The 2020 AICP Post Awards winners, honoring excellence in a range of postproduction arts, were revealed tonight during a special virtual premiere held online, in keeping with social distancing initiatives driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight’s presentation is the second of three virtual celebrations that comprise AICP Week–which led off with the premiere of the AICP Next Awards on June 16 and will conclude with the screening of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial on June 18.
Chris Franklin, editor and owner of Big Sky Edit, served as this year’s AICP Post Awards judging chair–a role he will repeat in 2021, owing to the truncated judging process for this year’s competition, which omitted its in-person curatorial committee review in light of the ongoing pandemic.
Editor Grant Gustafson of Cutters Studios emerged as the most-awarded artist at the Post Awards, winning in four categories for his work on Jeep’s “Groundhog Day,” created by Highdive and produced by O Positive. The spot, which starred Bill Murray reprising his role from the movie of the same name, won in the Automotive, Comedy, National Campaign and Best of Midwest (Automotive) categories.
To view all the winners of the 2020 Awards, click here.
Audio engineers Sam Ashwell and Mike Bovill of the audio post house 750mph won two AICP Post Awards, both for Ubisoft’s “Ghost Recon,” created by DDB Paris and produced by FRENZY. It won in the Audio Mix: Over 30 and Sound Design: Over 30 categories.
Two companies, Arcade Edit and MPC, saw work entered on behalf of their artists and editors honored with three AICP Post wins.
Arcade Edit editor Paul Martinez won in the Cause Marketing/PSA category for “The Epidemic,” created by BBDO New York for Monica Lewinsky and produced by Sanctuary; editor Ali Mao won in the Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word category for “I Am With You” for Chanel Miller, created by Rally and produced by Emerald Pictures; and editor Dave Anderson won in the National Campaign category for “Inside Post’s Brain” for Bud Light Seltzer, created by Wieden+Kennedy and produced by O Positive.
MPC colorist Mark Gethin won in the Color Grading: Under :60 category for “Anthem” for Google Next, created by 72andSunny and produced by SMUGGLER; creative director Michael Gregory won in the CGI category for “Legend” for BMW, created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produced by MJZ; and VFX supervisor Toya Drechsler won in the Compositing & Visual Effects category, also for BMW “Legend.”
Two companies saw work by their artists and editors honored with two AICP Post Awards. At A52, colorist Daniel De Vue won in the Color Grading: Music Video for “Projector,” produced by FRIEND for the artist EDEN, while VFX supervisor Patrick Murphy won in the Best of West (Compositing & Visual Effects) category for “A Holiday Reunion” for Xfinity, created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produced by Park Pictures. At Cabin Edit, editors Taylor Walsh and Randy Baulbis won in the Vertical category for “Swipe Night” for Tinder, created by 72andSunny and produced by m ss ng p eces; and editor Sam Ostrove won in the Montage category for “NFL Kickoff” for the NFL, also created by 72andSunny and produced by Somesuch.
Leading the list of ad agencies most often credited with winning work was 72andSunny, which was responsible for winners in five categories, followed by Highdive, which netted winners in four. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners created work that won Post Awards in three categories.
The AICP Post Awards recognizes excellence in a range of categories, including Automotive, Comedy, Cause Marketing/PSA, Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word, Docu-Style, Fashion/Beauty, Montage, Music Video, National Campaign, Regional Campaign, Storytelling and Vertical for editorial, and Audio Mix, Character Design & Animation, Color Grading, Compositing & Visual Effects, CGI, Graphic Design & Animation, Sound Design and Typography Design & Animation for craft. It also honors the best regional work with Best of Region winners.
The opening title sequence and category interstitials for the Post Awards’ online premiere was created by Flavor, with the virtual presentation’s intro film produced by Dictionary Films. Music and sound design for the virtual presentation was created by Yessian, with postproduction services provided by Cutters. The AICP Awards sponsor reel, which plays at the start of each AICP Week virtual awards show, was created by Framestore, with music by Human.
