LOS ANGELES – Last night, The Hollywood Post Alliance presented the Fifth Annual HPA Awards (www.hpaonline.com), honoring the best behind-the-scenes talent in motion pictures, television and commercials. The event was held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
The following is the complete list of winners:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process – Feature Film
Alice in Wonderland
Stefan Sonnenfeld - Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
The Pacific – Episode Five
Steve Porter - Riot
Outstanding Color Grading – Commercial
AT&T Legends
Siggy Ferstl - Company 3
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
Inception
Lee Smith, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing – Television
Lost – The End
Mark J. Goldman, Christopher Nelson, A.C.E., Stephen Semel, A.C.E., and Henk van Eeghen, A.C.E. - Touchstone Television
Outstanding Editing – Commercial
American Express Geoffrey Canada
Chris Franklin - Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound – Feature Film
District 9
Michael Hedges, Gilbert Lake, Brent Burge and Chris Ward - Park Road Post Production
Outstanding Sound – Television
House – Help Me
Brad North, Joe DeAngelis, Luis Galdames and Jackie Oster - Universal Sound
Outstanding Sound – Commercial
Devil “Theatrical Trailer #1”
David Brolin - Universal Studios
Phil Daccord - Giaronomo
Outstanding Compositing – Feature Film
Avatar
Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder and Giuseppe Tagliavini - Weta Digital
Outstanding Compositing - Commercial
Kia Soul This or That
Diramid Harrison Murray, Russell Dodgson, Tim Osborne and Adam Rowland - Framestore
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Ted Gagliano, President of 20th Century Fox Feature Post Production
Engineering Excellence Award:
ALEXA
Arnold + Richter Cine Technik (ARRI)
Open EXR workflow
Digital Vision
Davio processor
Cine-tal
Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
nextLAB Mobile
FotoKem
Custom Image Processing
Reliance MediaWorks
GLoW
Gradient Effects
Outpost and Lightstream
Light Iron Digital