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Cape Town – A woman from Cape Town has just been nominated for a sought-after international prize for her creative work on James Cameron's runaway movie hit Avatar.
Ula Rademeyer worked as lead texture painter at Weta Digital, a visual effects studio in New Zealand, which also worked on films like The Lord of the Rings and King Kong.
She left SA in 2000 and now lives in New Zealand where she works at this leading visual effects studio.
Avatar received 11 nominations for the annual Visual Effects Society Awards, which will be announced on February 28 at a glamorous event at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The awards aim to honour the creative talent of people who work behind the screens.
Although the spotlight in the film and television industry usually falls on actors and directors, this association attempts to properly showcase the creative forces who worked on a film. Therefore, nominations went to the creative people who for example worked on the breathtaking representation of the destruction of Los Angeles in 2012 as well as those who created the beloved animation characters Buck in Ice Age: Age of the Dinosaurs as well as Coraline from Coraline.
Weta Digital was credited with nine of Avatar's 11 nominations. Avatar was furthermore singled out for the association's top prizes, outstanding visual effects in a visual effects driven feature motion picture, two nominations for visual effects of the year as well as three nominations for "created environment".
It is in the latter category where the Afrikaans name of Ula Rademeyer was listed. Her work as lead texture painter at Weta Digital was specially mentioned in the creation of the exceptional jungle scenes in Avatar. The scenes appear otherworldly, sometimes appearing like underwater landscapes and sometimes like a magical fairy world.
Cameron, also known for Titanic, will also be honoured for his life's work at the event.
South African Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi movie District 9 was nominated for three awards.
Ula Rademeyer worked as lead texture painter at Weta Digital, a visual effects studio in New Zealand, which also worked on films like The Lord of the Rings and King Kong.
She left SA in 2000 and now lives in New Zealand where she works at this leading visual effects studio.
Avatar received 11 nominations for the annual Visual Effects Society Awards, which will be announced on February 28 at a glamorous event at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The awards aim to honour the creative talent of people who work behind the screens.
Although the spotlight in the film and television industry usually falls on actors and directors, this association attempts to properly showcase the creative forces who worked on a film. Therefore, nominations went to the creative people who for example worked on the breathtaking representation of the destruction of Los Angeles in 2012 as well as those who created the beloved animation characters Buck in Ice Age: Age of the Dinosaurs as well as Coraline from Coraline.
Weta Digital was credited with nine of Avatar's 11 nominations. Avatar was furthermore singled out for the association's top prizes, outstanding visual effects in a visual effects driven feature motion picture, two nominations for visual effects of the year as well as three nominations for "created environment".
It is in the latter category where the Afrikaans name of Ula Rademeyer was listed. Her work as lead texture painter at Weta Digital was specially mentioned in the creation of the exceptional jungle scenes in Avatar. The scenes appear otherworldly, sometimes appearing like underwater landscapes and sometimes like a magical fairy world.
Cameron, also known for Titanic, will also be honoured for his life's work at the event.
South African Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi movie District 9 was nominated for three awards.
