Weta Digital wins Outstanding Visual Effects in a Feature Film for their work on ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ at 10th Anniversary Gala honoring artists and innovators.
LOS ANGELES -- The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) has unveiled the winners of the 10th Annual HPA Awards last week at a gala celebration held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on November 12. The HPA Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content enjoyed around the world.
Honors were bestowed in craft categories honoring behind the scenes artistry, Engineering Excellence, and Creativity and Innovation. Leon D. Silverman, a founder and current president of the HPA, was the recipient of the prestigious HPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
The winners of the 2015 HPA Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film (Sponsored by Dolby)
Birdman
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor
Outstanding Color Grading – Television (Sponsored by Dolby)
Boardwalk Empire “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”
John Crowley // Technicolor PostWorks NY
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Lincoln “Intro”
Tom Poole // Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film (Sponsored by Blackmagic Design)
Whiplash
Tom Cross, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Television (Sponsored by Blackmagic Design)
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways “Nashville”
Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Editing – Commercial (Sponsored by Blackmagic Design)
GNP Seguros “World Cup”
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
American Sniper
Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound – Television
Homeland “Redux”
Nello Torri, Alan Decker // NBCUniversal StudioPost
Craig Dellinger // Sony Sound Services
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
The Syria Campaign “In Reverse”
Jon Clarke // Factory
Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film (Sponsored by Canon)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television (Sponsored by Canon)
Game of Thrones “The Dance of Dragons”
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Derek Spears, Eric Carney, Jabbar Raisani // Fire and Blood Productions
Outstanding Visual Effects – Commercial (Sponsored by Canon)
Game of War “Decisions”
Benjamin Walsh, Brian Burke, Ian Holland, Brandon Nelson // Method Studios
The following special awards, which were previously announced, were also presented:
HPA Engineering Excellence Award – Sponsored by NAB Show
Canon – 4K Cine Zoom Lens
Dolby – Dolby Vision Projector
Panasonic – 4K Camera Imagers
Quantel – Pablo Rio 8K
Sony Electronics – BVMX300 Monitor
Honorable Mention – Colorfront, Interactive HFR Frame-Blending
HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
ESPN – ESPN Digital Center 2
HPA Lifetime Achievement Award
Leon D. Silverman received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. Silverman, General Manager, Digital Studio for the Walt Disney Studios, co-founded HPA in 2002. He currently serves as the organization’s president, and represents HPA on the SMPTE Board. Silverman has been a strong presence in Hollywood’s post production community for over 30 years.
The full list of winners and nominees can be viewed at hollywoodpostalliance.org.
Source: Hollywood Post Alliance
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
