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    Home » Creative Category Nominations Set For 2023 HPA Awards

    Creative Category Nominations Set For 2023 HPA Awards

    By SHOOTWednesday, October 4, 2023Updated:Tuesday, May 14, 2024No Comments1403 Views
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    Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." (photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
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    The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards Committee has unveiled the 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 introducing 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

     

    “Tár”
    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 – The New World”
    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

    “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

     

    “Tár”
    Monika Willi

      

    Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)

    “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 Calderón

     

    “Barry – a nice meal”
    Ali Greer 

     

    “How To With John Wilson – How To Watch Birds”
    Cori Wapnowska

     

    Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)

    “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

    “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

     

    “Good Night Oppy”
    Mark Mangini, Dave Whitehead, Tim Walston, Dave Bach, Angela Claverie // Formosa Group

     

    “If These Walls Could Sing”
    George Foulgham, Philip Moroz, Alex Gibson, Tom Verstappen, Miles Sullivan // George Foulgham Soundscapes Ltd.

     

    “Moonage Daydream”
    Nina Hartstone, David Giammarco, John Warhurst, Paul Massey // Public Road Productions

      

    Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Feature

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Chris Edgen, Nick Epstein, Wayne Stables, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Sergei Nevshupov // Wētā FX

     

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Warren Lawtey // MPC

     

    “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
    Guy Williams, Daniel Macarin, Mike Cozens, Mark Smith, Marvyn Young // Wētā FX

     

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    David Vickery, Lee Briggs, Jan Maroske, Steve Ellis, Miguel Perez-Senent // Industrial Light & Magic

     

    “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”
    Matt Aitken, Mike Perry, Aaron Cowan, Kevin Estey, Jong Jin Choi // Wētā FX

     

    Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Episode or Series Season

    “Andor – Season One”
    Mohen Leo, Scott Pritchard // Industrial Light & Magic
    TJ Falls // Lucasfilm
    Joseph Kasparian // Hybride
    Jelmer Boskma // Scanline 

     

    “House of the Dragon – The Heirs of the Dragon”
    Angus Bickerton, Nikea Ford, Mike Bell // MPC
    Sven Martin, Mark Spindler // Pixomondo

     

    “The Last of Us – Season One”
    Simon Jung, Aaron Cowan, David Hampton, Dennis Yoo, Ben Roberts // Wētā FX

     

    “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season One”
    Ron Ames, Jason Smith, Jesse Kobayashi, Ryan Tudhope, Sam Scott // Amazon Studios

    “The Mandalorian – Season Three”
    Grady Cofer, Abbigail Keller, Paul Kavanagh, Delio Tramontozzi // Industrial Light & Magic
    Bobo Skipper // Important Looking Pirates

     

     

    Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects – Episode or Series Season

    “Barry – Season Four”
    Justin Ball, Laura Hill, Andrew Kalicki, David Lopez, Manuel Guizar // Crafty Apes

     

    “Citadel – Secrets in Night Need Early Rains”
    Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden, James Reid, Matthew Rotman, Viv Jim // Digital Domain

     

    “Interview with the Vampire – Is My Very Nature That of a Devil”
    Ted Rae, Tavis Larkham, Matthew Harris, Hugo Leveille, J.V. Pike // FuseFX

     

    “The Night Agent – Season One”
    Grant Miller, Hallana Barbosa, Pierceon Bellemare, Mariia Osanova, Ben Stommes // Ingenuity Studios

     

    “The Righteous Gemstones – Season Three”
    Bruce Branit, Valeri Pfahning // Rough House
    Fred Ruff // Refuge VFX
    Ed Bruce // Screen Scene Studios
    David Lebensfeld // Ingenuity Studios

     

    Outstanding Achievement in Restoration

    “Casablanca”
    1942
    Warner Bros.

     

    “Cinderella”
    1959
    Disney

     

    “Cimarron”
    1931
    Warner Bros.

     

    “The Godfather”
    1972
    Paramount Pictures

     

    “Winds of Chance”
    1925
    First National Pictures and Christopher Gray Post Production 

     

    As previously announced, winners of the coveted Engineering Excellence Award include Adobe for Adobe Premiere Pro Text-Based Editing, Flanders Scientific for XMP550, and Kino Flo for Mimik 120, with StypeLandXR receiving an Honorable Mention.

    The awards gala is set for November 9, 2023, at the Hollywood Legion Theater in Hollywood.

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    A Clio Award-winning Spanish-American writer and director based in New York, Mata has a body of work which encompasses commercials, music videos, short films and short form television series. She has also written several feature scripts. At London Alley, Mata recently directed the “Illuminate” music video from Jessie Reyez and Elyanna which was part of the official 2026 FIFA World Cup soundtrack, as well as the Milani Cosmetics new brand campaign “What’s Inside is Everything,” reframing beauty through a more intimate lens, imagining a world less focused on exterior beauty and more rooted in confidence and individuality.

    “London Alley has a rare ability to make work that promises both cultural immediacy and cinematic innovation,” said Mata. “I’ve already had the chance to make some of my favorite work with them, and there’s a genuine sense of trust in the way the team champions directors and their visions. As an aspiring director making digicam videos for my college housemates, London Alley was one of the first production companies whose name I learned. I am so honored and excited to build on this relationship and continue making lasting art together.”

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