1st Visual Effects Society Awards

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke

• Men in Black II – John Berton, Tom Bertino, Bill Westenhofer, Erik Mattson
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman

The Sum of All Fears – Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al DiSarro

• Frida – Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker
• Gangs of New York – Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt

• Harry Potter: "Dobby's Face" – David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt, Doug Smythe
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley

Stuart Little 2 – Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen

• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – James Baxter

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, Scott Harens

• Die Another Day – Chris Corbould

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb

• Gangs of New York – Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Yannick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelian, Mathieu Raynault^{[citation needed]}

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken

• Die Another Day – John Richardson
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck

• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers
• Stuart Little 2 – Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo

• Minority Report – Alexander Laurant, Alex McDowell
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – Alex Jaeger, Doug Chiang, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Quiddich Match – Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
• Minority Report – Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

• Adaptation - Nicolas Cage
• Men in Black II - Will Smith

Firefly - Serentity (Pilot) – Emile Smith, Rocco Passionino, Loni Peristere, Kristen Branan

• Dinotopia - Marooned & Making Good – Guy Hudson, Sharon Fitzgerald, Frazer Churchill, David Hulin
• Enterprise - Shockwave, Part One – Dan Curry, Ronald Moore, Liz Castro

Dinotopia – Mike McGee, Tim Webber, Alec Knox, Ben Morris

• James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck – Dean Lewis
• Stephen King's Rose Red – Robin Griffin, Stuart Robertson, Dion Hatch, Nelson Sepulveda

Xbox - Mosquito – William Bartlett, Andrew Daffy, Jake Mengers, Helen Mackenzie

• Adidas - Mechanical Legs – Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio
• Blockbuster Entertainment - Prima Donna – Scott Souter, Frank Petzold

So to Speak – Andrew Honacker, Steven Wagner, Sean Capone, Talon Nightshade

• Linkin Park - Points of Authority – Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher, Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan
• Will Smith - Black Suits Comin – Greg Strause, Colin Strause

Dinotopia – Michael Eames, Quentin Miles, Dadi Einarsson, Ben White

• Blockbuster Entertainment - Kung Fu – Scott Souter, Frank Petzold, Eric Reynolds, Todd LaBonte
• Stargate SG-1 - Revelations – James Tichenor, Craig Van Den Beggelaar, Kevin Little, Adam De Bosch Kemper

Dinotopia – Daren Horley, Jason Horley, Craig Lyn, Martin McRae

• The Man Who Saved Christmas – Mark Fordham, Ian Britton, Graham Cunningham, Gudrun Heinze

Enterprise - Dead Stop – John Teska, Koji Kuramura, Pierre Drolet, Sean Scott

• Gatorade - Visitors – James Waterhouse, Scott Lukowski, Eric Coon
• Stephen King's Rose Red – Michael Joyce

Adidas - Mechanical Legs – Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio

• Linkin Park - Points of Authority – Andrew Orloff, Kristen Branan, Emile Smith, Kyle Toucher

Dinotopia – Christian Manz, Pedro Sabrosa, Nicolas Cotta, Tor Bjorn

• Firefly - Serentity (Pilot) – Loni Peristere, Emile Smith, Kristen Branan, Chris Jones
• Adidas - Mechanical Legs – Eric Barba, Bernd Angerer, Jeff Julian, Feli di Giorgio