2020 AICP Post Awards
Audio Mix: Over :30
Ubisoft “Ghost Recon”
Sound Designers/Mix Engineers: Sam Ashwell & Mike Bovill
Audio Post Production: 750 MPH
Editor Maxime Pozzi-Garcia
Production Company: FRENZY PARIS
Director: Vellas
Agency: DDB Paris
Creative Director: Alexander Kalchev
Agency Producer: Jerome Deplatiere
Audio Mix :30 & Under
Smirnoff “Infamous Since 1864”
Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Aaron Reynolds
Audio Post Production: Wave Studios
Audio Assistant: Andrew Gualtieri
EP/Producer: Vicky Ferraro
Music: Big Sync
Flame/VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts/Joey Deady
Editor: Neil Smith + Trish Fuller
Colorist: Blacksmith; Colorist – Mikey Pehanich
Flame/VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts/Joey Deady
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Rupert Sanders
Director of Photography: Jess Hall
Agency: 72andSunny
ECD: Justine Armour
CDs: Dean Woodhouse/Hugo Bierschenk/Micah Walker
Director of Production: Lora Schulson
Group Production Director: Ryan Chong
Art Director: Ilana Wolstein
Copywriter: Sr. Writer: Brock Kirby, Fanny Josefsson
Producer: Jonny Weiss
Jr. Producer: Caitlin Culhane
Automotive
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
EP/Producer: Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
Online: The Mill
Best of East: Storytelling
BMW “The Small Escape”
Editor: Iain Whitewright
Editorial Company: Whitehouse Post
EP/Producer: Annabel Bennett
Production Company: Tempomedia Berlin
Director: Alex Feil
Agency: Jung Von Matt
ECD: Thim Wagner
Creative Director: David Leinweber
Best of Midwest: Comedy
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
EP/Producer: Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
Online: The Mill
Best of Minnesota: Automotive
Subaru of America “Honk”
Editor: Mick Uzendoski
Editorial Company: Drive Thru Editorial
EP/Producer: Beth Wilson
Colorist: Alex Bickel
Graphics: Ben Leisen
Production Company: SKUNK
Director: Brian Lee Hughes
Agency: Carmichael Lynch
Creative Director: Christine Gault
Agency Producer: Lisa Feldman
Art Director: Chris Carlberg
Best of West: Compositing & Visual Effects
Xfinity “A Holiday Reunion”
Lead Artist/Compositor: Patrick Murphy
VFX Company: a52 VFX
Editor: Kirk Baxter
Colorist: Gregory Reese
Sound Designer: LIME
Production Company: Park Pictures
Director: Lance Acord
Director of Photography: Lance Acord
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Creative Director: Tristan Graham, Felipe Lima
Agency Producer: Kateri McLucas
Cause Marketing/PSA
Monica Lewinsky “The Epidemic”
Editor: Paul Martinez
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
Assistant Editors: Chris Angel, Jeff Lopus, Luke McIntosh
EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Fanny Cruz
Production Company: Sanctuary
Director: Cole Webley
Director of Photography: Paul Meyers
Executive Producers: Preston Lee, Kristen Bedard-Johnson
Talent: Emma Malouff
Agency: BBDO New York
Agency Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide: David Lubars
Agency Chief Creative Officer, New York: Greg Hahn
Agency Creative Directors: Bianca Guimaraes, Roberto Danino,
Agency Associate Creative Directors: Jim Connolly, Lance Vining, Gary du Toit
Agency Producers: David Rolfe, Jessica Coccaro, James Young
Character Design & Animation
IKEA “Silence The Critics”
Lead Artist/Designer: James Sindle
Animators: Patrick Krafft – 3D Lead, James Belch – 2d Lead
Design and Animation Company: Electric Theatre Collective
2D Artists: Chris Fraser , Tomer Epsthein
3D Artists: Jordan Dunstall, Ryan Maddox, Mark Bailey, Remy Herisse, Edwin Leeds, Gregory Martin, Nikolai Maderthoner, Will Preston, Stefan Brown , Adrian Lan Sun Luk, Piers Limberg , Zach Pindolia, Olivia Grimmer, Romain Thirion, Richard Fry
Colorist: Luke Morrison @ Electric Theatre Collective
Online: James Belch
Music: Wake The Town
Sound Designer: 750MPH
EP/Producer Magda Krimitsou
Editor: Russell Icke
Editorial Company: The Whitehouse
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Tom Kuntz
Director of Photography: Chris Soos
Agency: Mother London
Creative Director: Thom Whitaker, Danielle Outhwaite-Noel
Agency Producer: Jenny Fan
Art Director: Pauline Ashford
Copywriter: Mike Kennedy
Color Grading: Over :90
Gucci “ComeAsYouAre_RSVP”
Colorist: Tim Masick
Post Production Company: Company 3
Director: Harmony Korine
Director of Photography: Rodrigo Prieto
Agency: Simmonds Ltd.
