
Awards Recognize Excellence in Color Grading, Editing, Visual Effects and Sound
26 September 2018 (Burbank, CA) - The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced the 2018 nominees for the HPA Awards creative categories. The Awards are considered the standard bearer for creative excellence and technical innovation in an industry embracing an expanding array of groundbreaking technologies and creativity, honoring achievement and artistic excellence by individuals and teams who bring stories to life and outstanding content to audiences around the world.
Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards recognize outstanding achievement in editing, sound, visual effects and color grading for work in television, commercials, and feature films. The winners of the 13th Annual HPA Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony on 15 November 2018 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
Avengers: Infinity War
Steven J. Scott, Charles Bunnag // Technicolor - Hollywood
Red Sparrow
Dave Hussey // Company 3
The Shape of Water
Chris Wallace // Deluxe - Toronto
Alpha
Maxine Gervais // Technicolor - Hollywood
The Greatest Showman
Tim Stipan // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Television
Damnation - Sam Riley's Body
Paul Allia // Picture Shop
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Pilot
Steven Bodner // Light Iron
The Crown - Paterfamilias
Asa Shoul // Molinare
Game of Thrones - Beyond the Wall
Joe Finley // Sim
The Crossing - Pilot
Tony Smith // Picture Shop
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Bottega Veneta - Spring/Summer 2018 Trailer
Tim Masick // Company 3
Tile - Lost Panda
Tom Poole // Company 3
Volkswagen - Kids Dream
Adam Scott // The Mill
Audi - Final Breath
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Bottega Veneta - Spring/Summer 2018 Main
Tim Masick // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
A Quiet Place
Christopher Tellefsen, ACE
Coco
Steve Bloom
You Were Never Really Here
Joe Bini
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Eddie Hamilton, ACE
Believer
Demian Fenton
Outstanding Editing - Television (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
The End of the F***ing World - Episode One
Mike Jones
Vida - Episode 6
JoAnne Yarrow
VICE - After the Fall
Kelly Kendrick // Vice
Barry - Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth
Kyle Reiter
Vice Principals -The Union of the Wizard and The Warrior
Jeff Seibenick
Outstanding Editing - Television (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Stranger Things - Chapter Nine: The Gate
Kevin D. Ross, ACE
The Defiant Ones - Part 2
Doug Pray, Lasse J rvi
Game of Thrones - The Dragon and the Wolf
Crispin Green
Westworld - The Passenger
Anna Hauger, Mako Kamitsuna, MPEG, Andrew Seklir, ACE
Counterpart - The Crossing
Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Katy Wood, Addison Teague, Juan Peralta, Tom Johnson // Skywalker Sound
The Shape of Water
Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaille // Deluxe Toronto
Avengers: Infinity War
Shannon Mills, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta, Dan Laurie // Skywalker Sound
Blade Runner 2049
Mark Mangini, Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth // Formosa Group
Black Panther
Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor // Skywalker Sound
Outstanding Sound - Television
Yellowstone - Daybreak
Allan Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros
Waco - Operation Showtime
Craig Mann, Kelly Oxford, Laura Wiest, Karen Vassar Triest, David Brownlow, Beau Borders // Technicolor - Hollywood
Dark - Secret
Alexander Wurtz, Achim Hofmann, Jorg Elsner, Ansgar Frerich, Christian Bichoff // Basis Berlin
Yellowstone - Kill the Messenger
Allan Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros.
Altered Carbon - Out of The Past
Brett Hinton, Mark Allen, Owen Granich-Young, Andy King, Keith Rogers // Atomic Sound
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
OXFAM - The Heist No One is Talking About
Neil Johnson // Factory Studios
KIA - Fueled by Youth
Nathan Dubin // Margarita Mix
SANE - Let Me Talk
Anthony Moore, Jack Hallett // Factory Studios
Monster - Opportunity Roars
Tom Jucarone // Sound Lounge
ICRC - Hope
Anthony Moore // Factory Studios
Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
R. Christopher White, Daniel Macarin, Philip Leonhardt, Paul Ramsden, Jeremy Fort // Weta Digital
Blade Runner 2049
Richard Clegg, Axel Akesson, Wesley Chandler, Stefano Carta, Ian Cooke-Grimes // MPC
Rampage
Erik Winquist, Benjamin Pickering, Stephen Unterfranz, Thrain Shadbolt,
David Clayton // Weta Digital
Thor: Ragnarok
Kyle McCulloch, Alexis Wajsbrot, Ben Loch, Harry Bardak // Framestore
Avengers: Infinity War
Matt Aitken, David Conley, Charles Tait, Paul Story, Marvyn Young // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television (Under 13 Episodes)
Altered Carbon - Out of The Past
Everett Burrell, Tony Meagher, Steve Moncur, Christine Lemon, Paul Jones // DNEG
Outlander - Eye of The Storm
Richard Briscoe // Outlander Production
Daniel Norlund, Filip Orrby // Goodbye Kansas
Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden // Digital Domain
Black Mirror - Metalhead
Russel McLean, Michael Bell, Pete Levy, Steven Godfrey, Stafford Lawrence // DNEG
Game of Thrones - Beyond The Wall
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Ted Rae, Eric Carney // HBO
David Ramos // El Ranchito
Westworld - The Passenger
Jay Worth, Bruce Branit // Deep Water FX
Bobo Skipper // Important Looking Pirates
Kama Moiha // COSA VFX
Mike Enriquez // DNEG
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television (Over 13 Episodes)
Supergirl - For Good
Armen V. Kevorkian, Gevork Babityan, Kris Cabrera, Jerry Chalupnik, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX
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