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Montreal got a special shout-out at last night’s Academy Awards as Richard Hoover accepted an Oscar for best visual effects for Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049.<\/p>\n
Hoover works at Framestore, a company based in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood, which created the movie’s opening sequence, several of the scenes taking place in Las Vegas as well as in the shipyard.<\/p>\n
“To all my friends in Montreal,” Hoover said, bending into the mic and holding up the golden statue as music wrapping up the group’s speech played.<\/p>\n
“Merci beaucoup. This is for you!”<\/p>\n
Hoover was nominated with John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer and Paul Lambert for the film.<\/p>\n
On Daybreak this morning, Hoover said he wanted to make sure to pay tribute to his Montreal crew during his speech.<\/p>\n
“I wouldn’t be there without them,” he said.<\/p>\n
Hoover said provincial tax breaks have helped give rise to a thriving hub of special effects companies in Montreal.<\/p>\n
It was the third time Framestore has been nominated for an Oscar. The company also got a nod in the same category this year for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.<\/p>\n
During the speech, \u200bNelson, the visual effects supervisor for Blade Runner, thanked Denis Villeneuve, “whose guts are seen in every frame of this film, especially the visual effects.”<\/p>\n
Villeneuve wasn’t nominated for any Oscars, but Blade Runner also won for best cinematography, led by Roger Deakins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"