The Hollywood Professional Association revealed Thursday its annual HPA Award winners for outstanding achievements in postproduction.
Hosted at the Hollywood Legion Theater via an in-person gala, awards were presented in the areas of color grading, sound editing and visual effects in commercial, episodic and feature film projects. Among the winners were Mikkel E. G. Nielsen for editing 2019’s Sound of Metal and Susan Vaill for editing HBO comedy Hacks.
Best visual effects for a theatrical feature went to David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III for Marvel’s Black Widow.
Presenters during the evening included industry veterans Barry Meyer, Brooke Breton, Karol Urban, Anna Behlmer, Sabrina Plisco and Patricia Riggen.
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During the ceremony, the Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation was presented to documentary Welcome to Chechnya and its director, David France, and VFX supervisor, Ryan Laney. Additionally, Engineering Excellence honors will be awarded to Arch Platform Technologies, Autodesk, The Foundry and Mo-Sys Engineering.
See the 2021 HPA Awards creative category winners below.
Outstanding Color Grading – Theatrical Feature
Jungle Cruise Mitch Paulson (Company 3) (WINNER)
Candyman Natasha Leonnet (Company 3)
The Green Knight Alastor Pan Arnold (FotoKem)
Judas and the Black Messiah Tom Poole (Company 3)
Minari David Cole (FotoKem)
Outstanding Color Grading – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
WandaVision “Previously On” Matt Watson (Marvel Studios Finishing) (WINNER)
Lovecraft Country “Meet Me in Daegu” Rory Gordon (ArsenalFX Color)
The Queen’s Gambit “End Game” Steven Bodner (Light Iron)
Sweet Tooth “Big Man” Walter Volpatto (Company 3)
“The Underground Railroad “Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn” Alex Bickel (Color Collective)
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Toyota “Jessica Long’s Story: Upstream” Jill Bogdanowicz (Company 3) (WINNER)
Dior “Spring-Summer 2021 Collection” Tim Masick (Company 3)
Hyundai “I’m In Charge” Sofie Borup (Company 3)
Lexus “A New Era” Matt Osborne (Company 3)
Zara “Spring Summer 2021 Campaign” Tim Masick (Company 3)
Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature
Sound of Metal Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, ACE (WINNER)
The Father Yorgos Lamprinos
Minari Harry Yoon, ACE
Soul Kevin Nolting, ACE
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
Hacks “Falling” Susan Vaill, ACE (WINNER)
A Black Lady Sketch Show” Sister, May I Call You Oshun?” Daysha Broadway, ACE, Stephanie Filo, Jessica Hernández, ACE
Conan “DIY Conan” Rob Ashe, Chris Heller, Matt Shaw
Hacks “Interview” Jessica Brunetto, Marissa Mueller
Hacks “There Is No Line” Jessica Brunetto
Hacks “Tunnel of Love” Ali Greer
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
A Perfect Planet “The Sun” Nigel Buck (WINNER)
Allen v. Farrow “Episode 101” Mikaela Shwer, Parker Laramie, Sara Newens
His Dark Materials “The Scholar” Sara Jones
Lovecraft Country “Meet Me in Daegu” Sean Albertson, ACE
The Underground Railroad “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” Joi McMillon, ACE
Outstanding Sound – Theatrical Feature
Space Jam: A New Legacy Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn (E Squared) Tim LeBlanc, Michael Keller, Malte Bieler (Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services) (WINNER)
Cherry Mark Binder, Elliot Hartley, Donald Flick, Trevor Cress, Matt Coby (IMN Creative)
Godzilla vs. Kong Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn (E Squared) Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic, Jason W. Jennings (Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services)
In the Heights Lewis Goldstein, John Marquis, Paul Urmson, Gina Alfano, Brian Bowles, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto (Parabolic)
Reminiscence Jeremy Peirson, Thomas Jones, Michael Babcock, Sarah Bourgeois, Jessie Pariseau (Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services)
Sound of Metal Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana (Sound Park) Carlos Cortés (Splendo) Omnia Michellee Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht (AstroLX)
Outstanding Sound – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
Snowpiercer “Many Miles From Snowpiercer” Sandra Portman, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, James Fonnyadt, Eric Mouawad, Gregorio Gomez (Sharpe Sound Studios) (WINNER)
Lovecraft Country “Sundown” Tim Kimmel, Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona (Formosa Group)
Oslo Lewis Goldstein, Gina Alfano, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto (Parabolic)
The Right Stuff “Flight” Walt Newman, Darleen Stoker, Kenneth Young, Brad Sherman, Alex Gruzdev, Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster, Chris McGeary (Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services)
Sweet Tooth “Out of the Deep Woods” George Haddad, Chad Hughes, Alex Gruzdev, Brad Sherman, Julie Altus (Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services)
Outstanding Visual Effects – Theatrical Feature
Black Widow David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III (Digital Domain) (WINNER)
Black Widow Sean Walker, Marvyn Young, Karl Rapley, Lily Lawrence, Timothy Walker (Weta Digital)
Godzilla vs. Kong Pier Lefebvre, Michael Langford, Timucin Ozger, Sarang Deshpande, Joshua Toonen (MPC Film)
Jungle Cruise Luke Millar (Weta Digital) Chad Wiebe (Industrial Light & Magic) Jim Berney, JD Schwalm, Marla Henshaw
The Suicide Squad Mark Gee, Danielle Immerman, Mike Cozens, Jason Galeon, Makoto Hatanaka (Weta)
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature
The Mandalorian “Chapter 9: The Marshal” Joe Bauer, Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Jeff Capogreco (ILM) (WINNER)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier “New World Order” Johannes Bresser, Mark Smith, Alexia Cui, Paul Jenness, Sebastian Bommersheim // Weta Digital
Loki “Journey Into Mystery” Dan DeLeeuw, David Seager, Alexandra Greene, George Kuruvilla, Dan Mayer (ILM)
Lovecraft Country “Jig-a-Bobo” Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin (HBO) Pietro Ponti (Important Looking Pirates) Grant Walker (Framestore) Francois Dumoulin (RodeoFX)
Star Trek: Discovery “Su’Kal” Jason Michael Zimmerman, Ante Dekovic, Aleksandra Kochoska, Charles Collyer, Alexander Wood (CBS Television Studios)
WandaVision “The Series Finale” Marion Spates, Suzanne Foster, R. Matt Smith, Simon Twine, Frankie Stellato (Digital Domain)
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Over 13 Episodes)
9-1-1 “The New Abnormal” Jon Massey, Tony Pirzadeh, Timothy Cairns, Bryant Reif, Josephine Noh (FuseFX) (WINNER)
Grey’s Anatomy “Breathe” Tim Carras, Andie Eikenberg, Bill Parker, Kenneth Armstrong, Chris Myers (Barnstorm VFX)
NCIS: Los Angeles “The Bear” Carlo Vega, Manmeet Singh, Michael Carter, Dylan Chudzynski (DigitalFilm Tree)
9-1-1 “Lone Star – Hold the Line” Brigitte Bourque, Tyler Deck, Jason Gottlieb, Josephine Noh, James Yates (FuseFX)
Supergirl “Welcome Back, Kara!” Armen V. Kevorkian, Jennifer Mochinski, Alex Schade, Carlos Aldrey, Fabian Jimenez, Denys Shchukin (Encore VFX)
