November 19, 2008

HOLLYWOOD POST ALLIANCE PRESENTS AWARDS

The winners of the 2008 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards are:

Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film in a DI Process
Iron Man               
Steven J. Scott // EFilm

Outstanding Color Grading - Television
Pushing Daisies - "The Fun in Funerals”       
Joe Hathaway // LaserPacific Media Corporation

Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial 
Jaguar XF Hush                  
Alex Bickel // Outside Editorial

Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
The Dark Knight
Lee Smith, A.C.E.

Outstanding Editing - Television
Pushing Daisies - "Pie-Lette”            
Stuart Bass, A.C.E

Outstanding Editing- Commercial
Jaguar XF Hush
Neil Gust // Outside Editorial

Outstanding Audio Post- Feature Film
Wall-E                   
Ben Burtt // Pixar Animation Studios
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood // Skywalker Sound

Outstanding Audio Post - Television
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - "Cockroaches"         
Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, David Vanslyke, Bill Smith, Yuri Reese and Jivan Tahmizian // Todd-AO   

Outstanding Audio Post- Commercial
Audi RS6 Gymnast
Tony Rapaccioli and Warren Hamilton // Wave Recording Studios and Tonic

Outstanding Compositing – Commercial
Pontiac Shwayze
Patrick Poulatian and Robert Sethi // Brickyard VFX       

SPECIAL AWARDS:

The Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production:
Elizabeth Daley, Dean, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts   
   
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ron Burdett

Engineering Excellence Award:
Quantel
FastSoft
Panasonic

HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production
DigitalFilm Tree and CBS
aIM – Laser Pacific
Sony Pictures Imageworks