
November 15, 2018 (Los Angeles) The 13th annual Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards took place tonight, honoring the accomplishments of industry luminaries, behind-the-scenes artists and outstanding engineering teams. The HPA Awards set the bar for creative and technical achievement, 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 given to talented individuals and teams working in twelve creative craft categories, including color grading, sound, editing and visual effects for commercials, television and feature film. Victoria Alonso, EVP Production of Marvel, was honored with the HPA Charles S. Swartz Award, and special awards were presented for Engineering Excellence. The many social movements, including #metoo, of the past year that effectively harnessed the power of technology to bring positive change to our industry were also acknowledged during the show.
The winners of the 2018 HPA Awards are:
Creative Categories
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
WINNER: Alpha
Maxine Gervais // Technicolor - Hollywood
Avengers: Infinity War
Steven J. Scott, Charles Bunnag // Technicolor - Hollywood
Red Sparrow
Dave Hussey // Company 3
The Shape of Water
Chris Wallace // Deluxe - Toronto
The Greatest Showman
Tim Stipan // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Television
WINNER: The Crown - Paterfamilias
Asa Shoul // Molinare
Damnation - Sam Riley's Body
Paul Allia // Picture Shop
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Pilot
Steven Bodner // Light Iron
Game of Thrones - Beyond the Wall
Joe Finley // Sim
The Crossing - Pilot
Tony Smith // Picture Shop
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
WINNER (TIE): Volkswagen - Kids' Dreams
Adam Scott // The Mill
WINNER (TIE): Zara - Spring/Summer 2018 Main
Tim Masick // Company 3
Bottega Veneta - Spring/Summer 2018 Trailer
Tim Masick // Company 3
Tile - Lost Panda
Tom Poole // Company 3
Audi - Final Breath
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
WINNER: A Quiet Place
Christopher Tellefsen, ACE
Coco
Steve Bloom
You Were Never Really Here
Joe Bini
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Eddie Hamilton, ACE
Believer
Demian Fenton
Outstanding Editing - Television (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
WINNER: VICE - After the Fall
Kelly Kendrick // Vice
The End of the F***ing World - Episode One
Mike Jones
Vida - Episode 6
JoAnne Yarrow
Barry - Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth
Kyle Reiter
Vice Principals -The Union of the Wizard and The Warrior
Justin Bourret
Outstanding Editing - Television (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
WINNER: The Defiant Ones - Part 2
Doug Pray, Lasse J rvi
Stranger Things - Chapter Nine: The Gate
Kevin D. Ross, ACE
Game of Thrones - The Dragon and the Wolf
Crispin Green
Westworld - The Passenger
Anna Hauger, Mako Kamitsuna, MPEG, Andrew Seklir, ACE
Counterpart - The Crossing
Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
WINNER: The Shape of Water
Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaille // Deluxe Toronto
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Katy Wood, Addison Teague, Juan Peralta, Tom Johnson // Skywalker Sound
Avengers: Infinity War
Shannon Mills, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta, Dan Laurie // Skywalker Sound
Blade Runner 2049
Mark Mangini, Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth // Formosa Group
Black Panther
Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor // Skywalker Sound
Outstanding Sound - Television
WINNER: Altered Carbon - Out of The Past
Brett Hinton, Mark Allen, Owen Granich-Young, Andy King, Keith Rogers // Atomic Sound
Yellowstone - Daybreak
Alan Robert Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros.
Waco - Operation Showtime
Craig Mann, Kelly Oxford, Laura Wiest, Karen Vassar Triest, David Brownlow, Beau Borders // Technicolor - Hollywood
Dark - Secret
Alexander W rtz, Achim Hofmann, Jorg Elsner, Christian Bichoff // ARRI Media GmbH
Ansgar Frerich // Basis Berlin
Yellowstone - Kill the Messenger
Alan Robert Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros.
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
WINNER: OXFAM - The Heist No One is Talking About
Neil Johnson // Factory Studios
KIA - Fueled by Youth
Nathan Dubin // Margarita Mix
SANE - Let Me Talk
Anthony Moore, Jack Hallett // Factory Studios
Monster - Opportunity Roars
Tom Jucarone // Sound Lounge
ICRC - Hope
Anthony Moore // Factory Studios
Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
WINNER: Avengers: Infinity War
Matt Aitken, Charles Tait, Paul Story, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Marvyn Young // Weta Digital
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
R. Christopher White, Daniel Macarin, Phillip Leonhardt, Paul Ramsden, Jeremy Fort // Weta Digital
Blade Runner 2049
Richard Clegg, Axel Akesson, Wesley Chandler, Stefano Carta, Ian Cooke-Grimes // MPC
Rampage
Erik Winquist, Benjamin Pickering, Stephen Unterfranz, Thrain Shadbolt, David Clayton // Weta Digital
Thor: Ragnarok
Kyle McCulloch, Alexis Wajsbrot, Ben Loch, Harry Bardak // Framestore
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television (Under 13 Episodes)
WINNER: Game of Thrones - Beyond The Wall
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Ted Rae // HBO
Eric Carney // The Third Floor
David Ramos // El Ranchito
Altered Carbon - Out of The Past
Everett Burrell, Tony Meagher, Steve Moncur, Christine Lemon, Paul Jones // DNEG
Outlander - Eye of The Storm
Richard Briscoe // Outlander Production
Daniel Norlund, Filip Orrby // Goodbye Kansas
Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden // Digital Domain
Black Mirror - Metalhead
Russell McLean // House of Tomorrow
Michael Bell, Pete Levy, Steven Godfrey, Sta
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