Editor Jim Helton of Final Cut won the Best in Show at the AICP Post Awards gala celebration held this evening (5/16) at Navy Pier in Chicago. Helton took the honor for his moving, dynamic editorial approach to a campaign for The New York Times. Consisting of three spots–“Perseverance,” “Rigor” and “Resolve”–the work also won Helton honors in the Editorial: National Campaign and Best of East categories.
The wins made Helton the single-most awarded artist at the annual awards competition, formerly known as the AICE Awards, which honors excellence in a range of postproduction crafts including editing, color grading, audio mixing, sound design, visual effects, CGI and animation and design. To view all the winners of the 2019 Awards, visit the newly launched awards site here.
The second-most awarded artist of the night was colorist Tom Poole of Company 3. He took home two AICP Post Awards, winning in the categories of Color Grading: Lengths :90 & Above for National Lottery, “Amazing Starts Here,” and Color Grading: Music Video for The Carters, “Apes**T.”
A number of companies were represented with multiple awards presented to their artists. In addition to Final Cut and Company 3, this list also includes Arcade Edit, which saw editor Paul Martinez winning in Editorial: Dialogue for EA Madden ’19 and editor Graham Chisholm winning in Editorial: Montage for Gymnastics Canada; BIG SKY EDIT, which saw editor Chris Franklin winning in Editorial: Monologue/Spoken Word for Nationwide and editor Ben Jones winning in the new category of Vertical Video for Heineken; and Cut+Run, which saw editor Stacey Peterson winning in Editorial: Docu-Style for Gillette and editor James Rose winning in Editorial: Fashion/Beauty for H&M.
The event included the induction of the late Bob Carr into the AICP Post Hall of Fame. Carr, who passed away in September of 2018, was one of Chicago’s leading editorial talents, having spent almost two decades at Optimus before co-founding his own company, NuWorld. A noted industry leader and mentor, his induction video was introduced by Optimus founder and editor Jimmy Smyth (a 2004 Hall of Fame inductee). The award was accepted on his behalf by members of the Carr family.
Also saluted at the event were the three winners of the Lev Awards, the Grand Prizes in Editorial, Audio and Graphic Design at the 2018 Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for assistants. They were, respectively, George Irizarry of Cosmo Street, Tom Morris of Heard City and Andrew Becker of Flavor.
Leading the list of ad agencies most often credited with wining work was Droga5, responsible for six of the entries that won in various categories, followed by Wieden+Kennedy, Ogilvy and adam&eveDDB, which each worked on projects that won two Post Awards.
2019 AICP Post Awards Winners
BEST IN SHOW
Jim Helton
Final Cut
The New York Times
“Perseverance”
“Rigor”
“Resolve”
Droga5
EDITORIAL: AUTOMOTIVE
Doobie White
Therapy Studios
Audi
“Life”
DDB
EDITORIAL: CAUSE MARKETING
Edward Cooper
The Assembly Rooms
Pride London
“Pride Matters”
Pride London
EDITORIAL: COMEDY
Christjan Jordan
Union Editorial
Amazon
“Not Everything Makes the Cut”
Lucky Generals
EDITORIAL: DIALOGUE
Paul Martinez
Arcade Edit
EA Madden ‘19
“The Greatest Play Call Ever”
Johannes Leonardo
EDITORIAL: DOCU-STYLE
Stacy Peterson
Cut+Run
P&G Gillette
“Your Best Never Comes Easy”
Grey NY, Townhouse Worldwide
EDITORIAL FASHION/BEAUTY
James Rose
Cut+Run
H&M
“Take the Lead”
adam&eveDDB
EDITORIAL: MONOLOGUE/SPOKEN WORD
Chris Franklin
BIG SKY EDIT
Nationwide
“Goals”
Ogilvy
EDITORIAL: MONTAGE
Graham Chisholm
Arcade Edit
Gymnastics Canada
“From Here We Soar”
Dot Dot Dash
EDITORIAL: MUSIC VIDEO
Jamie Foord
Rock Paper Scissors
Prince
“Mary Don’t You Weep”
EDITORIAL: NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Jim Helton
Final Cut
The New York Times
“Perseverance”
“Rigor”
“Resolve”
Droga5
EDITORIAL: REGIONAL CAMPAIGN
Eddie Ringer
WAX
Under Armour
“Will Finds a Way – Dennis Smith, Jr.”
“Will Finds a Way – Natasha Hastings”
“Will Finds a Way – Teddy Riner”
Droga5
EDITORIAL: STORYTELLING
Iain Whitewright
Whitehouse Post
Huawei
“Discovery”
AUDIO MIX
David Papa
Sonic Union
Hennessy
“Major”
Droga5
SOUND DESIGN WITH COMPOSED MUSIC
Aaron Reynolds
Wave Studios
The New York Times
“Perseverance”
Droga5
SOUND DESIGN WITHOUT COMPOSED MUSIC
Pedro Botsaris, Wilson Brown, Yuta Endo
Antfood Music
MAXON
“Influencers”
Foam Studio
COLOR GRADING: LENGTHS :30 to :60
Mark Gethin
MPC
Chevrolet
“Tailgates”
Commonwealth/McCann
COLOR GRADING: LENGTHS :60 to :90
Adam Scott
The Mill
Volkswagen
“Kid’s Dreams”
Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH
COLOR GRADING : LENGTHS :90 & ABOVE
Tom Poole
Company 3
National Lottery
“Amazing Starts Here”
Vizeum
COLOR GRADING: MUSIC VIDEO
Tom Poole
Company 3
The Carters
“Apes**t”
Iconoclast
CHARACTER DESIGN AND ANIMATION
Kristian Antonelli (Designer), Paul Templeman, Steve Beck, Daryl Graham, Tim Sanpher, Eleonora Quario (Animators)
Electric Theatre Collective
Great Western Railway
“Five & The Missing Jewels”
adam&eveDDB
CGI
Bipolar Studio
Porsche
“Porsche Encounter”
Bipolar Studio
COMPOSITING & VISUAL EFFECTS
Daniel Morris
Blacksmith
Macy’s
“Space Station”
BBDO NY
GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION
Joe Ball, Gino Belassen, James Lee, Pierre de Menezes, Jess Nicholls, Gaspard Sumeire,
Sun Creature and Psyop
Coca-Cola
“Coke is a Coke”
Wieden+Kennedy
TYPOGRAPHY DESIGN & ANIMATION
Damien Bastelica, Lauren Infante, Elaine Park
Sibling Rivalry Studio
Promax BDA Conference 2018
“Our Conference”
Sibling Rivalry Studio
BEST OF EAST
Jim Helton
Final Cut
(Editorial: National Campaign)
The New York Times
“Perseverance”
“Rigor”
“Resolve”
Droga5
BEST OF MIDWEST
Kathryn Hempel
Cutters Studios
(Editorial: Cause Marketing)
LifeWTR
“Bring Art Back to Schools”
R/GA
BEST OF SOUTHEAST
Matt Barron
Beast Editorial
(Editorial: Storytelling)
2018 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
“Mute (We Should Talk)”
Ogilvy Atlanta
BEST OF SOUTHWEST
Jackson Armstrong
ATK PLN
(Graphic Design & Animation)
Mother’s Against Drunk Driving
“Philip’s Story”
The Marketing Arm
BEST OF WEST
Peter Wiedensmith,
Joint Editorial
(Editorial: Storytelling)
Nike
“Voice of Belief”
Wieden+Kennedy
NEW MEDIA: VERTICAL
Ben Jones
BIG SKY EDIT
Heineken
“Right Party”
