“There was a huge sense of wanting to do this real person justice and tell their story honestly, and with great empathy and protecting them,” Pam & Tommy’s Lily James said about playing Pamela Anderson in Hulu’s multi-Emmy-nominated miniseries.
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Pam Hogarth will be this year’s recipient of the Visual Effects Society’s Founders Award for her contributions to the art, science and business of visual effects and for her meritorious service to the Society. She and Jeff Barnes, Patricia “Rose” Duignan, Toni Pace Carstensen and David Tanaka will also be presented with lifetime VES memberships, while three-time Oscar-winning director Pete Docter will be made an honorary member.
They will be celebrated at a special event in October.
“Our VES honorees represent a group of exceptional artists, innovators and professionals who have had a profound impact on the field of visual effects,” said VES Board Chair Lisa Cooke. “We are proud to recognize those who helped shape our shared legacy and continue to inspire future generations of VFX practitioners.”
Hogarth, who served eight terms on the VES board of directors, was twice elected as the first female vice chair and chair of its Education Committee. She also served as secretary of the Los Angeles Section of VES. Now retired, she ran the Digital Media Institute in Hollywood and helped grow the digital program at the American Film Institute. She also co-founded Eido, the company that trains IATSE members in digital effects, and as an industry liaison, helped build the Gnomon School of Visual Effects into one of the premier schools for careers in digital production.
Barnes, executive vice president of creative development at Light Field Lab, is being honored for his meritorious service to the Society and the visual effect industry. A longtime leader of the Visual Effects Society, he served as chair and vice chair of the board of directors and co-chair of the VES Summit.
Duignan, who serves on the VES Education Committee, was the first
“There was a huge sense of wanting to do this real person justice and tell their story honestly, and with great empathy and protecting them,” Pam & Tommy’s Lily James said about playing Pamela Anderson in Hulu’s multi-Emmy-nominated miniseries.
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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorSebastian Stan was on set and Lily James was in the middle of a massage when the Emmy nominations were announced earlier this month. Both became first time nominees, thanks to their work on the Hulu limited series “Pam & Tommy,” which was also nominated for outstanding limited or anthology series.The Emmy nominated pair guest on the Awards Circuit podcast this week – in separate interviews – and discuss how they immersed themselves into the roles of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
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