HPA AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2017 WINNERS

16 November 2017 (Los Angeles, CA) The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) bestowed the 2017 HPA Awards tonight, during a sold-out gala celebration at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The HPA Awards have become the banner awards ceremony for the professional media content, recognizing individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content enjoyed around the world.

Awards were bestowed in twelve creative craft categories honoring behind-the-scenes artistry, including color grading, sound, editing and visual effects for commercials, television and feature film. Larry Chernoff of MTI received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and special awards were presented for Engineering Excellence and Creativity and Innovation.

The winners of the 2017 HPA Awards are:

Creative Categories

Outstanding Color Grading

Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film

WINNER:

Ghost in the Shell

Michael Hatzer // Technicolor - Hollywood

The Birth of a Nation

Steven J. Scott // Technicolor - Hollywood

Hidden Figures

Natasha Leonnet // EFILM

Doctor Strange

Steven J. Scott // Technicolor - Hollywood

Beauty and the Beast

Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3

Fences

Michael Hatzer // Technicolor - Hollywood

Outstanding Color Grading - Television

WINNER:

The Crown - Smoke and Mirrors

Asa Shoul // Molinare

The Last Tycoon - Burying the Boy Genius

Timothy Vincent // Technicolor - Hollywood

Game of Thrones - Dragonstone

Joe Finley // Chainsaw

Genius - Einstein: Chapter 1

Pankaj Bajpai // Encore Hollywood

The Man in the High Castle - Detonation

Roy Vasich // Technicolor

Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial

WINNER:

Jose Cuervo - Last Days

Tom Poole // Company 3

Land O' Lakes - The Farmer

Billy Gabor // Company 3

Pennzoil - JOYRIDE Tundra

Dave Hussey // Company 3

Nedbank - The Tale of a Note

Sofie Borup // Company 3

Squarespace - John's Journey

Tom Poole // Company 3

Outstanding Editing

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Outstanding Editing - Feature Film

WINNER:

Dunkirk

Lee Smith, ACE

Hidden Figures

Peter Teschner

The Ivory Game

Verena Sch nauer

Get Out

Gregory Plotkin, ACE

Lion

Alexandre de Franceschi

Outstanding Editing - Television

WINNER:

Stranger Things - Chapter 1: The Vanishing of Will Byers

Dean Zimmerman

Game of Thrones - Stormborn

Tim Porter, ACE

Game of Thrones - The Queen's Justice

Jesse Parker

Narcos - Al Fin Cayo!

Matthew V. Colonna, Trevor Baker

Westworld - The Original

Stephen Semel, ACE, Marc Jozefowicz

Game of Thrones - Dragonstone

Crispin Green

Outstanding Editing - Commercial

WINNER:

Nespresso - Comin' Home

Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit

Bonafont - Choices

Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Optum - Heroes

Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit

SEAT - Moments

Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Outstanding Sound

Outstanding Sound - Feature Film

WINNER:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Addison Teague, Dave Acord, Chris Boyes, Lora Hirschberg // Skywalker Sound

Fate of the Furious

Peter Brown, Mark Stoeckinger, Paul Aulicino, Steve Robinson, Bobbi Banks // Formosa Group

Sully

Alan Murray, Bub Asman, John Reitz, Tom Ozanich // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services

John Wick: Chapter 2

Mark Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin, Andy Koyama, Martyn Zub, Gabe Serrano // Formosa Group

Doctor Strange

Shannon Mills, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta, Dan Laurie // Skywalker Sound

Outstanding Sound - Television

WINNERS (TIE):

Stranger Things - Chapter 8: The Upside Down

Craig Henighan // FOX

Bradley North, Joe Barnett, Adam Jenkins, Jordan Wilby, Tiffany S. Griffith // Technicolor - Hollywood

American Gods - The Bone Orchard

Bradley North, Joseph DeAngelis, Kenneth Kobett, David Werntz, Tiffany S. Griffith // Technicolor - Hollywood

Underground - Soldier

Larry Goeb, Mark Linden, Tara Paul // Sony Pictures Post

Game of Thrones - The Spoils of War

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

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Pete Horner // Skywalker Sound

Dimitri Tisseyre // Envelope Music + Sound

Dennis Hamlin // Hamlin Sound

Outstanding Sound - Commercial

WINNER:

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - We're The Superhumans

Anthony Moore // Factory

Honda - Up

Anthony Moore, Neil Johnson, Jack Hallett // Factory

Sian Rogers // SIREN

Virgin Media - This Is Fibre

Anthony Moore // Factory

Kia - Hero's Journey

Nathan Dubin // Margarita Mix Santa Monica

SEAT - Moments

Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Outstanding Visual Effects

Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film

WINNER:

War for the Planet of the Apes

Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Luke Millar, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett // Weta Digital

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Gary Brozenich, Sheldon Stopsack, Patrick Ledda, Richard Clegg, Richard Little // MPC

Beauty and the Beast

Kyle McCulloch, Glen Pratt, Richard Hoover, Dale Newton, Neil Weatherley // Framestore

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Guy Williams, Kevin Andrew Smith, Charles Tait, Daniel Macarin, David Clayton // Weta Digital

Ghost in the Shell

Guillaume Rocheron, Axel Bonami, Arundi Asregadoo, Pier Lefebvre, Ruslan Borysov // MPC

Outstanding Visual Effects - Television

WINNER:

Black Sails - XXIX

Erik Henry

Yafei Wu, Nicklas Andersson, David Wahlberg // Important Looking Pirates

Martin Lippman // Rodeo

The Crown - Windsor

Ben Turner, Tom Debenham, Oliver Cubbage, Lionel Heath, Charlie Bennett // One of Us

Taboo - Episode One

Henry Badgett, Nic Birmingham, Simon Rowe, Alexander Kirichenko, Finlay Duncan // BlueBolt VFX

Ripper Street - Occurrence Rep

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