Mumbai: The VFX and animation studio DNEG, led by Namit Malhotra, has received two nominations in the ‘Best Visual Effects’ category for the 94th Academy Awards, scheduled for 27 March in Los Angeles. DNEG has been nominated for its work on "Dune" and "No Time to Die."

“I am very grateful to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for these nominations and I am proud to see our teams receiving this well-deserved recognition,” said DNEG chairman and CEO Namit Malhotra. “These nominations validate our high ambitions for DNEG to become the foremost and most highly-regarded VFX and animation company in the world, and to make my country, my India, proud.”

DNEG’s VFX work has previously won six Academy Awards for ‘Best Visual Effects’ including five of the last seven - for "Tenet," "First Man," "Blade Runner 2049," "Ex Machina," "Interstellar," and "Inception."

Earlier this month, DNEG won a BAFTA for its VFX work on "Dune." Four of the five 2022 BAFTA-nominated films in the ‘Special Visual Effects’ category feature DNEG-led VFX work including "Dune," "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," "The Matrix Resurrections," and "No Time to Die."

DNEG also received 12 nominations for the 2022 Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards, across six shows – "Dune," "The Matrix Resurrections," "No Time to Die," "Last Night In Soho," "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" and "Foundation." The studio picked up seven awards out of 12 nominations.

In the past, DNEG has won seven BAFTA Awards, 18 Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards.