The nominees for the 2011 HPA Awards have been unveiled by the Hollywood Post Alliance. The nominations span 12 craft categories covering motion pictures, commercials and television programming.
This year’s winners will be announced and honored during a gala evening on Nov. 10 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
Here’s a rundown of nominees for the HPA Awards, which recognize excellence in postproduction:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process–Feature Film
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
“The Help”
Steven J. Scott, EFILM
“TRON: Legacy”
Dave Cole, LaserPacific
“Sucker Punch”
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
“Love And Other Drugs”
Natasha Leonnet, EFILM
Outstanding Color Grading-Television“Too Big To Fail”
Kevin O’Connor, Deluxe Media Services
“Breaking Bad–Box Cutter”
Tom Sartori, Fotokem
“Downton Abbey–Series 1 Episode 1”
Aidan Farrell, The Farm Group for Carnival Film & Television
ESPN “Arthur Ashe Award for Courage”
Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
“Mad Men–Blowing Smoke”
Tim Vincent, LaserPacific
Outstanding Color Grading–CommercialNike’s “Chosen”
Sean Coleman, Company 3
Jack Daniel’s “As American As”
Tom Poole, Company 3
American Express’ “Curtain”
Chris Ryan, Nice Shoes
Nissan’s “Zero”
Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
Converse’s “The Procession”
Tim Masick, Company 3
Jameson’s “Fire”
Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3
Outstanding Editing–Feature Film
“Super 8”
Maryann Brandon, A.C.E., and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E.
“Cars 2”
Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E., Pixar Animation Studios
“The Social Network”
Angus Wall, A.C.E., and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.
“X-Men: First Class”
Lee Smith, A.C.E., and Eddie Hamilton
“Black Swan”
Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing–Television
“Downton Abbey–Series 1, Episode 1”
John Wilson, A.C.E., Carnival Film & Television
“Rescue Me–Vows”
Finnian Murray, Sony Pictures Television
“Dexter–Take It!”
Louis Cioffi, A.C.E.
“The Wereth Eleven”
Frederic Lumiere, Lumiere Media Inc.
“Community–A Fistful of Paintballs”
Steven Sprung, A.C.E, and Peter B. Ellis, Sony Pictures Television
Outstanding Editing–CommercialNew Era’s “Philadelphia”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
American Express’ “Curtain”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
Lenovo’s “Anthem”
Erik Emond, Outside Editorial
New Era’s “One Hitter”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
American Express’ “Glass Blowing”
Chris Franklin, Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound–Feature Film
“Green Lantern”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Rick Kline, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
“Sucker Punch”
Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Frank Montano, Eric Norris, Universal Studios Sound
“Cars 2”
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Michael Silvers, Skywalker Sound
“True Grit”
John “Skip” Lievsay, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
“Fast Five”
Peter Brown, Soundeluxe
John Taylor, Frank Montano, Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound–Television
“Falling Skies/Prisoners of War”
Mark Fleming, Tom Dahl, Michael Graham, Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services
“Too Big To Fail”
Michael Kirchberger, Chris Jenkins, Bob Beemer, Universal Studios Sound
“Downton Abbey–Series 1, Episode 1”
Adam Armitage, Alex Sawyer, Nigel Heath, Stuart Bagshaw, Oliver Brierley/Hackenbacker for Carnival Film & Television
“Detroit 187–Legacy/Drag City”
Mark Fleming, Tom Dahl, Walter Newman, Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services
“House–Bombshells”
Brad North, Joe DeAngelis, Luis Galdames, Jackie Oster, Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound-CommercialLurpak’s “Kitchen Odyssey”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Recording Studios
Conan’s “Devil’s Drop”
Miky Wolf, Big Sky Editorial
Dream House’s “Trailer #1”
David Brolin, Universal Studios Sound
Bill Neil, Buddha Jones Trailers
Nissan’s “Kidzilla”
Jimmy Hite, Margarita Mix Recording Studios
Curry’s PC World’s “Galaxy”
Aaron Reynolds, Wave Recording Studios
Outstanding Compositing–Feature Film“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
Julien Goldsbrough, Alex Payman, Jan Adamczyk, Framestore
“Water For Elephants”
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Gregory S. Scribner, Christina Spring, Crazy Horse Effects Inc.
“X-Men: First Class”
Matt Holland, Tim Hey, Norman Crates, GG Heitmann, Weta Digital
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Chris Balog, Ben O’Brien, Industrial Light+Magic
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”
Christian Kaestner, Kyle McCulloch, Russell Horth, Conrad Olson, Framestore
Outstanding Compositing–Television“Necessary Roughness–Pilot Episode”
Mark Intravartolo, Mitch Gates, Charley Carlat, Sarah McGrail, Encore
“Boardwalk Empire”
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Merysa Nichols, Jesse Siglow, Crazy Horse Effects Inc.
“No Ordinary Family–No Ordinary Double Standard”
Jason Fotter, Matt Von Brock, Aldo Ruggiero, Eric Hayden, FuseFX
“Castle–Poof, You’re Dead”
Brian McIntyre, Gevork Babityan, Jon Howard, Encore
“Boardwalk Empire–Family Limitation”
John Corbett, Jun Zhang, Matthew Connor, Brainstorm Digital, Inc.
Outstanding Compositing–Commercial
Andrex Puppyworld’s “It’s the Little Things”
Mike McGee, Russell Dodgson, Luke Drummond, Framestore
Dos Equis’ “Italian Countryside”
Johnny Starace, Outside Editorial
Exxon Mobil’s “Molecule Route”
Paul Grimshaw, Craig Hayes, Steve Beck, Spy Post
Coca-Cola’s “Siege”
Russell Dodgson, Matt Kasmir, Tom Sparks, Jonathan Hairman, Framestore
Jameson’s “Fire”
Dan Glass, Gabby Gourrier, Chris Bankoff, Jeff Willette, Method Studios.
