Hugo won the Oscar for visual effects, the film’s fifth award of the night, having won for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography and Art Direction.
The nominees were:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Hugo
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Real Steel
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier.
Some Twitter reaction to the win:
@jasonwhyte
Jason Whyte Best Visual Effects Oscar goes to HUGO!!!! Another Oscar win woot!!! #oscars
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@invino_buzz
invinoWay too many killer nominees for Visual Effects… SO many gems. #oscars 1 minute ago via TweetDeck · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@JulesArk
Julien AllenDouglas Trumbull no visual effects nom for Tree of Life is biggest oscar snub of the night. Still, he’s got lifetime achievement award. 2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@frostbitsky
Stephanie Visual Effects – If Hugo wins over Harry Potter I am going to be so pissed! #Oscar 3 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