Creative Director: Alessandro Michele
Art Director: Christopher Simmonds
Color Grading: :60 To :90
Smirnoff “Infamous Since 1864”
Colorist: Mikey Pehanich
Post Production Company: Blacksmith
VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts, Joey Deady
Editor: Neil Smith, Trish Fuller
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Rupert Sanders
EP/Producer: David Zander
Director of Photography: Jess Hall
Music: Wu Tang + El Michel’s Affair
Sound Designer: Aaron Reynolds, Chris Afzal
Agency: 72andSunny
Creative Director: Dean Woodhouse, Hugo Bierschenk, Micah Walker
Agency Producer: Jonny Weiss
Art Director: Ilana Wolstein (Designer)
Copywriter: Brock Kirby
Color Grading: Music Video
EDEN “Projector”
Colorist: Daniel De Vue
Post Production Company: a52 Color
Production Company: FRIEND
Director: Zhang + Knight
Director of Photography: Carl Nilsson
Color Grading: Under :60
Google Nest “Anthem”
Colorist: Mark Gethin
Post Production Company: MPC
Production Company: SMUGGLER
Director: Mark Molloy
Director of Photography: Edu Grau
Agency: 72andSunny
Comedy
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
EP/Producer Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
Online: The Mill
Compositing & Visual Effects
BMW “Legend”
Compositor: Toya Drechsler|
VFX Company: MPC
EP/Producer: Karen Anderson
Colorist: Mark Gethin
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Dante Ariola
Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
CGI
BMW “Legend”
Designer: Michael Gregory
Team: Tim Kafka
VFX Company: MPC
EP/Producer: Karen Anderson
Colorist: Mark Gethin
Lead Compositor: Toya Drechsler
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Dante Ariola
Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Creative Director: Roger Baren
Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word
Chanel Miller “I Am With You”
Editor: Ali Mao
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
Assistant Editor: Max Hoffman
EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Ellen Lavery
Production Company: Emerald Pictures
Director: Chanel Miller and Emily Moore
Agency: Rally
Docu-Style
YouTube Music “Snippet Into Billie’s Mind (Artist Spotlight Stories)”
Editor: Reuter
Editorial Company: Scheme
Assistant Editor: Danny Weeks
Animator: Raymo Ventura, Trung Bao
Designer: Kristian Mercado
EP/Producer: Andrew Nisinson
Production Company: Pyramyd
Director: Kristian Mercado
Director of Photography: Geoff Tayler
Colorist: Ayumi Ashley
Color Company: Ntropic
Agency: FADER YouTube
Fashion/Beauty
Hugo Boss “FW19”
Editor: William Town
Editorial Company: Modern Post
Assistant Editor: Clay Doggett
EP/Producer: Charlyn Derrick, Modern Post
Producer: Jen Hargreaves, Modern Post
Production Company: Seeker Productions
Director: Fabien Baron
EP/Producer: Nina Shiffman, Seeker Productions
Agency: Baron & Baron
Creative Director: Fabien Baron
Graphic Design & Animation
Crown Royal Apple Whiskey “Crown Royal Apple”
Designers: Siena Allison, Jonas Devacht, Stefan Falconer, Joao Lavieri, Sammy Moore
Animators: Rory McLean, Bishoy Gendi, David Feliu
Design Company: PSYOP
Production Company: Blacklist + Golden Wolf
EP/Producer: Dotti Sinnott
Director: Golden Wolf
Editors: Ian Pinder, Craig Maxwell
Agency: Anomaly
Montage
NFL “NFL Kickoff”
Editor: Sam Ostrove
Editorial Company: Cabin Edit
Editorial Assistant: Ryan Khourly
