ILP Logo
  • Work
  • Services
  • About
  • Career
  • News
  • Contact

News / Awards

  • All
  • Awards
  • Interviews
  • Pirates
  • Projects
  • 3 VES Wins for Shōgun and the Harpy in Ronja
    Feb 11, 2025

    3 VES Wins for Shōgun and the Harpy in Ronja

    It feels like a dream! Winning three VES Awards is something truly special, and we couldn’t be prouder to be recognized by the best in the business – a craft we live and breathe every day.

    A massive shoutout to all our Pirates – your talent, passion, and hard work made this possible! You are absolutely outstanding – not just in what you do, but how you do it.

    And a huge thank you to our incredible clients and collaborators! Specially to Michael Cliett, Melody Mead, Shogun, and Tor Olsson, Ronja. Your trust and support mean everything. This win is for all of us!

    • Outstanding visual effects in a photoreal episode
    • Outstanding character in an episode, commercial, game cinematic, or real-time project
    • Outstanding effects simulations in an episode, commercial, game cinematic, or real-time project
  • VES nominations for Shogun
    Jan 30, 2025

    VES nominations for Shogun

    ILP had the honor of contributing to 7 out of the 10 episodes of the epic limited series Shōgun. With a focus on historical authenticity, we were responsible for creating large-scale full CG environments, vast crowd work, a devastating landslide, and sweeping water simulations.
    We’re super excited to be VES-nominated for our work on Shōgun in a total of three categories:

    • Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode for “Anjin”
    • Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in an Episode for Broken to the Fist: Landslide
    • Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project for Broken to the Fist: Landslide

    We’re crossing our fingers until the award ceremony and hope to see you there!

  • VES nomination for our Vildvittra, the Queen Harpy,
    Jan 27, 2025

    VES nomination for our Vildvittra, the Queen Harpy,

    We’re proud that we’ve been VES-nominated for our work on Vildvittra, the Queen Harpy, in the category outstanding character in an episode, commersial, game cinematic, or real-time project.

    As the main vendor on the show, ILP delivered all the complex sequences and assets for Ronja, including the villainous creature Storvittran and her sisters, the aged yet majestic castle Mattisborgen, as well as the lush forests surrounding it.

    The most challenging VFX work involving the Vittras was achieved through close collaboration with the production on set and the use of efficient proprietary CFX techniques.

    Check out our Work site to see the breakdown.

    We’re crossing our fingers until the award ceremony and hope to see you there!

  • Four VES nominations 2025
    Jan 14, 2025

    Four VES nominations 2025

    🎉 We are beyond excited and incredibly proud to announce that we’ve been nominated for four VES Awards! 🎉

    This is such an honor, and we couldn’t have achieved this without the amazing talent and dedication of our teams. A huge congratulations to the incredible teams behind Shōgun and Ronja the Robbers Daughter,– your hard work and creativity have truly paid off!

    We’d also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our clients for their trust and collaboration. This nomination highlights the fantastic partnerships we’ve built together.

    Here’s to celebrating the hard work and passion that goes into every project. Fingers crossed for the ceremony, and thank you to everyone who made this possible! 🤞

  • Emmy Award Win for Shogun
    Sep 8, 2024

    Emmy Award Win for Shogun

    EMMY WIN!! 🏆

    Congratulations VFX supervisor Philip Engström and Production Manager Chelsea Mirus and all the amazing Pirates for your outstanding work on Shōgun! 💫

    Special thanks Michael Cliett for the opportunity and to all other VFX vendors that worked on making Shogun special!!

  • Emmys nominations
    Jul 17, 2024

    Emmys nominations

    Emmys nominations are out!!! 🤩 The pirates manage to score whooping triple Emmy nominations for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a season or movie. 💫

    Our deepest congratulations to the teams behind Fallout, Shogun, and Avatar for their amazing efforts in making the visual effects spectacular!

    We do what we do out of love for VFX, but it's truly rewarding when our work is recognized by peers! Hats off to everyone involved!

    Congratulations to all nominees; see you in September! 🥂

  • We're on the ballot for Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Jun 24, 2024

    We're on the ballot for Avatar: The Last Airbender

    We are humbled to be on the ballot for Avatar: The Last Airbender and we keep our fingers crossed until July 17.

    Check out our work on Avatar: The Last Airbender at our website. 🌊🔥🌪️🗻

  • We're on the ballot for Foundation S2
    Jun 23, 2024

    We're on the ballot for Foundation S2

    We're keeping our fingers crossed as we eagerly await the Emmy nominations! 🤞

    In the meantime, check out our work on Foundation at our website, and don’t forget to support Foundation's entry by casting your votes – we're on the ballots! 🌌✨

  • We're on the ballots for Fallout
    Jun 22, 2024

    We're on the ballots for Fallout

    Super excited to have our name on the ballots for another show in the upcoming Emmy Nominations—this time for Fallout!

    Here's a little teaser...

  • We're on the ballot for Shogun
    Jun 20, 2024

    We're on the ballot for Shogun

    Exciting times at ILP as we eagerly await the Emmy nominations!

    We’re humbled to be represented on the ballot for Shogun. In the meantime, check out our work on Shogun at our website, and don’t forget to support Shogun’s entry by casting your votes. 🎬✨

  • VES Awards Ceremony 2023
    Feb 22, 2024

    VES Awards Ceremony 2023

    No win this year unfortunately and Congrats to the creator who walked home with the statuette. Super proud of all our talented pirates and the team attending the ceremony, well done!

  • VES nomination 2023
    Jan 16, 2024

    VES nomination 2023

    We are both humbled and excited to announce that our incredible team of pirates has earned a nomination for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature, courtesy of the VES committee.

    Congratulations team Indiana Jones and all Pirates for the work and support!

    This is truly the outcome of great teamwork and passion for the art of visual effects.

  • Emmy Awards - The Last Of Us
    Jan 10, 2024

    Emmy Awards - The Last Of Us

    Hats off and congratulations to the teams behind 'The Last of Us' as it swept up 8 Emmy Awards this weekend!

    As admirers of both the show and the epic game, we're thrilled and proud to have had the opportunity to contribute.

    In case you missed it, check out the Breakdown of our work on 'The Last of Us.

  • HPA Awards 2023
    Oct 4, 2023

    HPA Awards 2023

    A huge congratulations to our Bobo Skipper and the entire Mandalorian team on securing an HPA award nomination for 'Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Episode or Series' for 'The Mandalorian – Season Three'.

    Well-deserved!

  • Emmy nomination 2023
    Jul 12, 2023

    Emmy nomination 2023

    We are super proud to announce that our VFX Supervisor, Bobo Skipper, is Emmy nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects on Mandalorian S3!

    Congrats to all pirates involved for your outstanding efforts in creating astonishing visual effects. Thanks to Lucas Film for our amazing opportunity to contribute to this epic saga.We'll keep our fingers crossed until September!

© 2025 Important Looking Pirates

  • Facebook logo
  • Instagram logo
  • LinkedIn logo
  • Vimeo logo