incredibles).

(L-R) Colin O'Conner and Habib Zararpour won in the Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game category for their work on Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

(L-R) Jean-Jacques Tremblay, Raphael Lacoste, and Kun Chang won awards in the Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game category for Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones.

(L-R) Michael Cook, Anthony Ocampo, and Eugene Kim won for creation of Outstanding Models and Miniatures in Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video for their work on Las Vegas.

The award for Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture went to (L-R) Ed Hirsh, Steve Gawley, and Joshua Ong for War of the Worlds.

(L-R) Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Jay Barton, and Jim Gaczkowski won for their work on the Nine Inch Nails Video Only.

Oustanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video award went to (L-R) Stefano Trivelli, Michele Moen, Kelly Bumbarger, and Sean Wilson for their work on the show Empire.

Jim Morris of Pixar (left) with his VES Board of Directors Award and his friend Carl Rosendahl.

(L-R) Marshall Krasser, Michael Jamieson, Jeff Saltzman, and Regan McGee captured the Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture award for War of the Worlds.

(L-R) Andrew Karr, Louie Hinayo, and Gary Hughes won for Outstanding Animated Character in Live Action Broadcast Program for their work on Battlestar Galactica.

Seamus Malone accepts Loyd Price's award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture for the film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

Wes Sewell and Victoria Alonso won for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture for Kingdom of Heaven.

(L-R) Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, and Guy Williams teamed with actor Andy Serkis (not pictured) to win the Oustanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Motion Picture for creating the title character in King Kong.