The HPA Awards Committee today announced nominees for the 2022 HPA Awards creative categories. Recognized as the standard bearer for creative accomplishment and technical innovation, the HPA Awards honor outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by both individuals and teams. This year's categories have been expanded to include Outstanding Color Grading, Editing, and Sound for Documentary/Nonfiction and Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects.
The awards will return to the historic Hollywood Legion Theater for the second year on November 17, when the winners of the creative category honors will receive their awards in person. Tickets for the event are now on sale for HPA members and nominees at hpaonline.com.
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 2022 HPA Awards Creative Category nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Theatrical Feature
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The Batman
David Cole // FotoKem
Dune
David Cole // FotoKem
Nightmare Alley
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Adam Nazarenko // Company 3
No Time to Die
Matt Wallach // Company 3
Top Gun: Maverick
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Adam Nazarenko // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
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1883 - 1883
Mitch Paulson // Company 3
Better Call Saul - Carrot and Stick
Keith Shaw // Keep Me Posted
Billy the Kid - The Rattler
Mark Kueper // Picture Shop
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Steven Bodner // Picture Shop
Yellowstone - Half the Money
Bob Festa // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Documentary/Nonfiction
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Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever
Natasha Leonnet // Company 3
DIO: Dreamers Never Die
Frederik Bokkenheuser // Picture Shop
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
John Persichetti // Picture Shop
Our Great National Parks - A World of Wonder
Dan Gill // Picture Shop
The Rescue
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Andrew Geary // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
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Amazon - Kindness, the greatest gift
Damien Vandercruyssen // Harbor
Mango - A Mediterranean Dream
Joseph Bicknell // Company 3
O2 - The Everyhome
Fernando Lui // Marla Colour Grading
Qantas - I Still Call Australia Home
Mark Gethin // TRAFIK
Zara - Man Spring/Summer 2022
Tim Masick // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature
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Belfast
na N Dhongha le, ACE
Encanto
Jeremy Milton, ACE
No Time to Die
Tom Cross, ACE, Elliot Graham, ACE
Tick, Tick Boom!
Myron Kerstein, ACE, Andy Weisblum, ACE
Top Gun: Maverick
Eddie Hamilton, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Documentary/Nonfiction - Theatrical Feature
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Flee
Janus Billeskov Jansen
How to Survive a Pandemic
Tyler H. Walk, Adam Evans
The Janes
Kristen Huntley
Lucy And Desi
Robert A. Martinez
Navalny
Langdon Page, Maya Daisy Hawke
Summer of Soul
Joshua L. Pearson
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
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Barry - 710N
Franky Guttman
Barry - starting now
Ali Greer
Before Dawn, Kabul Time
Shannon Albrink
Fast Foodies - Nikki Glaser
Jason Le, Nathan Belt
Hacks - The One, The Only
John Daigle
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
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Black Bird - The Place I Lie
Rob Bonz
Moon Knight - The Goldfish Problem
Cedric Nairn-Smith
Severance - The We We Are
Geoffrey Richman, ACE
Stranger Things - Chapter Four: Dear Billy
Dean Zimmerman, ACE, Casey Cichocki
Succession - The Disruption
Brian Kates
Outstanding Editing: Documentary/Nonfiction - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
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Dean Martin: King of Cool
Tom Donahue
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Simon Bryant, Jim Clark, Will Gilbey, Jacob Proctor, Pablo No , Lior Linevitz-Matthews, James Collett, Bill DeRonde, Asaf Eisenberg, Tim Perniciaro
Prehistoric Planet - Coasts
Richard Ketteridge
Selena + Chef - Kwame Onwuachi
James Ciccarello, Blake Maddox
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Joshua L. Pearson
Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature
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The Batman
William Files, Douglas Murray, Lee Gilmore, Chris Terhune // Pacific Standard Sound
Andy Nelson // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Dune
Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett, Mac Ruth // Formosa Group
Elvis
Wayne Pashley, Jamieson Shaw, David Lee // Big Bang Sound Design
Andy Nelson, Michael Keller // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Encanto
Shannon Mills, Nia Hansen, David E. Fluhr, CAS, Gabriel Guy, CAS Paul McGrath, CAS // Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Matrix Resurrections
Dane Davis, Stephanie L. Flack, Lars Ginzel, Matthias Lempert, Frank Kruse, Barry O'Sullivan // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
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Barry - 710N
Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor, Rickley Dumm // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Elmo Ponsdomenech, Teddy Salas // Sony Pictures Entertainment
Baymax! - Kiko
Shannon Mills, Cameron Barker, David E. Fluhr, CAS, Paul McGrath, CAS Kendall Demarest // Walt Disney Animation Studios
Candy - The Fight
Mark Binder, Elliot Hartley, Trevor Cress // IMN Creative
Euphoria - Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
Wylie Stateman, Anne Jimkes-Root, Austin Roth, Beso Kacharava, Bryant Fuhrman // 247SND
The Sandman - 24/7
Aaron Glascock, Christopher S. Aud, Curt Schulkey, Albert Gasser, Walter Spencer // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
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The HPA Awards Committee today announced nominees for the 2022 HPA Awards creative categories. Recognized as the standard bearer for creative accomplishment and technical innovation, the HPA Awards honor outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by both individuals and teams. This year's categories have been expanded to include Outstanding Color Grading, Editing, and Sound for Documentary/Nonfiction and Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects.
