
The HPA Awards Committee today announced the nominees for the Creative Categories of the 2024 HPA Awards. These prestigious awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of creative teams and individuals to entertainment content, highlighting the artistic excellence of the artists and technologists who make it possible.
Now in its 19th year, the HPA Awards have been honoring excellence in post-production since 2006, recognizing outstanding work in color grading, editing, sound, and visual effects across episodics, documentaries, commercials, and feature films. The awards also spotlight remarkable achievements in restoration, celebrating those who bring new life to classic works.
The 2024 HPA Awards Creative Category nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Live Action Theatrical Feature
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Blink Twice
Damien Vandercruyssen // Harbor
The Creator
David Cole // FotoKem
Dune: Part Two
David Cole // FotoKem
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Eric Whipp // Alter Ego
Immaculate
Andrea Chlebak // Harbor
Outstanding Color Grading - Animated Theatrical Feature
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Inside Out 2
Mark Dinicola // Pixar Animation Studios
Ultraman: Rising
Maxine Gervais // Picture Shop
Outstanding Color Grading - Live Action Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
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Eric - Episode 1
Toby Tomkins // Harbor
Loki - Glorious Purpose
Matt Watson // Marvel Studios Finishing
Masters of the Air - Part Five
Steven Bodner // Picture Shop
Sh gun - Anjin
lodie Ichter // The Mill
Star Trek Discovery - Red Directive
Todd Bochner // Harbor
Time Bandits - Kevin Haddock
Damian McDonnell // The Rebel Fleet
Outstanding Color Grading - Animated Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
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Hit-Monkey - History Lessons
Patrick Woodard // Point.360
Leo
Keiran Lee // Feature Animation at Netflix
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Alastor Pan Arnold // Keep Me Posted
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Night of the Mechazoids
Ara Thomassian // Keep Me Posted
War Is Over!
David Cole // FotoKem
Outstanding Color Grading - Documentary
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American Symphony
Seth Ricart // RCO
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Nat Jencks // PostWorks
Living with Leopards
Dan Gill // Picture Shop
Queens - Tiny Jungle Queens
Blair Wallace // Evolutions Bristol
Trilogy: New Wave
Alastor Pan Arnold // FotoKem
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
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Air Canada - Ticket to Dream
Wade Odlum // Alter Ego
Miu Miu - 2024 Wander and Arcadie Bag Collection
Yibin Su // Gloss Studio
Palo Alto - Origin
Eric Whipp // Alter Ego
Subway - Globally Inspired
Wade Odlum // Alter Ego
Taco Bell - Taco TwosDay
Quinn Alvarez // Apache Digital
Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature
Dune: Part Two
Joe Walker, ACE
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel, ACE
The Holdovers
Kevin Tent, ACE
Inside Out 2
Maurissa Horwitz
Twisters
Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
Bookie - The Super Bowl: God's Gift To Bookies
Tracey Wadmore-Smith, ACE
Hacks - Better Late
Rob Paglia
Hacks - Bulletproof
Jon Philpot
Hacks - The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular
Jess Brunetto, ACE
Hacks - Just for Laughs
Janet Weinberg, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
Ahsoka - Part Four: Fallen Jedi
Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
Ahsoka - Part Six: Far, Far Away
James D. Wilcox, ACE
House of the Dragon - The Red Dragon and the Gold
Katie Weiland, ACE
House of the Dragon - A Son for a Son
Frances Parker, ACE
Tokyo Vice - Illness of the Trade
Gary Levy, ACE
True Detective - Night Country: Part 5
Mags Arnold
Outstanding Editing - Documentary
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Bob Joyce
The Commandant's Shadow
Claire Guillon
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Tal Ben-David
Porcelain War
Brendan Bellomo, Aniela Sidorska
Ren Faire - Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got The Will?
Max Allman, Nicholas Nazmi
Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature
Alien: Romulus
Will Files, Lee Gilmore, Mark Paterson, Polly McKinnon, David Butler, Chris Terhune // Pacific Standard Sound
Civil War
Glenn Freemantle, Howard Bargroff, Adam Scrivener, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders // Formosa Group UK, Sound 24
The Creator
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Malte Bieler, David Bach // E Sound
Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Dune: Part Two
Richard King, Dave Whitehead, Martin Kwok, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Andrew Bock // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
M sica
Christopher S. Aud, Aaron Glascock, Eliza Pollack Zebert, Mitch Osias, Rob Young, Jennifer Barak // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Outstanding Sound - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
All The Light We Cannot See - Episode 4
Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole, Jill Purdy, Emma Present, David Grimaldi, Mark Paterson // Pacific Standard Sound
Fallout - The Head
Keith Rogers, Steve Bucino, Susan Cahill, Jane Boegel-Koch, Daniel Colman, Christopher Kaller // NBCUniversal
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire - And That's the End of It. There's Nothing Else
Howard Bargroff, Harry Barnes, Jamie Caple, Mark Timms, Adam Armitage, Michal Holubec // Formosa Group
No One Will Save You
Will Files, Chris Terhune, Ailene Roberts, James Miller, Matt Smokey Cloud // Pacific Standard Sound
True Detective - Night Country: Part 6
Howard Bargroff, Mark Timms // Formosa Group UK
Mart n Hern ndez, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Michele Woods
Outstanding Sound - Documentary
Chimp Crazy - Monkey Love
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