Paul Lambert and Tristan Myles are seeing plenty of stars as of late, taking home an award Sunday (February 24) at the celebrity-laden Oscars for work on the Neil Armstrong biopic First Man.
Left to right: Best Visual Effects Oscar winners Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D Schwalm (ABC Television)
The Vancouver-based Brits were among the four First man team members who took to the stage during the 91st Academy Awards broadcast to accept their Best Visual Effects Oscar.
鈥淲hat a truly magnificent moment. We did things a little bit differently on First Man and being recognized by the Academy is all the more special,鈥� Lambert, a visual effects supervisor at DNEG鈥檚 麻豆传媒映画office, said during the live broadcast.
鈥淎nd a big shout-out to Michelle Eisenreich, Reuben Poulter and my people at DNEG Vancouver.鈥�
Eisenreich is a Vancouver-based executive producer at Double Negative.
Digital effects supervisor Myles also acknowledged DNEG鈥檚 B.C. team during his acceptance speech.
鈥淭hanks to the crew at DNEG without whose hard work we wouldn鈥檛 be [standing] up here tonight,鈥� he said.
It鈥檚 the second Best Visual Effects Oscar for Lambert in as many years after he won in 2018 for his work on the sci-fi movie聽Blade Runner 2049.
Coincidentally, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling stars in the lead role in both聽First Man聽补苍诲听Blade Runner 2049.
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