Set against the backdrop of the beautiful and historic Hollywood Legion Theater, the 2021 HPA Awards tonight celebrated exceptional work in color grading, sound, editing, and visual effects in commercial, episodic, and feature projects.
Returning to a sold-out gala after a virtual event in 2020, this year's HPA Awards brought Hollywood golden era flavor to 2021. Presenters for the evening included Barry Meyer, Karol Urban, Anna Behlmer, Brooke Breton, Sabrina Plisco, and Patricia Riggen.
The winners of the 2021 HPA Awards Creative Categories are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Picture Shop
Jungle Cruise - WINNER
Mitch Paulson // Company 3
Candyman
Natasha Leonnet // Company 3
The Green Knight
Alastor Pan Arnold // FotoKem
Judas and the Black Messiah
Tom Poole // Company 3
Minari
David Cole // FotoKem
Outstanding Color Grading - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Picture Shop
WandaVision - Previously On - WINNER
Matt Watson // Marvel Studios Finishing
Lovecraft Country - Meet Me in Daegu
Rory Gordon // ArsenalFX Color
The Queen's Gambit - End Game
Steven Bodner // Light Iron
Sweet Tooth - Big Man
Walter Volpatto // Company 3
The Underground Railroad - Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn
Alex Bickel // Color Collective
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Sponsored by Picture Shop
Toyota - Jessica Long's Story: Upstream - WINNER
Jill Bogdanowicz // Company 3
Dior - Spring-Summer 2021 Collection
Tim Masick // Company 3
Hyundai - I'm In Charge
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Lexus - A New Era
Matt Osborne // Company 3
Zara - Spring Summer 2021 Campaign
Tim Masick // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, ACE - WINNER
The Father
Yorgos Lamprinos
Minari
Harry Yoon, ACE
Soul
Kevin Nolting, ACE
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan Baumgarten, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Hacks - Falling - WINNER
Susan Vaill, ACE
A Black Lady Sketch Show - Sister, May I Call You Oshun?
Daysha Broadway, ACE, Stephanie Filo, ACE, Jessica Hern ndez, ACE
Conan - DIY Conan
Rob Ashe, Chris Heller, Matt Shaw
Hacks - Interview
Jessica Brunetto, Marissa Mueller
Hacks - There Is No Line
Jessica Brunetto
Hacks - Tunnel of Love
Ali Greer
Outstanding Editing - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
A Perfect Planet: The Sun - WINNER
Nigel Buck
Allen v. Farrow - Episode 101
Mikaela Shwer, Parker Laramie, Sara Newens
His Dark Materials - The Scholar
Sara Jones
Lovecraft Country - Meet Me in Daegu
Sean Albertson, ACE
The Underground Railroad - Chapter 9: Indiana Winter
Joi McMillon, ACE
Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by DTS
Space Jam: A New Legacy WINNER
Tim LeBlanc, Michael Keller // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Malte Bieler // E Squared
Cherry
Mark Binder, Elliot Hartley, Donald Flick, Trevor Cress, Matt Coby // IMN Creative
Godzilla vs. Kong
Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jason W. Jennings // E Squared
In the Heights
Lewis Goldstein, John Marquis, Paul Urmson, Gina Alfano, Brian Bowles, Thomas Ryan,
Alex Soto // Parabolic
Reminiscence
Jeremy Peirson, Thomas Jones, Michael Babcock, Sarah Bourgeois, Jessie Pariseau // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana // Sound Park
Carlos Cort s // SplendorOmnia
Michellee Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht // AstroLX
Outstanding Sound - Episodic or Non-Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by DTS
Snowpiercer - Many Miles from Snowpiercer - WINNER
Sandra Portman, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, James Fonnyadt, Eric Mouawad, Gregorio Gomez // Sharpe Sound Studios
Lovecraft Country - Sundown
Tim Kimmel, Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona // The Formosa Group
Oslo
Lewis Goldstein, Gina Alfano, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto // Parabolic
The Right Stuff - Flight
Walt Newman, Darleen Stoker, Kenneth Young, Brad Sherman, Alex Gruzdev, Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster, Chris McGreary // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Sweet Tooth - Out of the Deep Woods
George Haddad, Chad Hughes, Alex Gruzdev, Brad Sherman, Julie Altus // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services
Outstanding Visual Effects - Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Zeiss
Black Widow - WINNER
David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III // Digital Domain
Black Widow
Sean Walker, Marvyn Young, Karl Rapley, Lily Lawrence, Timothy Walker // Weta Digital
Godzilla vs. Kong
Pier Lefebvre, Michael Langford, Timucin Ozger, Sarang Deshpande, Joshua Toonen // MPC Film
Jungle Cruise
Luke Millar // Weta Digital
Chad Wiebe // Industrial Light & Magic
Jim Berney, JD Schwalm, Marla Henshaw
The Suicide Squad
Mark Gee, Danielle Immerman, Mike Cozens, Jason Galeon, Makoto Hatanaka // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects - Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Zeiss
The Mandalorian - Chapter 9: The Marshal - WINNER
Joe Bauer, Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Jeff Capogreco // Industrial Light & Magic
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - New World Order
Johannes Bresser, Mark Smith, Alexia Cui, Paul Jenness, Sebastian Bommersheim // Weta Digital
Loki - Journey Into Mystery
Dan DeLeeuw, David Seager, Alexandra Greene, George Kuruvilla, Dan Mayer // Industrial Light & Magic
Lovecraft Country - Jig-a-Bobo
Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin // HBO
Pietro Ponti // Important Looking Pirates
Grant Walker // Fr
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Set against the backdrop of the beautiful and historic Hollywood Legion Theater, the 2021 HPA Awards tonight celebrated exceptional work in color grading, sound, editing, and visual effects in commercial, episodic, and feature projects.
