
HPA Awards Honors Artists and Innovators at 10th Anniversary Gala
The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) has unveiled the winners of the 10th Annual HPA Awards this evening at a gala celebration held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The HPA Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content enjoyed around the world.
Honors were bestowed in craft categories honoring behind the scenes artistry, Engineering Excellence, and Creativity and Innovation. Leon D. Silverman, a founder and current president of the HPA, was the recipient of the prestigious HPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
The winners of the 2015 HPA Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading - Sponsored by Dolby
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
WINNER:
Birdman
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor
NOMINEES:
Monsoon
Charles Boileau // Post-Moderne
Lady of Csejte
Keith Roush // Roush Media
The Boxtrolls
John Daro // FotoKem
Whiplash
Natasha Leonnet // Modern VideoFilm
Outstanding Color Grading - Television
WINNER:
Boardwalk Empire - Golden Days for Boys and Girls
John Crowley // Technicolor PostWorks NY
NOMINEES:
Game of Thrones - Hardhome
Joe Finley // Chainsaw, Inc.
Masters of Sex - A Parliament of Owls
Matt Lear // Sony Pictures Television
Olive Kitteridge - Incoming Tide
Pankaj Bajpai // Encore
Sense8 - What's Going On?
Tony Dustin // Technicolor
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
WINNER:
Lincoln - Intro
Tom Poole // Company 3
NOMINEES:
Caterpillar - Lantern Festival
Rob Sciarratta // Company 3
Dodge - Wisdom
Beau Leon // Company 3
Lexus - Face Off
Dave Hussey // Company 3
Toyota - Harrier
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
WINNER:
Whiplash
Tom Cross, ACE
NOMINEES:
American Sniper
Joel Cox, ACE; Gary Roach, ACE
Interstellar
Lee Smith, ACE
Selma
Spencer Averick
The Imitation Game
William Goldenberg, ACE
Outstanding Editing - Television
WINNER:
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways - Nashville
Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios
NOMINEES:
VICE on HBO - Cold War 2.0
Rich Lowe
Game of Thrones - Hardhome
Tim Porter // Beyond the Wall Productions, Inc.
House of Cards - Chapter 32
Cindy Mollo, ACE // Netflix
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways - Austin
Scott D. Hanson // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Editing - Commercial
WINNER:
GNP Seguros - World Cup
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
NOMINEES:
Fiat - Alive
Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios
Adidas - Takers
Steve Gandolfi // Cut+Run
Google - Young Together
Miky Wolf // Big Sky Edit
Skullcandy - Push Play
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Sound
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
WINNER:
American Sniper
Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
NOMINEES:
Birdman
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock // NBCUniversal StudioPost
Interstellar
Richard King, Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Unbroken
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro // NBCUniversal StudioPost
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Mangini, Scott Hecker // Formosa Group
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound - Television
WINNER:
Homeland - Redux
Nello Torri, Alan Decker // NBCUniversal StudioPost
Craig Dellinger // Sony Sound Services
NOMINEES:
Banshee - You Can't Hide from the Dead
Bradley North, Joseph DeAngelis, Ken Kobett, Tiffany Griffith, David Werntz // Technicolor
Black Sails - XVIII
Benjamin Cook, Stefan Hendrix, Jeffrey Pitts, Sue Cahill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters // Starz
Game of Thrones - Hardhome
Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona, Paul Bercovitch, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters // Formosa Group
Halt and Catch Fire - SETI
Sue Cahill, Keith Rogers, Scott Weber, Jane Boegel, Mark Cleary, Kevin McCullough // NBCUniversal StudioPost
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
WINNER:
The Syria Campaign - In Reverse
Jon Clarke // Factory
NOMINEES:
Honda - The Other Side
Tom Joyce, Anthony Moore // Factory
Prada - The Battlefield
Miky Wolf // Big Sky Edit
Volvo - The Swell
Aaron Reynolds // Wave Studios
Medicontour - Bi-Flex 1.8
Phil Bolland // Factory
Outstanding Visual Effects - Sponsored by Canon
Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
WINNER:
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken // Weta Digital
NOMINEES:
Tomorrowland
Craig Hammack, Eddie Pasquarello, Francois Lambert, Maia Kayser, Barry Williams // Industrial Light & Magic
Birdman
Ara Khanikian, Sebastien Moreau, Sebastien Francoeur, Patrick David, Laurent Spillemaecker // Rodeo FX
Into the Woods
Matt Johnson, Christian Irles, Daniel Tarmy, Nicolas Chevallier, Benoit Dubuc // MPC
Jurassic World
Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett, Kevin Martel, Martyn Culpitt // Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Visual Effects - Television
WINNER:
Game of Thrones - The Dance of Dragons
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Derek Spears, Eric Carney, Jabbar Raisani // Fire and Blood Productions
NOMINEES:
Marvel's Agent Carter - Now Is Not The End
Sheena Duggal, Richard Bluff, Jay Mehta, Chad Taylor, Cody Gramstad // Industrial Light & Magic
Black Sails - XVIII
Erik Henry // Starz
Ken Jones // Digital Domain
Nic Spier // Shade FX
Christina Spring, Bjorn Ahlstedt // Crazy Horse Effects
Ripper Street - Whitechapel Terminus
Ed Bruce, Nicolas Murphy, John O'Connell, Joseph Courtis, Ronan Gantly // Screen Scene
The Flash - Grodd Lives
Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik
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