The Hollywood Professional Association® (HPA) this week announced the nominees for its 2016 HPA Awards. Considered the standard-bearer for excellence and innovation in an industry embracing an expanding array of groundbreaking technologies and creativity, the HPA Awards honor creative achievement and artistic excellence.
Launched in 2005, the HPA Awards recognize outstanding achievement in editing, sound, visual effects and color grading for work in television, commercials, and feature films. The winners of the 11th Annual HPA Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony on 17 November 2016 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
The 2016 HPA Award nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
"Carol"
John Dowdell // Goldcrest Post Productions Ltd
"The Revenant"
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor Production Services
"Brooklyn"
Asa Shoul // Molinare
"The Martian"
Stephen Nakamura // Company 3
"The Jungle Book"
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor Production Services
Outstanding Color Grading - Television
"Vinyl - E.A.B"
Steven Bodner // Deluxe/Encore NY
"Fargo - The Myth of Sysiphus"
Mark Kueper // Technicolor
"Outlander - Faith"
Steven Porter // MTI Film
"Gotham - By Fire"
Paul Westerbeck // Encore Hollywood
"Show Me A Hero - Part 1"
Sam Daley // Technicolor PostWorks NY
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Fallout 4 - "The Wanderer"
Siggy Ferstl / Company 3
Toyota Prius - "Poncho"
Sofie Borup // Company 3
Nascar - "Team"
Lez Rudge // Nice Shoes
Audi R8 - "Commander"
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
Apple Music - "History of Sound"
Gregory Reese // The Mill
Pennzoil - "Joyride Circuit"
Dave Hussey // Company 3
Hennessy - "Odyssey"
Tom Poole // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
"The Martian"
Pietro Scalia, ACE
"The Revenant"
Stephen Mirrione, ACE
"The Big Short"
Hank Corwin, ACE
"Sicario"
Joe Walker, ACE
"Spotlight"
Tom McArdle, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Television
"Body Team 12"
David Darg // RYOT Films
"Underground - The Macon 7"
Zack Arnold, Ian Tan // Sony Pictures Television
"Vinyl - Pilot"
David Tedeschi
"Roots - Night One"
Martin Nicholson, ACE, Greg Babor
"Game of Thrones - Battle of the Bastards"
Tim Porter, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Commercial
Wilson - "Nothing Without It"
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Nespresso - "Training Day"
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit
Saucony - "Be A Seeker"
Lenny Mesina // Therapy Studios
Samsung - "Teresa"
Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
"Room"
Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady, Ken Galvin // Ardmore Sound
"Eye In The Sky"
Craig Mann, Adam Jenkins, Bill R. Dean, Chase Keehn // Technicolor Creative Services
"Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice"
Scott Hecker // Formosa Group
Chris Jenkins, Michael Keller // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
"Zootopia"
David Fluhr, CAS, Gabriel Guy, CAS, Addison Teague // Walt Disney Company
"Sicario"
Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound - Television
"Outlander - Prestonpans"
Nello Torri, Alan Decker // NBCUniversal Post Sound
"Game of Thrones - Battle of the Bastards"
Tim Kimmel, MPSE, Paula Fairfield, Mathew Waters, CAS, Onnalee Blank, CAS, Bradley C. Katona, Paul Bercovitch // Formosa Group
"Preacher - See"
Richard Yawn, Mark Linden, Tara Paul // Sony Sound
"Marco Polo - One Hundred Eyes"
David Paterson, Roberto Fernandez, Alexa Zimmerman, Glenfield Payne, Rachel Chancey // Harbor Picture Company
"House of Cards - Chapter 45"
Jeremy Molod, Ren Klyce, Nathan Nance, Scott R. Lewis, Jonathan Stevens // Skywalker Sound
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
Sainsbury's - "Mog's Christmas Calamity"
Anthony Moore, Neil Johnson // Factory
Save the Children UK - "Still The Most Shocking Second A Day"
Jon Clarke // Factory
Wilson - "Nothing Without It"
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Honda - "Paper"
Phil Bolland // Factory
Honda - "Ignition"
Anthony Moore // Factory
Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Jay Cooper, Yanick Dusseault, Rick Hankins, Carlos Munoz, Polly Ing // Industrial Light & Magic
"The Jungle Book"
Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones
Adam Valdez, Charley Henley // MPC
Keith Miller // Weta Digital
"Captain America: Civil War"
Russell Earl, Steve Rawlins, Francois Lambert, Pat Conran, Rhys Claringbull // Industrial Light & Magic
"The Martian"
Chris Lawrence, Neil Weatherley, Bronwyn Edwards, Dale Newton // Framestore
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows"
Pablo Helman, Robert Weaver, Kevin Martel, Shawn Kelly, Nelson Sepulveda // Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television
"Supergirl - Pilot"
Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Elaina Scott, Art Sayan // Encore VFX
"Ripper Street - The Strangers' Home"
Ed Bruce, Nicholas Murphy, Denny Cahill, John O'Connell // Screen Scene
"Black Sails - XXI"
Erik Henry // Starz
Matt Dougan // Digital Domain
Martin Ogren, Jens Tenland, Nicklas Andersson // ILP
"The Flash - Guerilla Warfare"
Armen V. Kevorkian, Thomas J. Conners, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX
"Game of Thrones - Battle of the Bastards"
Joe Bauer, Eric Carney // Fire & Blood Productions
Derek Spears // Rhythm & Hues Studios
Glenn Melenhorst // Iloura
Matthew Rouleau // Rodeo FX
Outstanding Visual Effects - Commercial
Sainsbury's - "Mog's Christmas Calamity"
Ben Cronin, Grant Walker, Rafael Camacho // Framestore
Microsoft Xbox - "Halo 5: The Hunt Begins"
Ben Walsh, Ian Holland, Brian Delmonico, Brian Burke // Method Studios
AT&T - "Power of &"
James Dick, Corrina Wilson, Euna Kho, Callum McKeveny // Framestore
Kohler - "Never Too Next"
Andy Boyd, Jake Montgomery, Zachary DiMaria, David Hernandez // JAMM
Gatorade - "Sports Fuel"
JD Yepes, Richard Shallcross // Framestore
Recipients of a number of special awards have been previously announced by the HPA. Herb Dow, ACE, will be honored with the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera, will receive The Charles S. Swartz Award, and The Mill BLACKBIRD has been tapped to receive the HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation. Winners of the coveted Engineering Excellence Award include Aspera, Grass Valley, RealD and SGO. Grass Valley and Canon USA received Honorable Mention in the Engineering Excellence category.
The HPA Awards gala ceremony is expected to be a sold out affair and early ticket purchase is encouraged. Tickets for the HPA Awards are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.hpaawards.net. For all inquiries and sponsorship information, call the HPA at +1 (213) 614-0860 or email at info@hpaawards.net. More information about the HPA Awards and the Hollywood Professional Association can be found at www.hpaonline.com. Blackmagic Design, NAB Show, AVID, Company 3, Deluxe, Dolby, EFilm, Encore, IMAX, Sohonet and Sony are among the sponsors of the 2016 HPA Awards.
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