Machinima movie awards 2005

On Friday evening, November 11, 2005, the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 2005 Machinima Awards (The "Mackies").

Best Picture
Game On - Ethan Vogt/Furnace Media Group
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)

Best Direction
Whiplash: The Movie - Jake Hughes
Game/Engine: Whiplash (Crystal Dynamics)

Best Virtual Performance
A Few Good G-men - Randall Glass
Game/Engine: Half-Life 2 (Valve)

The IFC Award for Excellence in Machinima Screenwriting
P.A.N.I.C.S. - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: F.E.A.R. (Monolith)

Best Visual Design
person2184 - Friedrich Kirschner
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)

Best Technical Achievement
person2184 - Friedrich Kirschner
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)

Best Sound
Only the Strong Survive - Jason Choi/Riot Films
Game/Engine: Max Payne 2 (Remedy)

Best Editing
Strangerhood Studios - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: The Sims 2 (Maxis)

Best Independent Machinima
Red vs. Blue - Season 3 - Rooster Teeth Productions
Game/Engine: Halo (Bungie)

Best Commercial/Game Machinima
Game: On - Ethan Vogt/Furnace Media Group
Game/Engine: Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games)

Best Off the Shelf Machinima
The Return - Terran Gregory & Ezra Ferguson
Game/Engine: World of Warcraft (Blizzard)

Best Machinima Series
This Spartan Life - Chris Burke
Game/Engine: Halo 2 (Bungie)

Academy Honorary Award
David "crt" Wright - for developing KeyGrip for Quake

- PaulM @ Machinima.org

Machinima movie awards 2005
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