EP/Producer: Carr Schilling, Adam Becht, Remy Fox, Michelle Dorsch
Production Company: Somesuch
Director: Stuart McIntyre
Director of Photography: Ross Giardina
Agency: 72andSunny
Creative Director: Jason Norcross and Keith Cartwright
Composer: Human Worldwide
Sound Mixer & Designer: Lime
On-line: Shape and Light
Agency Producer: Erika Ruiz
Art Director: Chris Ruth
Copywriter: Garret Radford
VFX Artist: Shape and Light
Colorist: Company 3
Graphics: Shape and Light
Music Video
Chemical Brothers “We’ve Got To Try”
Editor: Paul O’Reilly
Editorial Company: Stitch
Production Company: O Positive
National Campaign
Bud Light Seltzer “Inside Post’s Brain”, “Post’s Mango Experience”
Editor: Dave Anderson
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
Assistant Editor: Thomas Bergerstock
EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Andrew Cravotta
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
Regional Campaign
Vans “Icy and Sot” “Marlon Pruz” “Maxwell McMaster”
Editor: Alvaro Del Val
Editorial Company: WAX
Assistant Editor: Matt Elias
EP/Producer: Toni Lipari
Production Company: Greenpoint Pictures
Director: Nina Meredith
Director of Photography: Sean Lyness/ Soren Nielsen
Colorist: Phil Chloe
Sound Mixer: Jodi Levine
Sound Company: Heard City
Agency: Highsnobiety
Agency Producer: Chad Ghiron / Phil Staiman
Sound Design: Over :30
Ubisoft “Ghost Recon”
Sound Designers & Mixers: Sam Ashwell & Mike Bovill
Audio Post Production : 750 MPH
Editor: Maxime Pozzi-Garcia
Production Company: FRENZY PARIS
Director: Vellas
Agency: DDB Paris
Creative Director: Alexander Kalchev
Agency Producer: Jerome Deplatiere
Sound Design: :30 & Under
Bud Light “Crispy”
Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Mike Vitacco
Audio Post Production: Heard City
Audio Assistants: Evan Anderson, Tom Morris, Seth Brogdon, Ronnie Stapleton
EP/Producers: Gloria Pitagorsky, Sasha Awn, Andi Lewis, Jackie James
Editorial Company: Arcade
Production Company: Cake Factory
Director: Martin Wonnacott
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
Creative Director: Kevin Kaminishi
Agency Producer: Joyce Lee
Storytelling
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
EP/Producer Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
Online: The Mill
Typography Design & Animation
HBO “Watchmen” Title Sequences
Designers: Olga Midlenko,Wes Yang, Mert Kizalay, Jason Forrest-Hogg, Curry Tian, Ben Woodlock, Kaya Thomas, Felix Soletic
Animators: Gabriel Perez, Alex Silver
Design & Production Company: Elastic
Director: Paul Mitchell
Design Team: Wes Yang, Mert Kizalay, Jason Forrest-Hogg, Curry Tian, Ben Woodlock, Kaya Thomas, Felix Soletic, Kirk Shintani, Andrew Romantz, Michael Cardenas, Gabriel Perez, Alex Silver, Maciek Sokalski
EP/Producer: Luke Colson
Vertical
Tinder “Swipe Night”
Editors: Taylor Walsh, Randy Baulbis
Company: Cabin Edit
VFX Artist: Andre Arevalo
Designer/Lead Artist: Taylor Walsh, Marcus Yen, Will Kanellos, Randy Baulbis
EP/Producer: Carr Schilling, Remy Fox, Adam Becht, Liz Lydecker
Production Company: m ss ng p eces
Director: Karena Evans
Director of Photography: Caroline Costa
Colorist: Ricky Gausis, Dimitri Zola, Kristopher Smale
Graphics: MPC
Sound Mixer/Designer: Q Dept
On-line: m ss ng p eces
Agency: 72andSunny
Creative Director: Matt Murphy
Agency Producer: Brooke Casler and Leah Karabenick
Art Director: Marcus Yen
Copywriter: Reilly Baker
