The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced its nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards, the 9th annual unveiling of these honors. The Awards honor excellence in post production while bringing recognition to the creative achievements of individuals and companies as well as creative excellence and groundbreaking technologies within the post production industry. The HPA Awards are considered the standard bearer for excellence and innovation in the industry.
The nominees in the 12 craft categories were chosen from a field of talented and innovative entries in color grading, editing, sound and visual effects for motion pictures, commercials and television. Judging was completed by panels of category peers and other experts.
The winners of the 2014 HPA Awards will be announced during a gala evening, November 6, 2014 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Jill Bogdanowicz // Modern VideoFilm
"Gravity"
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor
"12 Years a Slave"
Tom Poole // Company 3
"Labor Day"
Natasha Leonnet // Modern VideoFilm
"Monuments Men"
Skip Kimball // Technicolor
Outstanding Color Grading - Television
"Game of Thrones - Mockingbird"
Joe Finley // Modern VideoFilm
"Outlander - Sassenach"
Steven Porter // MTI Film
"The Blacklist - Berlin: Conclusion"
Randall Starnes // ColorWorks, a Sony Pictures Digital Productions Company
"Reign - Pilot"
David Cole // Modern VideoFilm
"Castle - Veritas"
Anthony Smith // Encore
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Citibank "Bright Lights"
Dave Hussey // Company 3
Maserati "Strike"
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3
Southern Comfort "Shark Bite"
Tim Masick // Company 3
GE "Childlike Imagination"
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
Doosan "Heavy Industries"
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
"12 Years a Slave"
Joe Walker, ACE
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
Jeff Ford, ACE and Matthew Schmidt
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
Fred Raskin and Craig Wood, ACE
"Captain Phillips"
Christopher Rouse, ACE
"American Hustle"
Jay Cassidy, ACE, Crispin Struthers, ACE and Alan Baumgarten, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Television
"House of Cards - Chapter 26"
Cindy Mollo, ACE // Netflix Inc.
"Breaking Bad - Felina"
Skip Macdonald, ACE
"The Sixties - The Assassination of President Kennedy"
Chris A. Peterson, ACE
"The Good Wife - Hitting the Fan"
Scott Vickrey, ACE
"House of Cards - Chapter 14"
Byron Smith // Netflix Inc.
Outstanding Editing - Commercial
NY Lottery "Toast"
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit
Pepsi "Rhythm of Now"
Steve Gandolfi // Cut+Run
American Express "Whats Your 20?"
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit
Nissan Juke "Trigger"
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Santander Bank "Movie Marathon"
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
Jeremy Peirson and Skip Lievsay // Warner Bros. Sound
"Godzilla"
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Tim Le Blanc, Gregg Landaker and Rick Kline // Warner Bros. Sound
"Frozen"
David Fluhr and Gabriel Guy // Walt Disney Studios Sound
Odin Benitez // Formosa Group
"Noah"
Craig Henighan and Jill Purdy // Subsonic Sound Service
Skip Lievsay // Warner Bros. Sound NY
"Gravity"
Glenn Fremantle // Sound 24
Skip Lievsay // Warner Bros. Sound
Christopher Benstead and Niv Adiri // Warner Bros. De Lane Lea
Outstanding Sound - Television
"Game of Thrones - The Children"
Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield and Brad Katona // Todd - Soundelux
"Banshee - Homecoming"
Bradley North, Joe DeAngelis, Bill Freesh, David Werntz and Tiffany S. Griffith // NBC Universal StudioPost
"Toy Story OF TERROR!"
Axel Geddes // Pixar Animation Studios
Tom Myers, Gary Summers, Michael Silvers and Dustin Cawood // Skywalker Sound
"House of Cards - Chapter 14"
Jeremy Molod // Netflix Inc.
"The Good Wife - Dramatics, Your Honor"
Fredric Judkins, John Snider and Christian Buenaventura // Technicolor Sound
Larry Benjamin and Kevin Valentine // Smart Post Sound
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
Honda Europe "Inner Beauty"
Anthony Moore and Tom Joyce // Factory
Lurpak "Adventure Awaits"
Aaron Reynolds // Wave Studios
Nissan Juke "Trigger"
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Save The Children "Most Shocking Second A Day Video"
Jon Clarke // Factory
Three "The Ride"
Jack Sedgwick // Wave Studios
Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
"Gravity"
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, Paul Beilby and Stuart Penn // Framestore
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White and Eric Reynolds // Weta Digital
"Maleficent"
Adam Valdez, Seth Maury, Kevin Hahn, David Seager and Carey Villegas // MPC
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
Russell Earl, Steve Rawlins, Johan Thorngren, Francois Lambert and
Daniel Pearson // Industrial Light & Magic
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Keith Miller and Paul Story // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television
"House of Cards - Chapter 19"
James Pastorius, Andy Witkowski, Rusty Ippolito and Andrew Roberts // Savage Visual Effects
"Hawaii Five-0 - Hoonani Makuakane"
Armen Kevorkian, Jane Sharvina, Andranik Taranyan, Steve Graves and Dan Lopez // Encore VFX
"Game of Thrones - The Children"
Joe Bauer // Fire and Blood Productions
Sven Martin // Pixomondo
Jrn Grosshans // Mackevision
Thomas Schelesny // Scanline VFX
Matthew Rouleau // Rodeo FX
"Silicon Valley - Articles of Incorporation"
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Bill Parker, Casi Blume and Seth Cobb // Barnstorm VFX
"Tyrant - Pilot"
Doug Ludwig, Lindsay Hoppe, Chad Schott, Gevork Babityan, Arutyan Arthur Sayan // Encore VFX
Outstanding Visual Effects - Commercial
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The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced its nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards, the 9th annual unveiling of these honors. The Awards honor excellence in post production while bringing recognition to the creative achievements of individuals and companies as well as creative excellence and groundbreaking technologies within the post production industry. The HPA Awards are considered the standard bearer for excellence and innovation in the industry. 
