HPA Names 2016 Award Winners

The Hollywood Professional Association named the winners of its 2016 HPA Awards last night, honoring a range of individuals and facilities for their work on feature films, TV and commercials.

Unlike some award programs, where the kudos tend to clump around certain people and projects, the HPA honors this year recognized a range of different projects and companies. (That's HPA President Seth Hallen addressing the audience at the top of this page.)

Among the honorees were Herb Dow, ACE, who received the HPA's Lifetime Achievement Award, Aspera CEO Michelle Munson, who was given the Charles S. Swartz Award, and The Mill's Blackbird rig for integrating CG automobiles with live-action footage, which earned an HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation. Jesse Korosi and Jennifer Zeidan received the Emerging Leader Award. 

And winners of the HPA Engineering Excellence Award were Aspera's FASPStream technology, Grass Valley's GV Node Real-Time IP Processing and Edge Routing Platform, RealD's Ultimate Screen, and SGO's Mistika. Honorable mentions went to Grass Valley's LDX 86^N Native 4K Series camera and Canon USA's 4K/UHD/2K/HD display.

Here's the HPA's list of award winners in other categories:

OUTSTANDING COLOR GRADING 

OUTSTANDING COLOR GRADING – FEATURE FILM 

WINNER:
“The Revenant”
    Steven J. Scott // Technicolor Production Services
    
“Carol”
John Dowdell // Goldcrest Post Productions Ltd

“Brooklyn”
Asa Shoul // Molinare     
 
“The Martian”
Stephen Nakamura // Company 3

“The Jungle Book”
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor Production Services

OUTSTANDING COLOR GRADING – TELEVISION 

WINNER:
“Gotham – By Fire”
Paul Westerbeck // Encore Hollywood

“Vinyl – E.A.B”
Steven Bodner // Deluxe/Encore NY

“Fargo – The Myth of Sisyphus”
Mark Kueper // Technicolor

“Outlander – Faith”
Steven Porter // MTI Film 

“Show Me A Hero – Part 1”
Sam Daley // Technicolor PostWorks NY

OUTSTANDING COLOR GRADING – COMMERCIAL   

WINNER:
Hennessy "Odyssey"
Tom Poole // Company 3

Fallout 4 "The Wanderer" 
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3

Toyota Prius "Poncho"
Sofie Borup // Company 3

Nascar "Team" 
Lez Rudge // Nice Shoes

Audi R8 "Commander" 
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3

Apple Music “History of Sound”
Gregory Reese // The Mill

Pennzoil "Joyride Circuit"
Dave Hussey // Company 3

OUTSTANDING EDITING 

OUTSTANDING EDITING – FEATURE FILM   

WINNER:
“The Big Short”
Hank Corwin, ACE
 
“The Martian”
Pietro Scalia, ACE

“The Revenant”
Stephen Mirrione, ACE

“Sicario”
Joe Walker, ACE

“Spotlight”
Tom McArdle, ACE

OUTSTANDING EDITING – TELEVISION (TIE)

WINNERS (TIE):
“Roots – Night One"
Martin Nicholson, ACE, Greg Babor

“Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards"
Tim Porter, ACE

“Body Team 12”
David Darg // RYOT Films

“Underground – The Macon 7"
Zack Arnold, Ian Tan // Sony Pictures Television

“Vinyl – Pilot"
David Tedeschi 

OUTSTANDING EDITING – COMMERCIAL 

WINNER:
Wilson "Nothing Without It" 
Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Nespresso “Training Day”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Edit

Saucony "Be A Seeker"
Lenny Mesina // Therapy Studios

Samsung "Teresa"
Kristin McCasey // Therapy Studios

OUTSTANDING SOUND 

OUTSTANDING SOUND – FEATURE FILM

WINNER:
“Sicario”
Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz // Warner Bros. Post Production Services

“Room”
Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady, Ken Galvin // Ardmore Sound

