TV honorees include post artists behind "Gotham," "Roots," "Game of Thrones"; Spots for Hennessy, Sainsbury’s, Microsoft Xbox earn recognition
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) announced the winners of the 2016 HPA Awards during a gala celebration this evening (11/17) at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The HPA Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content.
Awards were bestowed in creative craft categories honoring behind-the-scenes artistry, and a host of special awards were also presented. Here’s a rundown of the 2016 HPA Award winners:
Outstanding Color Grading (Sponsored by Dolby)
Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film
“The Revenant”
Steven J. Scott // Technicolor Production Services
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
“Gotham – By Fire”
Paul Westerbeck // Encore Hollywood
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
Hennessy “Odyssey”
Tom Poole // Company 3
Outstanding Editing (Sponsored by Blackmagic Design)
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
“The Big Short”
Hank Corwin, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Television
WINNERS (TIE):
“Roots – Night One”
Martin Nicholson, ACE, Greg Babor
“Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
Tim Porter, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Commercial
Wilson “Nothing Without It”
Doobie White // Therapy Studios
Outstanding Sound
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
“Sicario”
Alan Murray, Tom Ozanich, John Reitz // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Outstanding Sound – Television
“Outlander – Prestonpans”
Nello Torri, Alan Decker, Brian Milliken, Vince Balunas // NBCUniversal Post Sound
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
Sainsbury’s “Mog’s Christmas Calamity”
Anthony Moore, Neil Johnson // Factory
Outstanding Visual Effects
Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film
“The Jungle Book”
Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones
Adam Valdez, Charley Henley // MPC
Keith Miller // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television
“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
Outstanding Visual Effects – Commercial
Microsoft Xbox “Halo 5: The Hunt Begins”
Ben Walsh, Ian Holland, Brian Delmonico, Brian Burke // Method Studios
Emerging Leader Award
2016 Winners–Jesse Korosi
Jennifer Zeidan
The following special awards, which were previously announced, were also presented this evening:
HPA Engineering Excellence Award
Sponsored by NAB Show
The HPA Engineering Excellence Award is recognized as one of the most important technology honors in the industry, spotlighting companies and individuals who draw upon technical and creative ingenuity to develop breakthrough technologies. Submissions for this peer judged award may include products or processes, and must represent a step forward for its industry beneficiaries.
2016 Winners-
Aspera: FASPStream
Grass Valley: GV Node Real Time IP Processing and Edge Routing Platform
RealD: Ultimate Screen
SGO: Mistika
Honorable mentions:
Grass Valley: LDX 86N Native 4K Series Camera
Canon USA, Inc.: 4K / UHD / 2K / HD display
HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
The HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation recognizes companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence, whether in the development of workflow and process to support creative storytelling or in technical innovation. The Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation is conferred by a jury of industry experts.
2016 Winner: The Mill: BLACKBIRD
HPA Lifetime Achievement Award
The HPA Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual who is recognized for his or her service and commitment to the professional media content industry. The mission of the award is to give recognition to individuals who have, with great service, dedicated their careers to the betterment of the industry. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given at the discretion of the HPA Board of Directors and the HPA Awards Committee. It is not bestowed every year.
2016 Honoree: Herb Dow, ACE
The Charles S. Swartz Award
The Charles S. Swartz Award is conferred on a person, group, or company that has made significant artistic, technological, business or educational impact across diverse aspects of the media industry. The award was named in honor of the late Charles S. Swartz, who led the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California from 2002 until 2006, building it into the industry’s premiere testing bed for new digital cinema technologies.
2016 Honoree: Michelle Munson, Founder and CEO of Aspera
From Restoring To Hopefully Preserving Multi-Camera Categories At The Emmys
When Gary Baum, ASC won his fourth career Emmy Award earlier this month, it was especially gratifying in that the honor came in a category--Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Half-Hour Series--that had been restored thanks in part to a grass-roots initiative among cinematographers to drum up entries. Last year the category fell by the wayside when not enough multi-camera entries materialized.
In his acceptance speech, Baum appealed to the Television Academy to keep multi-camera categories alive. He later noted to SHOOT that editors also got their multi-camera recognition back in the Emmy competition this year. Baum hopes that after resurrecting multi-camera categories in 2024, such recognition will be preserved for 2025 and beyond.
A major factor in the decline of multi-camera submissions in 2023 was the move of certain children’s and family programming from the primetime Emmy competition to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ (NATAS) Emmy ceremony. For DPs this meant that multi-camera programs last year were reduced to vying for just one primetime nomination slot in the more general Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) category. It turned out that this single slot was filled in ‘23 by a Baum-lensed episode of How I Met Your Father (Hulu).
Fast forward to this year’s competition and Baum won for another installment of How I Met Your Father--”Okay Fine, It’s A Hurricane,” which turned out to be the series finale. Two of Baum’s Emmy wins over the years have been for How I Met Your Father, and there’s a certain symmetry to them. His initial win for How I Met Your Father was for the pilot in 2022. So he won Emmys for the very first and last... Read More