Today the Visual Effects Society (VES) announced their nominees for the 11th Annual VES Awards " which recognize outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games." The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey received 7 nominations in 6 categories. The award ceremony will be held on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. The show isn't televised and to my knowledge doesn't really inform on who will win Academy Awards but if part of the The Hobbit visual effects team, they probably love the recognition as it is coming from their peers and not some outsider who doesn't really understand just how hard it is to pull off what they do. Below are The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey nominated categories with the full list of VES nominations here.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood
Prometheus - Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers
Life of Pi - Thomas Fisher, Susan Macleod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer
The Avengers - Susan Pickett, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams
Battleship - Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King, Glen Mcintosh
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