All of Hollywood was focused on the Academy Awards on Sunday. Since movies and games have such a crossover nowadays, I wondered if any Oscar winners had worked on any video games. Turned out that there was a sizable movie/game connection. But just because these folks won awards in films, it doesn’t mean their game work is award winning. When you look at the list, it’s quite surprising in some instances how different the games these winners worked on compared to their film work. In any of these cases would you give a similar award to the Oscar winner’s game work?
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Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Game Work: Surf’s Up (voice Big Z/Geek)
Best Art Direction: Avatar (Jill Cormack, Andy McLaren, Ben Proctor)
Game Work: Xena Warrior Princess, Junkland Jam
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Best Original Score: Up (Michael Giacchino)
Game Work: Up, Fracture, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Black, The Incredibles, Call of Duty:Finest Hour, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Alias, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor: Frontline, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Muppet Monster Adventure, Medal of Honor, Warpath: Jurrasic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Donald Starring in Maui Mallard, Gargoyles, Medal of Honor: Vangaurd, The Indcredibles: Rise of the Underminer, Mercenaries, Medal of Honor: Underground, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Advetures of Mickey Mouse
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Best Visual Effects: Avatar (Ryan Church, Tax Kadonaga, Miguel Ortega, Paul Ozzimo, Reymundo Perez, Craig Shoji, Richard Taylor III )
Game Work: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Dead Space, Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Legendary, SOCOM: Combined Assault, The Sopranos: Road to Respect, Tomcat Alley, Avatar: The Game, Field Commander, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth
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