HPA Awards winners include ‘Dune 2, ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
“Dune Part 2” won two awards in the feature film competition at the annual Hollywood Professional Association Awards at the Television Academy in North Hollywood on Thursday.
It won trophies in color judging, which were awarded to Fotokem colorist David Cole, and in sound, which was awarded to the team. Also in the feature film competition, Kevin Tent received an award for his editing of Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ and a team from Weta FX won the VFX category for ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’.
In feature animation, Disney/Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ topped the category in color correction, while Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’, which was animated at Industrial Light & Magic, claimed the VFX trophy. The eligibility period ran from September to September.
It was a big night for FotoKem, who was honored with the Charles S. Swartz Award for Industry Contributions.
The jury prize for creativity and innovation went to Taylor Swift | The Era Tour in recognition of its impact on both live and filmed entertainment.
Adobe, Disguise, Cuebric and Evercast received awards for engineering excellence.
The list of winners follows:
Excellent color correction – live-action cinema film
“Blink Twice” — Damien Vandercruyssen // Haven
“The Creator” — David Cole // FotoKem
WINNER “Dune: Part Two” — David Cole // FotoKem
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” — Eric Whipp // Alter Ego
“Immaculate” — Andrea Chlebak // Haven
Excellent color correction – animated cinema film
WINNER “Inside Out 2” — Mark Dinicola // Pixar Animation Studios
“Ultraman: Rising” — Maxine Gervais // Photo shop
Excellent Color Correction – Live Action Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature Film
“Eric – Episode 1” — Toby Tomkins // Harbor
“Loki – Glorious Purpose” — Matt Watson // Marvel Studios finish
“Masters of the Air – Part Five” — Steven Bodner // Picture Shop
“Shogun – Anjin” — Élodie Ichter // The Mill
“Star Trek Discovery – Red Directive” — Todd Bochner // Harbor
WINNER “Time Bandits – Kevin Haddock” — Damian McDonnell // The Rebel Fleet
Excellent color correction – animated episode or non-theatrical feature film
“Hit-Monkey – History Lessons” — Patrick Woodard // Point.360
WINNER “Leo” — Keiran Lee // Feature Animation on Netflix
“Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” — Alastor Pan Arnold // Keep me posted
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Night of the Mechazoids” — Ara Thomassian // Keep me informed
“The war is over!” — David Cole // PhotoKem
Excellent Color Correction – Documentary
“American Symphony” — Seth Ricart // RCO
“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” — Nat Jencks // PostWorks
“Living with Leopards” — Dan Gill // Picture Shop
“Queens – Tiny Jungle Queens” — Blair Wallace // Evolutions Bristol
WINNER “Trilogy: New Wave” — Alastor Pan Arnold // FotoKem
Excellent Color Rating – Commercial
WINNER Air Canada – “Ticket to Dream” — Wade Odlum // Alter Ego
Miu Miu – “2024 Wander and Arcadie Bag Collection” – Yibin Su // Gloss Studio
Palo Alto – “Origins” — Eric Whipp // Alter Ego
Subway – “Globally Inspired” – Wade Odlum // Alter Ego
Taco Bell – “Taco TwosDay” — Quinn Alvarez // Apache Digital
Excellent Editing – Theatrical Feature Film
“Dune: Part Two” — Joe Walker, ACE
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” — Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel, ACE
WINNER “The Holdovers” — Kevin Tent, ACE
“Inside Out 2” — Maurissa Horwitz
“Twisters” — Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature Film (30 minutes and under)
“Bookie – The Super Bowl: God’s Gift to Bookmakers” — Tracey Wadmore-Smith, ACE
WINNER “Hacks – Better Late” — Rob Paglia
“Hacks – Bulletproof” — Jon Philpot
“Hacks – Deborah Vance’s Christmas Spectacle” — Jess Brunetto, ACE
“Hacks – Just for Laughs” — Janet Weinberg, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-theatrical Feature Film (over 30 minutes)
“Ahsoka – Part Four: Fallen Jedi” — Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
WINNER (TIE) “Ahsoka – Part Six: Far, Far Away” — James D. Wilcox, ACE
WINNER (TIE) “House of the Dragon – The Red Dragon and the Gold” — Katie Weiland, ACE
“House of the Dragon – A Son for a Son” — Frances Parker, ACE
“Tokyo Vice – Disease of the trade” – Gary Levy
“True Detective – Night Country: Part 5” – Mags Arnold
Excellent editing – Documentary
“Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” – Bob Joyce
“The Shadow of the Commander” — Claire Guillon
“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” – Tal Ben-David
“Porcelain War” – Brendan Bellomo, Aniela Sidorska
WINNER “Ren Faire – Dad is dying, who has the will?” – Max Allman, Nicholas Nazmi
Excellent Sound – Theatrical Feature Film
“Alien: Romulus”
Will Files, Lee Gilmore, Mark Paterson, Polly McKinnon, David Butler, Chris Terhune // Pacific Standard Sound
