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
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