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Hollywood Post Alliance Announces 05 Award Winners

16/11/2015

HPA Awards Honors Artists and Innovators at 10th Anniversary Gala

The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) has unveiled the winners of the 10th Annual HPA Awards this evening at a gala celebration held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The HPA Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content enjoyed around the world.

Honors were bestowed in craft categories honoring behind the scenes artistry, Engineering Excellence, and Creativity and Innovation. Leon D. Silverman, a founder and current president of the HPA, was the recipient of the prestigious HPA Lifetime Achievement Award.

The winners of the 2015 HPA Awards are:

Outstanding Color Grading - Sponsored by Dolby

Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film

WINNER:

Birdman

Steven J. Scott // Technicolor

NOMINEES:

Monsoon

Charles Boileau // Post-Moderne

Lady of Csejte

Keith Roush // Roush Media

The Boxtrolls

John Daro // FotoKem

Whiplash

Natasha Leonnet // Modern VideoFilm

Outstanding Color Grading - Television

WINNER:

Boardwalk Empire - Golden Days for Boys and Girls

John Crowley // Technicolor PostWorks NY

NOMINEES:

Game of Thrones - Hardhome

Joe Finley // Chainsaw, Inc.

Masters of Sex - A Parliament of Owls

Matt Lear // Sony Pictures Television

Olive Kitteridge - Incoming Tide

Pankaj Bajpai // Encore

Sense8 - What's Going On?

Tony Dustin // Technicolor

Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial

WINNER:

Lincoln - Intro

Tom Poole // Company 3

NOMINEES:

Caterpillar - Lantern Festival

Rob Sciarratta // Company 3

Dodge - Wisdom

Beau Leon // Company 3

Lexus - Face Off

Dave Hussey // Company 3

Toyota - Harrier

Siggy Ferstl // Company 3

Outstanding Editing - Sponsored by Blackmagic Design

Outstanding Editing - Feature Film

WINNER:

Whiplash

Tom Cross, ACE

NOMINEES:

American Sniper

Joel Cox, ACE; Gary Roach, ACE

Interstellar

Lee Smith, ACE

Selma

Spencer Averick

The Imitation Game

William Goldenberg, ACE

Outstanding Editing - Television

WINNER:

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways - Nashville

Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios

NOMINEES:

VICE on HBO - Cold War 2.0

Rich Lowe

Game of Thrones - Hardhome

Tim Porter // Beyond the Wall Productions, Inc.

House of Cards - Chapter 32

Cindy Mollo, ACE // Netflix

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways - Austin

Scott D. Hanson // Therapy Studios

Outstanding Editing - Commercial

WINNER:

GNP Seguros - World Cup

Doobie White // Therapy Studios

NOMINEES:

Fiat - Alive

Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios

Adidas - Takers

Steve Gandolfi // Cut+Run

Google - Young Together

Miky Wolf // Big Sky Edit

Skullcandy - Push Play

Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Outstanding Sound

Outstanding Sound - Feature Film

WINNER:

American Sniper

Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Post Production Services

NOMINEES:

Birdman

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock // NBCUniversal StudioPost

Interstellar

Richard King, Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten // Warner Bros. Post Production Services

Unbroken

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro // NBCUniversal StudioPost

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mark Mangini, Scott Hecker // Formosa Group

Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Post Production Services

Outstanding Sound - Television

WINNER:

Homeland - Redux

Nello Torri, Alan Decker // NBCUniversal StudioPost

Craig Dellinger // Sony Sound Services

NOMINEES:

Banshee - You Can't Hide from the Dead

Bradley North, Joseph DeAngelis, Ken Kobett, Tiffany Griffith, David Werntz // Technicolor

Black Sails - XVIII

Benjamin Cook, Stefan Hendrix, Jeffrey Pitts, Sue Cahill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters // Starz

Game of Thrones - Hardhome

Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona, Paul Bercovitch, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters // Formosa Group

Halt and Catch Fire - SETI

Sue Cahill, Keith Rogers, Scott Weber, Jane Boegel, Mark Cleary, Kevin McCullough // NBCUniversal StudioPost

Outstanding Sound - Commercial

WINNER:

The Syria Campaign - In Reverse

Jon Clarke // Factory

NOMINEES:

Honda - The Other Side

Tom Joyce, Anthony Moore // Factory

Prada - The Battlefield

Miky Wolf // Big Sky Edit

Volvo - The Swell

Aaron Reynolds // Wave Studios

Medicontour - Bi-Flex 1.8

Phil Bolland // Factory

Outstanding Visual Effects - Sponsored by Canon

Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film

WINNER:

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken // Weta Digital

NOMINEES:

Tomorrowland

Craig Hammack, Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Maia Kayser, Barry Williams // Industrial Light & Magic

Birdman

Ara Khanikian, Sebastien Moreau, Sebastien Francoeur, Patrick David, Laurent Spillemaecker // Rodeo FX

Into the Woods

Matt Johnson, Christian Irles, Daniel Tarmy, Nicolas Chevallier, Benoit Dubuc // MPC

Jurassic World

Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Kevin Martel, Martyn Culpitt // Industrial Light & Magic

Outstanding Visual Effects - Television

WINNER:

Game of Thrones - The Dance of Dragons

Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Derek Spears, Eric Carney, Jabbar Raisani // Fire and Blood Productions

NOMINEES:

Marvel's Agent Carter - Now Is Not The End

Sheena Duggal, Richard Bluff, Jay Mehta, Chad Taylor, Cody Gramstad // Industrial Light & Magic

Black Sails - XVIII

Erik Henry // Starz

Ken Jones // Digital Domain

Nic Spier // Shade FX

Christina Spring, Bjorn Ahlstedt // Crazy Horse Effects

Ripper Street - Whitechapel Terminus

Ed Bruce, Nicolas Murphy, John O'Connell, Joseph Courtis, Ronan Gantly // Screen Scene

The Flash - Grodd Lives

Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik
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