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Four Texas A&M graduates from the Visualization program are among the nominees in the 21st<\/sup> annual Visual Effects Society Awards<\/a>, which honor visual effects in movies, television, commercials and video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is part of the university\u2019s School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Sheffler<\/a>, who earned an environmental design degree in 1996 and a master\u2019s degree in visual science in 1998, was nominated for outstanding character in an animated feature. Sheffler was honored alongside Disney-Pixar colleagues for the Panda Mei character in \u201cTurning Red.\u201d Sheffler was also nominated as part of the team in the emerging technology category for the \u201cprofile mover\u201d rigging technology used on \u201cTurning Red.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffler won a Visual Effects Society Award in 2005 for his work on \u201cThe Incredibles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Chapman<\/a>, a computer engineering and computer science graduate in 1996 who earned a master\u2019s degree in visual science in 1998, was nominated as part of the Disney-Pixar team for outstanding effects simulations in an animated feature for \u201cLightyear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapman won a Visual Effects Society Award in 2013 for his work on \u201cBrave,\u201d and was nominated for \u201cFinding Dory\u201d in 2017 and \u201cThe Peanuts Movie\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Klohn<\/a> is also a part of the Disney-Pixar team alongside Chapman for the \u201cLightyear\u201d nomination. Klohn earned a civil engineering degree in 1994 and was in the Visualization master\u2019s program from 1997 to 2000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klohn won Visual Effects Society Awards for \u201cWall-E\u201d in 2009, for \u201cCoco\u201d in 2018 and for \u201cSoul\u201d in 2021. He was nominated for \u201cToy Story of Terror\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Losure<\/a>, who earned a visual science master\u2019s degree in 2008, was nominated as part of the DreamWorks Animation team for outstanding effects simulations in an animated feature for \u201cPuss in Boots: The Last Wish.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losure has also received nominations for his work on \u201cAbominable\u201d in 2020, \u201cKung Fu Panda: The Emperor\u2019s Quest\u201d in 2019, \u201cHome\u201d in 2016 and \u201cThe Croods\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards ceremony is Feb. 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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