The Hollywood Professional Association announced the nominees in the creative categories for its 2019 HPA Awards, honoring achievement in color grading, editing, sound and visual effects for episodic television, spots and feature films.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book
Universal Pictures
Only two theatrical features earned more than a single nomination: Green Book, which was nominated for Outstanding Color Grading and Outstanding Editing; and Roma, nominated for Outstanding Color Grading and Outstanding Sound. Game of Thrones led the episodic field with five nominations.
The award-winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on November 21.
The official list of nominees provided by HPA follows below.
Outstanding Color Grading – Theatrical Feature
First Man
Natasha Leonnet // EFILM
Roma
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor
Green Book
Walter Volpatto // FotoKem
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Tom Poole // Company 3
Us
Michael Hatzer // Technicolor
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Natasha Leonnet // EFILM
Outstanding Color Grading – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
The Handmaid’s Tale – Liars
Bill Ferwerda // Deluxe Toronto
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy
Steven Bodner // Light Iron
Game of Thrones – Winterfell
Joe Finley // Sim, Los Angeles
I Am the Night – Pilot
Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3
Gotham – Legend of the Dark Knight: The Trial of Jim Gordon
Paul Westerbeck // Picture Shop
The Man in the High Castle – Jahr Null
Roy Vasich // Technicolor
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Zara – Woman Campaign Spring Summer 2019
Tim Masick // Company 3
Tiffany & Co. – Believe in Dreams: A Tiffany Holiday
James Tillett // Moving Picture Company
Hennessy X.O. – The Seven Worlds
Stephen Nakamura // Company 3
Palms Casino – Unstatus Quo
Ricky Gausis // Moving Picture Company
Audi – Cashew
Tom Poole // Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Fred Raskin, ACE
Green Book
Patrick J. Don Vito, ACE
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
David Tedeschi, Damian Rodriguez
The Other Side of the Wind
Orson Welles, Bob Murawski, ACE
A Star Is Born
Jay Cassidy, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Russian Doll – The Way Out
Todd Downing
Homecoming – Redwood
Rosanne Tan, ACE
Veep – Pledge
Roger Nygard, ACE
Withorwithout
Jake Shaver, Shannon Albrink // Therapy Studios
Russian Doll – Ariadne
Laura Weinberg
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Stranger Things – Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt
Dean Zimmerman, ACE, Katheryn Naranjo
Chernobyl – Vichnaya Pamyat
Simon Smith, Jinx Godfrey // Sister Pictures
Game of Thrones – The Iron Throne
Katie Weiland, ACE
Game of Thrones – The Long Night
Tim Porter, ACE
The Bodyguard – Episode One
Steve Singleton
Outstanding Sound – Theatrical Feature
Sponsored by DTS
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Tim LeBlanc, Tom Ozanich, MPSE // Warner Bros.
Erik Aadahl, MPSE, Nancy Nugent, MPSE, Jason W. Jennings // E Squared
Shazam!
Michael Keller, Kevin O’Connell // Warner Bros.
Bill R. Dean, MPSE, Erick Ocampo, Kelly Oxford, MPSE // Technicolor
Smallfoot
Michael Babcock, David E. Fluhr, CAS, Jeff Sawyer, Chris Diebold, Harrison Meyle // Warner Bros.
Roma
Skip Lievsay, Sergio Diaz, Craig Henighan, Carlos Honc, Ruy Garcia, MPSE, Caleb Townsend
Aquaman
Tim LeBlanc // Warner Bros.
Peter Brown, Joe Dzuban, Stephen P. Robinson, MPSE, Eliot Connors, MPSE // Formosa Group
Outstanding Sound – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
Sponsored by DTS
Chernobyl – 1:23:45
Stefan Henrix, Stuart Hilliker, Joe Beal, Michael Maroussas, Harry Barnes // Boom Post
Deadwood: The Movie
John W. Cook II, Bill Freesh, Mandell Winter, MPSE, Daniel Colman, MPSE, Ben Cook, MPSE, Micha Liberman // NBC Universal
Game of Thrones – The Bells
Tim Kimmel, MPSE, Onnalee Blank, CAS, Mathew Waters, CAS, Paula Fairfield, David Klotz
The Haunting of Hill House – Two Storms
Trevor Gates, MPSE, Jason Dotts, Jonathan Wales, Paul Knox, Walter Spencer // Formosa Group
Homecoming – Protocol
John W. Cook II, Bill Freesh, Kevin Buchholz, Jeff A. Pitts, Ben Zales, Polly McKinnon // NBC Universal
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
Sponsored by DTS
John Lewis & Partners – Bohemian Rhapsody
Mark Hills, Anthony Moore // Factory
Audi – Life
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Leonard Cheshire Disability – Together Unstoppable
Mark Hills // Factory
New York Times – The Truth Is Worth It: Fearlessness
Aaron Reynolds // Wave Studios NY
John Lewis & Partners – The Boy and the Piano
Anthony Moore // Factory
Outstanding Visual Effects – Theatrical Feature
Avengers: Endgame
Matt Aitken, Marvyn Young, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Sean Walker, David Conley // Weta Digital
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Alexis Wajsbrot, Sylvain Degrotte, Nathan McConnel, Stephen Kennedy, Jonathan Opgenhaffen // Framestore
The Lion King
Robert Legato
Andrew R. Jones
Adam Valdez, Elliot Newman, Audrey Ferrara // MPC Film
Tom Peitzman // T&C Productions
Alita: Battle Angel
Eric Saindon, Michael Cozens, Dejan Momcilovic, Mark Haenga, Kevin Sherwood // Weta Digital
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
Jonathan Fawkner, Carlos Monzon, Gavin Mckenzie, Fabio Zangla, Dale Newton // Framestore
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature
Game of Thrones – The Long Night
Martin Hill, Nicky Muir, Mike Perry, Mark Richardson, Darren Christie // Weta Digital
The Umbrella Academy – The White Violin
Everett Burrell, Misato Shinohara, Chris White, Jeff Campbell, Sebastien Bergeron
The Man in the High Castle – Jahr Null
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, William Parker, Saber Jlassi, Chris Parks // Barnstorm VFX
Chernobyl – 1:23:45
Lindsay McFarlane
Max Dennison, Clare Cheetham, Steven Godfrey, Luke Letkey // DNEG
Game of Thrones – The Bells
Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Ted Rae
Mohsen Mousavi // Scanline
Thomas Schelesny // Image Engine
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Over 13 Episodes)
Hawaii Five-O – Ke iho mai nei ko luna
Thomas Connors, Anthony Davis, Chad Schott, Gary Lopez, Adam Avitabile // Picture Shop
9-1-1 – 7.1
Jon Massey, Tony Pizadeh, Brigitte Bourque, Gavin Whelan, Kwon Choi // FuseFX
Star Trek: Discovery – Such Sweet Sorrow Part 2
Jason Zimmerman, Ante Dekovic, Aleksandra Kochoska, Charles Collyer, Alexander Wood // CBS Television Studios
The Flash – King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd
Armen V. Kevorkian, Joshua Spivack, Andranik Taranyan, Shirak Agresta, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX
The Orville – Identity: Part II
Tommy Tran, Kevin Lingenfelser, Joseph Vincent Pike // FuseFX
Brandon Fayette, Brooke Noska // Twentieth Century FOX TV