“Eye In The Sky”
Craig Mann, Adam Jenkins, Bill R. Dean, Chase Keehn // Technicolor Creative Services

“Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Scott Hecker // Formosa Group
Chris Jenkins, Michael Keller // Warner Bros. Post Production Services

“Zootopia”
David Fluhr, CAS, Gabriel Guy, CAS, Addison Teague // Walt Disney Company

OUTSTANDING SOUND – TELEVISION 

    WINNER:
“Outlander – Prestonpans”
Nello Torri, Alan Decker, Brian Milliken, Vince Balunas // NBCUniversal Post Sound

    “Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
Tim Kimmel, MPSE, Paula Fairfield, Mathew Waters, CAS, Onnalee Blank, CAS, Bradley C. Katona, Paul Bercovitch // Formosa Group

    “Preacher – See"
    Richard Yawn, Mark Linden, Tara Paul // Sony Sound

    “Marco Polo – One Hundred Eyes”
David Paterson, Roberto Fernandez, Alexa Zimmerman, Glenfield Payne, Rachel Chancey // Harbor Picture Company

    “House of Cards – Chapter 45"
Jeremy Molod, Ren Klyce, Nathan Nance, Scott R. Lewis, Jonathan Stevens // Skywalker Sound

OUTSTANDING SOUND – COMMERCIAL  

WINNER:
Sainsbury's “Mog's Christmas Calamity”
Anthony Moore, Neil Johnson // Factory
 
Save the Children UK “Still The Most Shocking Second A Day”
Jon Clarke // Factory

Wilson "Nothing Without It" 
Doobie White // Therapy Studios

Honda “Paper” 
Phil Bolland // Factory

Honda “Ignition”
Anthony Moore // Factory

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS 

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS – FEATURE FILM

WINNER:
“The Jungle Book”
Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones 
Adam Valdez, Charley Henley // MPC
Keith Miller // Weta Digital

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Jay Cooper, Yanick Dusseault, Rick Hankins, Carlos Munoz, Polly Ing // Industrial Light & Magic

“Captain America: Civil War” 
Russell Earl, Steve Rawlins, Francois Lambert, Pat Conran, Rhys Claringbull // Industrial Light & Magic

“The Martian”
Chris Lawrence, Neil Weatherley, Bronwyn Edwards, Dale Newton // Framestore

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” 
Pablo Helman, Robert Weaver, Kevin Martel, Shawn Kelly, Nelson Sepulveda // Industrial Light & Magic

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS – TELEVISION

WINNER:
“Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
Joe Bauer // Fire & Blood Productions
Eric Carney // The Third Floor
Derek Spears // Rhythm & Hues Studios
Glenn Melenhorst // Iloura
Matthew Rouleau // Rodeo FX

“Supergirl – Pilot”
Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Elaina Scott, Art Sayan // Encore VFX

“Ripper Street – The Strangers' Home”
Ed Bruce, Nicholas Murphy, Denny Cahill, John O’Connell // Screen Scene

“Black Sails – XXI"
Erik Henry // Starz
Matt Dougan // Digital Domain
Martin Ogren, Jens Tenland, Nicklas Andersson // ILP

“The Flash – Gorilla Warfare” 
Armen V. Kevorkian, Thomas J. Conners, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS – COMMERCIAL 

WINNER:
Microsoft Xbox “Halo 5: The Hunt Begins” 
Ben Walsh, Ian Holland, Brian Delmonico, Brian Burke // Method Studios

Sainsbury's “Mog's Christmas Calamity”
Ben Cronin, Grant Walker, Rafael Camacho // Framestore

AT&T “Power of &”
James Dick, Corrina Wilson, Euna Kho, Callum McKeveny // Framestore

Kohler "Never Too Next"
Andy Boyd, Jake Montgomery, Zachary DiMaria, David Hernandez // JAMM

Gatorade "Sports Fuel"
JD Yepes, Richard Shallcross // Framestore