
Updated October 25, 2023
Award date and venue information revised.
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards Committee today announced nominees for the 2023 HPA Awards creative categories. The HPA Awards celebrate the outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by both individuals and teams, underscoring the pivotal role that their talent and skill play in storytelling.
Established in 2006, the HPA Awards honor outstanding contributions in color grading, editing, sound, and visual effects across episodics, commercials, and feature films. This year, the committee is also pleased to introduce new award categories recognizing exceptional work in restoration, a transition from a juried honor last year, as well as dedicated categories for work on animated projects.
The 2023 HPA Awards Creative Category nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Live Action Theatrical Feature
Barbie
Yvan Lucas // Company 3
The Fabelmans
Michael Hatzer // Picture Shop
Asteroid City
Gareth Spensley // Company 3
Oppenheimer
Kostas Theodosiou, Kristen Zimmerman // FotoKem
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Tim Masick // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Animated Theatrical Feature
Elemental
Susan Brunig // Pixar Animation Studios
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Jason Hanel // Company 3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Natasha Leonnet // Picture Shop
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Mitch Paulson // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Live Action Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
Swarm - Stung
Alastor Pan Arnold // Keep Me Posted
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty - One Ring Don't Make a Dynasty
Walter Volpatto // Company 3
American Gigolo - Pilot
Shane Harris // Picture Shop
Great Expectations - Episode 2
Toby Tomkins // Harbor
Wednesday - Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe
Siggy Ferstl// Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Documentary
Descendant
Sam Daley // Light Iron
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
Taylor Black // Apache
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Adam Nazarenko // Company 3
Chimp Empire - Paradise
Blair Wallace // Evolutions Post Production
Shaq - From Shaquille to Shaq
Taylor Black // Apache
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Zara - Man SS23 Studio Collection
Tim Masick // Company 3
Levi's - One Fair Exchange in the Greatest Story Ever Worn
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Expedia - Wisdom & Obi
Mark Gethin // Trafik
Duracell x Williams Racing - Scream
Tyler Roth // Company 3
Belvedere - Daniel Craig
Matthieu Toullet // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Barbie
Nick Houy, ACE
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Eddie Hamilton, ACE
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame, ACE
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Michael Andrews, ACE
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Monika Willi
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
The Righteous Gemstones - Burn for Burn, Wound for Wound, Stripe for Stripe
Justin Bourret, ACE
Barry - it takes a psycho
Franky Guttman, ACE
What We Do in the Shadows - Local News
A.J. Dickerson, ACE, Thomas Calder n
Barry - a nice meal
Ali Greer, ACE
How To With John Wilson - How To Watch Birds
Cori Wapnowska
Outstanding Editing - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
The Last of Us - Endure and Survive
Timothy A. Good, ACE, Emily Mendez
White House Plumbers - The Beverly Hills Burglary
Erick Fefferman, Roger Nygard
Succession - With Open Eyes
Ken Eluto, ACE
The White Lotus - Arrivederci
John M. Valerio, ACE
White House Plumbers - True Believers
Grady Cooper, Jon Merchen
Outstanding Editing - Documentary
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
100 Foot Wave - Lost at Sea
Alex Keipper, Alex Bayer
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Eric Schuman
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Mariah Rehmet
Branson - Episode 2, Atlantic
Paul Trewartha
Moonage Daydream
Brett Morgen
Outstanding Sound - Theatrical Feature
Barbie
Ai-Ling Lee, Kevin O'Connell, Dan Kenyon // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Scott Gershin, Chris Richardson, Masanobu Tomi' Tomita, Andrew Vernon, Dan Gamache // Sound Lab a Keywords Studio
Creed III
Aaron Glascock, Tom Ozanich, Walter Spencer, Curt Schulkey // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mark Stoeckinger, Andy Koyama, Casey Genton, Alan Rankin, Manfred Banach // Formosa Group
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Jason W. Jennings, Julian Slater, Greg P. Russell, Paul Pirola, Ken McGill, Mia Stewart // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound - Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
Star Trek: Picard - The Last Generation
Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro, Todd Grace, Ed Carr III, Ian Shedd // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
The Last of Us - Infected
Michael Benavente, Marc Fishman, Kevin Roache, Chris Terhune, Chris Battaglia // Formosa Group
Barry - it takes a psycho
Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor, John Creed, Rickley Dumm // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Elmo Ponsdomenech, Teddy Salas // Sony Pictures Entertainment
Wednesday - A Murder of Woes
Mike Baskerville, Jamie Sulek, John Loranger, Alastair Gray, Dan Sexton // Company 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Hegemony
Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro, Todd Grace, Ed Carr III, Sean Heissinger // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound - Documentary
32 Sounds
Mark Mangini, Robert Kellough, Eliza Paley, Joanna Fang, Blake Collins // Formosa Group
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Daniel Timmons // Harbor Sound
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