VES Awards | Walmart ‘Famous Visitors’ wins Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

The Mill is very proud to announce that Walmart ‘Famous Visitors’ took home the award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial at the 19th Annual VES Awards.

We collaborated with Publicis New York (Dept W) and Wayne McClammy of Hungry Man to create the galaxy-famous spot for Walmart, demonstrating the out-of-this-world convenience of Walmart Pick Up that aired at Super Bowl LIV.⁣

The Visual Effects Society (VES) honours outstanding visual effects work and the artists who created them. Every year, it’s a highlight within the VFX community, celebrating the creative skill and technical achievements of the industry. VES winners were  announced at a virtual celebration livestream event on April 6th, 2021.

Credits

VFX Production
VFX Production: The Mill
Executive Producer: Anastasia von Rahl
Producer: Lori Talley, Rebecca Jones
Production Coordinator: Michael Novo, Utkarsha Shinde
Line Producer: Goutham H, Nitin Bahl

VFX Creative
VFX Creative: The Mill
Executive Creative Director: Chris Knight
VFX Supervisor: Matt Fuller
Shoot Supervisors: Chris Knight, Matt Fuller
2D Lead Artist: Ben Smith
CG Lead Artist: Yarin Manes
2D Artists: Jake Albers, Franz Kol, Susanne Scharping, Chris Russo, Rakesh Venugopalan Prajeesh Chaliyam, Renjith Raveendran, BalaChandhiran K, Chinthala Gopi, Cilaani Francis, Deepak Kumar Singh, Jhoshidh T, Kajal Kumar, Madhana Gopala, Gangadharam Raja, Inthuri Chandra Shekar, Mangesh Borkar, Mayank Shekhar Tiwari, P.K Sajith, Srilakshmi Narasimha Kondepi, Joseph Tang
3D Artists: Chris Goodrich, Christian Sanchez, Daniel Soo, Daniel Stern, Danny Garcia, Elizabeth Hammer, Michael Lori, Fabio Marzo, Luis Sanchez, Mahmoud Elragheb, Malcolm Moseley, Manan Bachkaniwala, Matthew Bell, Michael Kash, Monique Espinoza, Nico Sanghrajka, Omar Taher, Patrick Vidal, Raphael Phillips, Tom Graham, Victor Duncan, Anthony D’souza, Anish Mohan,J Sendil Kumar
Akshay Suresh Lanjewar, Amit Das, Asis Kumar Mahakhud, Ramesh Bandi, Sivasubramanian, Vaishali Gholap, Vikas C, Ayush Bajoria, Bharat Ediga, Vishal Bhaskar Darkunde, Karthik Viswanathan, Patrick Keogh, James Hansell, Ivor Griffin, Andreas Graichen, Hannah Bahyan, Stefan Hoare, Dan Yargici
Finish Artist: Gavin Marler
Matte Painting: Andy Wheater, Gillian George
Animation: Randy Link, Jacob Bergman, Erica Estrada, Justin Murphy, Matt Connolly, Gustavo Gonzalez, Maxime Cronier, Laurie Estampes
Art Department: Kevin Diaz, Valerie Chernysh

To see our full list of credits and watch the spot in full, click here. Discover more about our behind the scenes work on Walmart here.