The VES Awards, created to honor distinctive artistic achievement and acknowledged as one of many leisure trade’s most prestigious celebrations are again with awards in 25 classes for excellent VFX.

The Visible Results Society (VES) introduced that famend movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer will obtain the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Wētā Workshop co-founder and Chief Inventive Officer Sir Richard Taylor will obtain the VES Visionary Award on the twenty fourth Annual VES Awards. Going down on February 25, 2026 at The Beverly Hilton, the occasion acknowledges distinctive contributions to the visible results (VFX) trade, together with excellent work, technological innovation, and pioneering management. Actor-comedians Randy and Jason Sklar – the Sklar Brothers – will host the gala once more this yr.

“The VES Awards are our marquee occasion, honoring distinctive artistic achievement and acknowledged as one of many leisure trade’s most prestigious celebrations. We’re immensely appreciative of the respective and sustained trade contributions of Jerry Bruckheimer and Sir Richard Taylor, and look ahead to celebrating their outstanding achievements at this yr’s awards ceremony,” stated VES Board Chair, Kim Davidson. “We’re additionally thrilled to welcome again the Sklar Brothers, who carry a wholesome dose of levity whereas honoring the expertise and craft of visible results.”

“I’ve been a filmmaker for over fifty years and have seen firsthand how the evolution of the VFX trade has unlocked wonderful new varieties of storytelling time and time once more. From Armageddon, to the Pirates of the Caribbean collection, to F1: The Film, and dozens of different movies and tv collection, a number of the most memorable collaborations of my profession have been on initiatives the place the VFX artists and technologists carry their magic to the display. I’m in awe of your expertise, and am very grateful to the VES for this large recognition,” stated Jerry Bruckheimer.

Co-founder of the Wētā firms and Wētā Workshop co-owner and Chief Inventive Officer Richard Taylor stated, “I’m honoured by this recognition from the Visible Results Society, a group of artists and practitioners that I really feel blessed to have been part of since its inception. I settle for this award on behalf of all of our crew at Wētā Workshop, whose work has all the time been in artistic service – utilizing sensible results, design, and bodily craftsmanship to assist increase what’s potential in collaboration with VFX and film-making groups world wide. For me this award displays the dedication, ingenuity, and generosity of spirit by so lots of our artists which have joined me on this journey over the previous 38 years. I’m extremely grateful to the VES for celebrating the artistic and collaborative journey that I’ve been on (with my colleagues) in our efforts to carry imagined worlds to life.”

VES has now shared the next details about the occasion:

Bestowed by the VES Board of Administrators, the VES Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges vital and lasting contributions to the artwork and science of the VFX trade by the use of imaginative and prescient, artistry, invention, and innovation. The Society chosen Jerry Bruckheimer for this honor for his blockbuster producing profession and direct affect on main function movies and episodic tv collection that used VFX as key storytelling instruments. His expansive credit mirror a wealth of cultural touchstones, together with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, F1: The Film, High Gun, Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Bear in mind the Titans, the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise, the Wonderful Race franchise, and 2023 Greatest Movement Image Academy Award nominee High Gun: Maverick. Bruckheimer’s work is a testomony to how creativity and VFX creates boundless storytelling.

Earlier recipients of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award embrace George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, James Cameron, Sir Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese.

Bestowed by the VES Board of Administrators, the VES Visionary Award acknowledges a person who has uniquely and persistently employed the artwork and science of VFX to foster creativeness and ignite future discoveries by the use of artistry, invention, and groundbreaking work. The Society chosen Sir Richard Taylor for this honor for his plain affect on the VFX trade as co-founder of the Wētā firms. Winner of 5 Academy Awards throughout three disciplines, particular results make-up, VFX, and costume design, Taylor has additionally obtained 4 BAFTAs and greater than 35 nationwide and worldwide awards for his work inside the artistic industries. Wētā Workshop has offered the design and bodily results for greater than 160 movies, together with the globally acclaimed The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Avatar trilogies, in addition to Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong, District 9, the Thor collection, Black Panther, and Alien: Romulus. Taylor was additionally a founding Board member of combined actuality expertise firm Magic Leap.

Earlier recipients of the VES Visionary Award embrace Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuaron, J.J. Abrams, Syd Mead, Victoria Alonso, Jonathan Nolan, and Roland Emmerich. The 2025 VES Visionary Award recipient was Academy Award-winning filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki (Godzilla Minus One).

Bruckheimer and Taylor will obtain their awards on the twenty fourth Annual VES Awards, which can current awards in 25 classes for excellent VFX. Occasion hosts and stand-up duo the Sklar Brothers will as soon as once more carry their critically acclaimed and accessibly nerdy fashion of comedy to the gala. Writers, actors, and administrators, the pair notably hosted and produced Historical past Channel’s United Stats of America and created and starred within the ESPN cult hit collection Low cost Seats. Their tv credit embrace Glow, Agent Carter, Taking part in Home, Gray’s Anatomy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia, Entourage, and Comedy Central Presents, amongst others. At present, they’re growing the pilot for Dumb Individuals City with Will Arnett’s Electrical Avenue, and Val Kilmer Ruined Our Lives with Invoice Lawrence.

Nominees for the twenty fourth Annual VES Award will probably be introduced on January 13. For extra details about the VES, go to https://www.vesglobal.org/.