The Hollywood Post Alliance announced the nominees for the 2012 HPA Awards. The awards honor excellence in postproduction, recognizing the achievements of individuals and companies. The nominees in the 12 craft categories were chosen from a field of innovative entries in color grading, editing, sound and compositing for motion pictures, commercials and television. This year marked the largest number of entries in the HPA Awards’ history.
The winners of the 2012 HPA Awards will be announced at a gala evening at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Nov. 1.
The nominees for the 2012 HPA Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process – Feature Film
Drive
Tom Poole, Company 3
Prometheus
Stephen Nakamura, Company 3
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
James Norman, 1000volt
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Adam Glasman, Company 3
The Iron Lady
Rob Pizzey, Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
Game of Thrones – The Prince of Winterfell
Joe Finley, Modern VideoFilm
Magic City – Castles Made of Sand
Tony D’Amore, Technicolor Creative Services Hollywood
Hatfields & McCoys Miniseries – Night 2
Lorraine Grant
Castle – The Blue Butterfly
Tony Smith, Encore
Boardwalk Empire – 21
Martin Zeichner, Technicolor-PostWorks New York
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Captain Morgan, “Secret Passage”
Tim Masick, Company 3
Audi, “Ahab”
Sean Coleman, Company 3
Chrysler, “Halftime in America”
Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
Ciroc, “Rat Pack”
Dave Hussey, Company 3
Elizabeth Arden, “Wonderstruck”
Tim Masick, Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius, La Classe Américaine
Anne-Sophie Bion
The Dark Knight Rises
Lee Smith, A.C.E.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirk Baxter, A.C.E. and Angus Wall, A.C.E.
Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E., Sikelia Productions
Marvel’s The Avengers
Jeff Ford, A.C.E. and Lisa Lassek
Outstanding Editing – Television
Breaking Bad – Face Off
Skip Macdonald, A.C.E.
Downton Abbey – Series 2 Episode 7
John Wilson, A.C.E., Carnival Film & Television
Boardwalk Empire – Under God’s Power She Flourishes
Kate Sanford, A.C.E.
Homeland – Pilot
Jordan Goldman and David Latham
Final Witness – Graveyard Love
Miky Wolf, Big Sky Editorial
Dexter – Those Kinds of Things
Louis Cioffi, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing – Commercial
ESPN MLB, “Walk Off”
Jeff Ferruzzo, Outside Editorial
Werthers, “Magic”
Kristin McCasey, Therapy Studios
MasterCard, “Tango”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
Miller64, “Living the Dream”
Jeff Ferruzzo, Outside Editorial
Telekom, “Life”
Doobie White, Therapy Studios
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
The Hunger Games
Lon Bender, Bill Dean, Kris Fenske and Glynna Grimala, Soundelux
Mike Prestwood Smith and Michael Keller, Todd AO
Brave
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, E.J. Holowicki and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Skywalker Sound
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Skip Lievsay, Blake Leyh, Eliza Paley and Paul Urmson, Warner Bros. Sound
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Chris Ward, Brent Burge, Michael Hedges, Christopher Boyes and Andy Nelson, Park Road Post Production
Safe House
Conrad Kuhne, Chris Jenkins and Frank A. Montaño, Universal Studios Sound
Per Hallberg, Soundelux
Outstanding Sound – Television
Grimm – Pilot
Mark Lanza, Larry Mann, Alan Decker and Nello Torri, Universal Sound
Person of Interest – Matsya Nyaya
Scott Weber and Keith Rogers, Disney Digital Studio Services
Tom de Gorter and Matt Sawelson, Atomic Sound
Hatfields & McCoys Miniseries – Night 3
Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
The Walking Dead – Beside the Dying Fire
Jerry Ross, Lou Thomas, Tim Farrell, Gary Rogers, Dan Hiland, Phil Barrie and Bartek Swiatek, Warner Bros. Sound
Homeland – Finale: Marine One
Craig Dellinger, Jonathan Golodner and Larry Goeb, Sony Pictures Studios
Alan Decker and Nello Torri, Universal Sound
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
Lurpak, “Rainbow”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Studios
Nissan Leaf, “Gas Powered Everything”
Jimmy Hite, Margarita Mix Santa Monica
Durex, “Vinyl”
Jack Sedgwick, Wave Studios
Cadbury’s, “Twirly Gig”
Parv Thind, Wave Studios
Irish Road Safety, “Drug Driving Night Out”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Studios
Outstanding Compositing – Feature Film
Marvel’s The Avengers
Matt Holland, Tim Hey, Caterina Schiffers and Steve McGillen, Weta Digital
Battleship
Marshall Krasser, Ben O’Brien, Sherry Hitch and Mike Conte, Industrial Light & Magic
John Carter
Zave Jackson, Helen Newby, Aymeric Perceval and Jamie Wood, Cinesite Ltd.
Prometheus
Alfred Murrle, Christoph Salzmann, Florian Schroeder and Paul Redican, Weta Digital
Marvel’s The Avengers
Nelson Sepulveda, Alan Travis, Peter Demarest and Chris Bayz, Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Compositing – Television
The River – Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Stephan Fleet, Mitch Gates, Charley Carlat and Sarah McGrail, Encore
Castle – Head Case
Mitch Gates, Rick Ramirez, Jeremy Jozwik and Brian McIntyre, Encore
Great Expectations – Episode 3
Henry Badgett, Stuart Bullen, Markus Kuha and Simon Rowe, BlueBolt
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service – Rekindled
Bob Minshall, Mark Intravartolo, Jeremy Jozwik and Carrie Smith, Encore
Outstanding Compositing – Commercial
Sky Sports, “Do the Fold”
David Lebensfeld, Grant Miller, Nick Sorenson and John Martini, Ingenuity Engine
Tooheys Extra Dry, “Nocturnal Migration”
Colin Renshaw, Matt Chance and Urs Furrer, Alt.vfx
Chevy, “2012 Silverado”
Benjamin Walsh, Dominik Bauch and Nicholas Kim, Method Studios
BP, “Side By Side”
Glen Noren, Paul Rosckes, Marko Markewycz and Mark Walczak, Optimus
Trust Bank, “Bus”
David Lebensfeld, Grant Miller, Nick Sorenson and John Martini, Ingenuity Engine
In addition to the craft categories, the HPA will also honor winners of the engineering excellence award sponsored by NAB Show, present the HPA Judges award for creativity and innovation in postproduction and the Charles S. Swartz award, which recognizes broad and lasting contributions in the field of postproduction.
For information about the HPA Awards, visit http://www.hpaonline.com.
