And the Oscar goes to . . .

Visual Effects. Marvel’s The Avengers, Marvel Studios Production; Walt Disney. Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick.

Visual Effects. Kong: Skull Island, A Legendary Entertainment Production; Warner Bros. (USA, China) Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Jason Smith and Jeff White for the original design, and to Rachel Rose and Mike Jutan for the architecture and engineering, of the BlockParty procedural rigging system at Industrial Light & Magic. BlockParty streamlines the rigging process through a comprehensive connection framework, a novel graphical user interface, and volumetric rig transfer, which has enabled ILM to build richly detailed and unique creatures while greatly improving artist productivity.