The Golden Compass has won an award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in the category of "Special Visual Effects." The visual effects team was led by Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood.
Other nominees from the category:
- The Bourne Ultimatium: Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, Mattias Lindahl, and Joss Williams
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Emma Norton, and Chris Shaw
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: John Knoll, Charles Gibson, Hal Hickel, and John Frazier
- Spiderman 3: Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, John Frazier, and Spencer Cook











8 comments - Add yours
#1
Congratulations to the crew on this accomplishment!
# February 11, 2008 02:40 by Phit
#2
Yes Congrats to the film crew and lets hope that it wins a few awards at the Oscars. Way to go for The Golden Compass.
# February 11, 2008 03:19 by TowerDragon
#3 Indeed
My sincerest compliments to Michael Fink and his team, they did did an excellent job.
I’m still rather annoyed at the fact that Alexandre Desplat did not win a BAFTA!
# February 11, 2008 11:11 by Lord Asriel
#4
Hoooray!!!
# February 11, 2008 11:52 by Kirramagic
#5
I offer my congratulations to the staff behind the visual effects for winning this well-deserved award!
# February 12, 2008 00:12 by cantado
#6
Yes!
# February 12, 2008 07:31 by consciousparticles
#7
Yay! Congrats, TCG! :D
Those visual effects guys deserved it! :)
# February 12, 2008 18:40 by AnneMaria
#8
*Does happy dance*
# February 13, 2008 16:22 by seyla