“Civil war”
Glenn Freemantle, Howard Bargroff, Adam Scrivener, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders // Formosa Group UK
“The Creator”
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Malte Bieler, David Bach // E² Sound
Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic // Warner Bros. Post-production Creative Services
WINNER “Dune: Part Two”
Richard King, Dave Whitehead, Martin Kwok, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Andrew Bock // Warner Bros. Post-production Creative Services
“Music”
Christopher S. Aud, Aaron Glascock, Eliza Pollack Zebert, Mitch Osias, Rob Young, Jennifer Barak // Warner Bros. Post-production Creative Services
Excellent Sound – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature Film
“All the Light We Can’t See – Episode 4”
Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole, Jill Purdy, Emma Present, David Grimaldi, Mark Paterson // Pacific Standard Sound
“Fallout – The Head”
Keith Rogers, Steve Bucino, Susan Cahill, Jane Boegel-Koch, Daniel Colman, Christopher Kaller // NBCUniversal
“Interview with the vampire – and that’s the end. There is nothing else”
Howard Bargroff, Harry Barnes, Jamie Caple, Mark Timms, Adam Armitage, Michael Holubec // Formosa Group
WINNER ‘Nobody will save you’
Will Files, Chris Terhune, Ailene Roberts, James Miller, Matt “Smokey” Cloud // Pacific Standard Sound
“True Detective – Nightland: Part 6”
Howard Bargroff, Mark Timms // Formosa Group UK
Martín Hernández, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Michele Woods
Excellent Sound – Documentary
“Chimp Crazy – Monkey Love” — Roberto Fernandez // Haven
“Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” — Tom Paul, Eric Offin, Ben Whitver, Peter Russell, Kristin Catuogno // Tom Paul Studios
“Kiss the Future” — Samir Foco, Ron Bartlett, Bryan Parker, William Harp, Taylor Jackson // Formosa Group
WINNER “Porcelain War” — Robert Mackenzie, Sam Hayward, Jared Dwyer, Andrew Miller, Alex Francis, Karina Rezhevska // RMS
“To Kill a Tiger” — Lou Solakofski, Jonathan Goldsmith, Ed Douglas, Elma Bellow, Jordan Kawai, Anita Kushwaha // Formosa Group
Excellent Visual Effects – Live Action Feature
“Alien: Romulus” — Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Ale’ Melendez, Sebastian Ravagnani, Nicolas Caillier, Steven Denyer // Industrial light and magic
“The Creator” — James Clyne, Trevor Hazel, Keith Anthony-Brown, Danielle Legovich, David Dally // Industrial Light and Magic
“Deadpool & Wolverine” — Vincent Papaix, Georg Kaltenbrunner, Alexander Poei, Ziad Shureih, Russell Lum // Industrial light and magic
WINNER “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Erik Winquist, Danielle Immerman, Stephen Unterfranz, Phillip Leonhardt, Sean Noel Walker // Wētā FX
“A Quiet Place: Day One” — Malcolm Humphreys, Jordan Harding, Charmaine Chan, Michael Lum, Steve Hardy // Industrial Light and Magic
Outstanding Visual Effects – Animated Film
“Inside Out 2” — Shaun Galinak, Toan-Vinh Le, Alyssa Lee, Enrique Vila, Jae Jun Yi // Pixar Animation Studios
WINNER “Ultraman: Rising” — Hayden Jones, Stefan Drury, Sean M. Murphy, Mathieu Vig, Kyle Winkelman // Industrial Light and Magic
Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Episode or Series Season
WINNER “House of the Dragon – The Red Dragon and the Gold”
Sven Martin, Fausto Tejeda, Mark Spindler, Matt Perrin, James Thompson // Pixomondo
“House of the Dragon – Season 2”
Wayne Stables, Marcus Goodwin, Jason Snyman, Mark J. Julien // Wētā FX
Martin Pelletier // RodeoFX
“Loki – Season 2”
Steve Moncur, Christian Waite, Jeremy Sawyer, Ben Aickin, Pieter Warmington // Industrial light and magic
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 1”
Erik Henry, Matt Robken, Jeff White, Jose Burgos, Donny Rausch // Industrial light and magic
“Star Trek: Discovery – Season 5”
Aleksandra Kochoska Dekovic, Brian Tatosky, Charles Collyer, Chelsea Wynne, Shawn Ewashko // CBS Studios
Excellent visual effects – animated episode or series season
“Ark: the animated series – Element 5”
James Baldanzi, Patrick Flanagan, David Hartman, Jon Terada // Lex + Otis Studios
Jeremy Stieglitz // Lost Continent Entertainment
WINNER “X-Men ’97 – Season 1”
Chris Graf, Dan McNaughton, Husain Untoro, Quentin Cordonnier, Andrew Stadler // Marvel Animation Studios
Excellent supporting visual effects – episode or series season
WINNER “All the Light We Can’t See – Season 1”
Laurens Ehrmann, Harry Bardak, Elisa Perez, Julien Martins // The Yard VFX
“Sunny – Mmmm, Hinoki”
David Lebensfeld, Tina Torunian, Francesca Orrach, Pablo Izaguirre, Edgar Pina // Ingenuity Studios
“The Sympathizer – Death Wish”
Chad Wanstreet, Daniel J. Lombardo // HBO/A24
Andrew Orloff // Zoic
Lawson Deming // Barnstorm VFX
Hallana Barbosa // Ingenuity Studios
Excellent performance in restoration
“The Day of the Locust” (1975) – Paramount
“Planet of the Apes” (1968) – 20e Century studios
“The Seekers” (1956) – Warner Bros.
WINNER “Snow White” (1937) — Disney
“The Sugarland Express” (1974) – Universal Pictures
