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The Visual Effects Society has composited its 2026 profession honorees.
Prolific movie and TV shaper Jerry Bruckheimer and Wētā Workshop co-founder and COO Richard Taylor will person nan 2026 VES Lifetime Achievement Award and VES Visionary Award, respectively. The brace will beryllium feted during nan 24th VES Awards connected February 25 astatine nan Beverly Hilton.
Bruckheimer has been producing deed movies for immoderate 5 decades, generating billions of dollars successful grosses. His enviable CV ranges from American Gigolo, Flashdance, Top Gun and nan Beverly Hills Cop and Bad Boys films done Con Air, Armageddon, the Pirates of nan Caribbean and Transformers franchises. Most precocious he produced Top Gun: Maverick, for which he scored a Best Picture Oscar nom, and Joseph Kosinski’s F1 starring Brad Pitt. He besides has worked connected specified deed TV bid arsenic nan CSI franchise, The Amazing Race, Cold Case and Without a Trace. He has won 10 Emmys connected astir 2 dozens nominations.
“I person been a filmmaker for complete 50 years and person seen firsthand really nan improvement of nan VFX manufacture has unlocked astonishing caller types of storytelling clip and clip again.” Bruckheimer said. “Some of nan astir memorable collaborations of my profession person been connected projects wherever nan VFX artists and technologists bring their magic to nan screen. I americium successful awe of your talent, and americium very grateful to nan VES for this tremendous recognition.”
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Said Taylor: “I’m honored by this nickname from nan Visual Effects Society, a organization of artists and practitioners that I consciousness blessed to person been a portion of since its inception. I judge this grant connected behalf of each of our unit astatine Wētā Workshop, whose activity has ever been successful imaginative work — utilizing applicable effects, creation and beingness craftsmanship to thief grow what’s imaginable successful collaboration pinch VFX and film-making teams astir nan world. For maine this grant reflects nan dedication, ingenuity, and generosity of tone by truthful galore of our artists that person joined maine connected this travel complete nan past 38 years.”
Per nan Visual Effects Society, its Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes important and lasting contributions to nan creation and subject of nan VFX manufacture by measurement of vision, artistry, invention and innovation. The Visionary Award recognizes an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed nan creation and subject of VFX to foster imagination and ignite early discoveries by measurement of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work. Both are bestowed by nan VES Board of Directors.
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“The VES Awards are our marquee event, honoring exceptional imaginative accomplishment and recognized arsenic 1 of nan intermezo industry’s astir prestigious celebrations,” VES Board Chair Kim Davidson said. “We’re immensely appreciative of nan respective and sustained manufacture contributions of Jerry Bruckheimer and Sir Richard Taylor and look guardant to celebrating their singular achievements astatine this year’s awards ceremony.”
The group besides noted coming that drama duo nan Sklar Brothers will return to big nan 2026 ceremony. Nominations for nan 2026 VES Awards will beryllium revealed connected January 13.
