Today in a special on-line press event, the Hollywood Post Alliance® – the trade association for the post production community – announced the nominees for the craft categories of the 8th Annual HPA Awards and winners of several special awards. The HPA Awards honor excellence in post production and bring recognition to the achievements of individuals and companies who are engaged in significant and revolutionary work in post production. The HPA Awards will take place on the evening of November 7th, 2013 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
The number of entries in all categories and for special awards topped every year to date for this year’s honors. 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.
Nominees for the 2013 HPA Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film
“Star Trek Into Darkness”
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
“Oblivion”
Mike Sowa // Technicolor
“Anna Karenina”
Adam Glasman // Company 3
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“Life of Pi”
David Cole // Technicolor
“Pacific Rim”
Maxine Gervais // Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging
“Iron Man 3”
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor
“Man of Steel”
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
“Castle – Hunt”
Anthony Smith // Encore Hollywood
“Behind the Candelabra”
John Daro // FotoKem
“Hell on Wheels – Slaughterhouse”
Steven Porter // MTI FILM
“Game of Thrones – Kissed By Fire”
Joe Finley // Modern VideoFilm
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Ghosts of the Past”
Paul Westerbeck // Encore Hollywood
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Call of Duty “Masks”
Dave Hussey // Company 3
Louis Vuitton “L’Invitation Au Voyage”
Tim Masick // Company 3
Procter & Gamble: Thank You, Mom “Best Job”
Adam Scott // The Mill
Under Armour “Brought To You By Under Armour”
Tom Poole // Company 3
Mercedes-Benz “Soul”
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
“Zero Dark Thirty”
William Goldenberg, A.C.E. and Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.
“Flight”
Jeremiah O’Driscoll
“Les Miserables”
Melanie Ann Oliver and Chris Dickens, A.C.E.
“Star Trek Into Darkness”
Maryann Brandon, A.C.E. and MaryJo Markey, A.C.E.
“Argo”
William Goldenberg, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing – Television
“Breaking Bad – Gliding Over All”
Kelley Dixon, A.C.E.
“Dexter – Are You…?”
Louis Cioffi, A.C.E.
“Downton Abbey – Series 3, Episode 5”
John Wilson, A.C.E. // Carnival Film & Television
“Breaking Bad – Dead Freight”
Skip MacDonald, A.C.E.
“American Horror Story: Asylum – Welcome To Briarcliff”
Joe Leonard and Bradley Buecker, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing – Commercial
Verizon Wireless “Big Vision”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Editorial
Nextel/Ferrari “Combustion”
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Verizon Wireless “Brothers”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Editorial
Obama for America “Lena’s First Time”
Cristina Rackoff // Big Sky Editorial
Ragu “Hamster”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
“Gangster Squad”
Cameron Frankley and Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros. Sound
Jason W. Jennings and Jon Taylor, CAS
“Argo”
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
John Reitz and Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Sound
“Pacific Rim”
Scott Gershin // Formosa Group
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Timothy O. LeBlanc // Warner Bros. Sound
“Iron Man 3”
Mark Stoeckinger, Michael Keller, Mike Prestwood Smith and Andrew DeCrisofaro // Todd/Soundelux
“Turbo”
Richard King and Michael Babcock // Warner Bros. Sound
Andy Nelson // Fox Studios Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound – Television
“Banshee – Pilot”
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