‘Dune’ Continues Below-The-Line Dominance At Oscars With Visual Effects Win

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After already taking home 6 Oscars, Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune continued its below the line domination at Sunday’s Academy Awards as it took home the Best Visual Effects Oscar.

The film looked to be the favorite in the category after taking home the top honor at this year’s VES gala.Accepting the award from presenters Rachel Zegler and Jacob Elordi was Dune‘s VFX team which included Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer.

This marked the 6th Oscar for the film having already taken home best Sound, Score, Editing and Production Design for the film which was a favorite to dominate the below-the-line categories going into the ceremony.

Lambert and Nefzer had previously won Oscars while working on a Villeneuve film in 2018 for Blade Runner: 2049.Lambert started it off by thanking several people including the director, who wasn’t nominated for best director, as well as the VFX companies involved.“None of this would of been possible without the visionary Villeneuve,” said Myles. “VFX is a team effort of hundreds of people around world, so huge congratulations to all the artists and production.”Other films vying for the award included two marvel pics, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: No Way Home as well as Free Guy and No Time To Die.It wouldn’t be the Oscars without someone being played off and Nefzer was the first victim of the night of this but took it in stride as he danced to the music before saying “Danke, thank you very much” to loud applause as he walked off with the rest of the team.New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules