The Hollywood Post Alliance announced the nominees for the 2011 HPA Awards. The awards recognize the achievements of those individuals who work behind the scenes, with ingenuity and creativity, to create motion pictures, commercials and television programming.
The nominees in the 12 craft categories were chosen from a field of talented and innovative entries in color grading, editing, sound and compositing. This year’s winners will be announced at a gala evening, Nov. 10 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
HPA president Leon Silverman stated, “We are proud to be able to honor the incredibly creative work and the artistic achievement of our HPA awards nominees. With more submissions than ever before, this year’s nominations represent the best of the best. These awards shine light on the amazing work that postproduction contributes that is too often overshadowed by the focus on other deserving aspects of the filmmaking process. With the HPA awards we are able to focus on the deep contributions that postproduction makes to help tell the stories that move audiences. We congratulate our nominees and celebrate the work of the entire post production industry.”
The 2011 HPA Award nominees are:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process – Feature Film
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
The Help
Steven J. Scott, EFILM
TRON: Legacy
Dave Cole, LaserPacific
Sucker Punch
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
Love and Other Drugs
Natasha Leonnet, EFILM
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
Too Big to Fail
Kevin O’Connor, Deluxe Media Services
Breaking Bad – Box Cutter
Tom Sartori, Fotokem
Downton Abbey – Series 1 Episode 1
Aidan Farrell, The Farm Group for Carnival Film & Television
ESPN Arthur Ashe Award for Courage
Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
Mad Men – Blowing Smoke
Tim Vincent, LaserPacific
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Nike “Chosen”
Sean Coleman, Company 3
Jack Daniels “As American As”
Tom Poole, Company 3 NY
American Express “Curtain”
Chris Ryan, Nice Shoes
Nissan “Zero”
Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
Converse “The Procession”
Tim Masick, Company 3 NY
Jameson “Fire”
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
Super 8
Maryann Brandon, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E.
Cars 2
Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E., Pixar Animation Studios
The Social Network
Angus Wall, A.C.E. and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.
X-Men: First Class
Lee Smith, A.C.E. and Eddie Hamilton
Black Swan
Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing – Television
Downton Abbey – Series 1 Episode 1
John Wilson, A.C.E., Carnival Film & Television
Rescue Me – Vows
Finnian Murray, Sony Pictures Television
Dexter – Take It!
Louis Cioffi, A.C.E.
The Wereth Eleven
Frederic Lumiere, Lumiere Media, Inc.
Community – A Fistful of Paintballs
Steven Sprung, A.C.E. and Peter B. Ellis, Sony Pictures Television
Outstanding Editing – Commercial
New Era “Philadelphia”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editoria
American Express “Curtain”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
Lenovo “Anthem”
Erik Emond, Outside Editorial
New Era “One Hitter”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
American Express “Glass Blowing”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
Green Lantern
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Rick Kline, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Sucker Punch
Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Frank Montano and Eric Norris, Universal Studios Sound
Cars 2
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Michael Silvers, Skywalker Sound
True Grit
John “Skip” Lievsay, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Fast Five
Peter Brown, Soundeluxe
John Taylor and Frank Montano, Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound – Television
Falling Skies – Prisoner of War
Mark Fleming, Tom Dahl and Michael Graham, Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services
Too Big to Fail
Michael Kirchberger, Chris Jenkins and Bob Beemer, Universal Studios Sound
Downton Abbey – Series 1 Episode 1
Adam Armitage, Alex Sawyer, Nigel Heath, Stuart Bagshaw and Oliver Brierley, Hackenbacker for Carnival Film & Television
Detroit 187 – Legacy/Drag City
Mark Fleming, Tom Dahl and Walter Newman, Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services
House – Bombshells
Brad North, Joe DeAngelis, Luis Galdames and Jackie Oster, Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
Lurpak “Kitchen Odyssey”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Recording Studios
Conan “Devil’s Drop”
Miky Wolf, Big Sky Editorial
Dream House “Trailer #1”
David Brolin, Universal Studios Sound
Bill Neil, Buddha Jones Trailers
Nissan “Kidzilla”
Jimmy Hite, Margarita Mix Santa Monica
Curry’s PC World “Galaxy”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Recording Studios
Outstanding Compositing – Feature Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Julien Goldsbrough, Alex Payman and Jan Adamczyk, Framestore
Water for Elephants
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Gregory S. Scribner and Christina Spring, Crazy Horse Effects, Inc.
X-Men: First Class
Matt Holland, Tim Hey, Norman Cates and GG Heitmann, Weta Digital
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Chris Balog and Ben O’Brien, Industrial Light & Magic
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Christian Kaestner, Kyle McCulloch, Russell Horth and Conrad Olson, Framestore
Outstanding Compositing – Television
Necessary Roughness – Pilot Episode
Mark Intravartolo, Mitch Gates, Charley Carlat and Sarah McGrail, Encore
Boardwalk Empire – Boardwalk Empire
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Merysa Nichols and Jesse Siglow, Crazy Horse Effects, Inc.
No Ordinary Family – No Ordinary Double Standard
Jason Fotter, Matt Von Brock, Aldo Ruggiero and Eric Hayden, FuseFX
Castle – Poof, You’re Dead
Brian McIntyre, Gevork Babityan and Jon Howard, Encore
Boardwalk Empire – Family Limitation
John Corbett, Jun Zhang and Matthew Connor, Brainstorm Digital, Inc.
Outstanding Compositing – Commercial
Andrex Puppyworld “It’s the Little Things”
Mike McGee, Russell Dodgson and Luke Drummond, Framestore
Dos Equis “Italian Countryside”
Johnny Starace, Outside Editorial
Exxon Mobil “Molecule Route”
Paul Grimshaw, Craig Hayes and Steve Beck, Spy Post
Coca Cola “Siege”
Russell Dodgson, Matt Kasmir, Tom Sparks and Jonathan Hairman, Framestore
Jameson “Fire”
Dan Glass, Gabby Gourrier, Chris Bankoff and Jeff Willette, Method Studios
