
The HPA Awards Committee today announced nominees for the 2021 HPA Awards creative categories. The HPA Awards, long seen as a standard bearer for creative accomplishment and technical innovation, honor outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by both individuals and teams. Returning to an in-person event this year, the winners of the creative category honors will be presented in a live gala on November 18, 2021 at the historic Hollywood Legion Theater. Tickets for the event are now on sale at hpaonline.com.
In keeping with health and safety protocols, the HPA Awards gala will require proof of vaccination to attend.
Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards creative categories recognize outstanding achievement in color grading, editing, sound, and visual effects for work in episodic, spots, and feature films.
The 2021 HPA Awards Creative Category nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Theatrical Feature
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Candyman
Natasha Leonnet // Company 3
The Green Knight
Alastor Pan Arnold // FotoKem
Judas and the Black Messiah
Tom Poole // Company 3
Jungle Cruise
Mitch Paulson // Company 3
Minari
David Cole // FotoKem
Outstanding Color Grading - Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
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Lovecraft Country - Meet Me in Daegu
Rory Gordon // ArsenalFX Color
The Queen's Gambit - End Game
Steven Bodner // Light Iron
Sweet Tooth - Big Man
Walter Volpatto // Company 3
The Underground Railroad - Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn
Alex Bickel // Color Collective
WandaVision - Previously On
Matt Watson // Marvel Studios Finishing
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
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Dior - Spring-Summer 2021 Collection
Tim Masick // Company 3
Hyundai - I'm In Charge
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Lexus - A New Era
Matt Osborne // Company 3
Toyota - Jessica Long's Story: Upstream
Jill Bogdanowicz // Company 3
Zara - Spring Summer 2021 Campaign
Tim Masick // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature
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The Father
Yorgos Lamprinos
Minari
Harry Yoon, ACE
Soul
Kevin Nolting, ACE
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, ACE
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan Baumgarten, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
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A Black Lady Sketch Show - Sister, May I Call You Oshun?
Daysha Broadway, ACE, Stephanie Filo, ACE, Jessica Hern ndez, ACE
Conan - DIY Conan
Rob Ashe, Chris Heller, Matt Shaw
Hacks - Falling
Susan Vaill, ACE
Hacks - Interview
Marissa Mueller, Jessica Brunetto
Hacks - There Is No Line
Jessica Brunetto
Hacks - Tunnel of Love
Ali Greer
Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
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Allen v. Farrow - Episode 101
Mikaela Shwer, Parker Laramie, Sara Newens
His Dark Materials - The Scholar
Sara Jones
Lovecraft Country - Meet Me in Daegu
Sean Albertson, ACE
A Perfect Planet: The Sun
Nigel Buck
The Underground Railroad - Chapter 9: Indiana Winter
Joi McMillon, ACE
Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature
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Cherry
Mark Binder, Elliot Hartley, Donald Flick, Trevor Cress, Matt Coby // IMN Creative
Godzilla vs. Kong
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn // E Squared
Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic, Jason W. Jennings // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
In the Heights
Lewis Goldstein, John Marquis, Paul Urmson, Gina Alfano, Brian Bowles, Thomas Ryan,
Alex Soto // Parabolic
Reminiscence
Jeremy Peirson, Thomas Jones, Michael Babcock, Sarah Bourgeois, Jessie Pariseau // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn // E Squared
Tim LeBlanc, Michael Keller, Malte Bieler // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana // Sound Park
Carlos Cort s // SplendorOmnia
Michellee Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht // AstroLX
Outstanding Sound - Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
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Lovecraft Country - Sundown
Tim Kimmel, Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona // The Formosa Group
Oslo
Lewis Goldstein, Gina Alfano, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto // Parabolic
The Right Stuff - Flight
Walt Newman, Darleen Stoker, Kenneth Young, Brad Sherman, Alex Gruzdev, Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster, Chris McGreary // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
Snowpiercer - Many Miles from Snowpiercer
Sandra Portman, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, James Fonnyadt, Eric Mouawad, Gregorio Gomez // Sharpe Sound Studios
Sweet Tooth - Out of the Deep Woods
George Haddad, Chad Hughes, Alex Gruzdev, Brad Sherman, Julie Altus // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
Outstanding Visual Effects - Theatrical Feature
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Black Widow
David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III // Digital Domain
Black Widow
Sean Walker, Marvyn Young, Karl Rapley, Lily Lawrence, Timothy Walker // Weta Digital
Godzilla vs. Kong
Pier Lefebvre, Michael Langford, Timucin Ozger, Sarang Deshpande, Joshua Toonen // MPC Film
Jungle Cruise
Luke Millar // Weta Digital
Chad Wiebe // Industrial Light & Magic
Jim Berney, JD Schwalm, Marla Henshaw
The Suicide Squad
Mark Gee, Danielle Immerman, Mike Cozens, Jason Galeon, Makoto Hatanaka // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects - Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - New World Order
Johannes Bresser, Mark Smith, Alexia Cui, Paul Jenness, Sebastian Bommersheim // Weta Digital
Loki - Journey Into Mystery
Dan DeLeeuw, David Seager, Alexandra Greene, George Kuruvilla, Dan Mayer // Industrial Light & Magic
Lovecraft Country - Jig-a-Bobo
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