The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced the 2018 nominees for the HPA Awards creative categories.

Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards recognise outstanding achievement in editing, sound, visual effects and colour grading for work in television, commercials, and feature films. The winners of the 13th Annual HPA Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony on 15 November 2018 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Outstanding Colour Grading – Feature Film

“Avengers: Infinity War”
Steven J. Scott, Charles Bunnag // Technicolor – Hollywood

“Red Sparrow”
Dave Hussey // Company 3

 
“The Shape of Water”
Chris Wallace // Deluxe – Toronto

“Alpha”
Maxine Gervais // Technicolor – Hollywood

“The Greatest Showman”
Tim Stipan // Company 3

 
Outstanding Colour Grading – Television

“Damnation – Sam Riley’s Body”
Paul Allia // Picture Shop

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Pilot”
Steven Bodner // Light Iron

“The Crown – Paterfamilias"
Asa Shoul // Molinare

“Game of Thrones – Beyond the Wall”
Joe Finley // Sim“Game of Thrones – Beyond the Wall”Joe Finley // Sim

“The Crossing – Pilot”
Tony Smith // Picture Shop

Outstanding Colour Grading – Commercial

Bottega Veneta – "Spring/Summer 2018 Trailer"
Tim Masick // Company 3
 
Tile – "Lost Panda"
Tom Poole // Company 3

Volkswagen – "Kids Dream"
Adam Scott // The Mill

Audi – "Final Breath"
Sofie Borup // Company 3

Bottega Veneta – "Spring/Summer 2018 Main"
Tim Masick // Company 3

 
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design

“A Quiet Place”
Christopher Tellefsen, ACE

“Coco”
Steve Bloom

“You Were Never Really Here”
Joe Bini

“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
Eddie Hamilton, ACE

“Believer”
Demian Fenton

Outstanding Editing – Television (30 Minutes and Under)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design

“The End of the F***ing World – Episode One”
 Mike Jones 


“Vida – Episode 6”
JoAnne Yarrow  



“VICE – After the Fall”
Kelly Kendrick // Vice

“Barry – Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth"
Kyle Reiter 

 
“Vice Principals –The Union of the Wizard and The Warrior"
Jeff Seibenick 


Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)
Sponsored by Blackmagic Design

“Stranger Things – Chapter Nine: The Gate”
Kevin D. Ross, ACE 
 

“The Defiant Ones – Part 2”
Doug Pray, Lasse Järvi

“Game of Thrones – The Dragon and the Wolf”
Crispin Green

“Westworld – The Passenger”
Anna Hauger, Mako Kamitsuna, MPEG, Andrew Seklir, ACE

“Counterpart – The Crossing"
Dana E. Glauberman, ACE 


Outstanding Sound – Feature Film

“Ant-Man and The Wasp”
Katy Wood, Addison Teague, Juan Peralta, Tom Johnson // Skywalker Sound

“The Shape of Water”
Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaille // Deluxe – Toronto
 
“Avengers: Infinity War”
Shannon Mills, Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta, Dan Laurie // Skywalker Sound
 
“Blade Runner 2049”
Mark Mangini, Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth // Formosa Group

“Black Panther”
Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor // Skywalker Sound

 
Outstanding Sound – Television

“Yellowstone – Daybreak”
Allan Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros
 
“Waco – Operation Showtime”
Craig Mann, Kelly Oxford, Laura Wiest, Karen Vassar Triest, David Brownlow, Beau Borders // Technicolor – Hollywood

“Dark – Secret”
Alexander Wurtz, Achim Hofmann, Jorg Elsner, Ansgar Frerich, Christian Bichoff // Basis Berlin
 
“Yellowstone – Kill the Messenger”
Allan Murray, Tim LeBlanc, Dean Zupancic // Warner Bros.

“Altered Carbon – Out of The Past”
Brett Hinton, Mark Allen, Owen Granich-Young, Andy King, Keith Rogers // Atomic Sound

Outstanding Sound – Commercial

OXFAM – “The Heist No One is Talking About”
Neil Johnson // Factory Studios

KIA – “Fueled by Youth”
Nathan Dubin // Margarita Mix
 
SANE – “Let Me Talk”
Anthony Moore, Jack Hallett // Factory Studios

Monster – “Opportunity Roars”
Tom Jucarone // Sound Lounge

ICRC – “Hope”
Anthony Moore // Factory Studios

 
Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film

“Maze Runner: The Death Cure”
R. Christopher White, Daniel Macarin, Philip Leonhardt, Paul Ramsden, Jeremy Fort // Weta Digital

“Blade Runner 2049”
Richard Clegg, Axel Akesson, Wesley Chandler, Stefano Carta, Ian Cooke-Grimes // MPC

“Rampage”
Erik Winquist, Benjamin Pickering, Stephen Unterfranz, Thrain Shadbolt,
David Clayton // Weta Digital

 “Thor: Ragnarok”
Kyle McCulloch, Alexis Wajsbrot, Ben Loch, Harry Bardak // Framestore
 
“Avengers: Infinity War”
Matt Aitken, David Conley, Charles Tait, Paul Story, Marvyn Young // Weta Digital

 
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television (Under 13 Episodes)

“Altered Carbon – Out of The Past”
Everett Burrell, Tony Meagher, Steve Moncur, Christine Lemon, Paul Jones // DNEG

“Outlander – Eye of The Storm”
Richard Briscoe // Outlander Production
Daniel Norlund, Filip Orrby // Goodbye Kansas
Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden // Digital Domain

“Black Mirror – Metalhead"
Russel McLean, Michael Bell, Pete Levy, Steven Godfrey, Stafford Lawrence // DNEG


“Game of Thrones – Beyond The Wall”
Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Ted Rae, Eric Carney // HBO
David Ramos // El Ranchito

“Westworld – The Passenger”
Jay Worth, Bruce Branit // Deep Water FX
Bobo Skipper // Important Looking Pirates
Kama Moiha // COSA VFX
Mike Enriquez // DNEG

 
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television (Over 13 Episodes)

“Supergirl – For Good”
Armen V. Kevorkian, Gevork Babityan, Kris Cabrera, Jerry Chalupnik, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX

“Agents of SHIELD – Orientation: Part 1”
Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold // Marvel
Kevin Yuille, David Ray, Hnedel Maximore // FuseFX

“Hawaii Five-O – A’ole e ‘olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia”
Adam Avitabile, Daniel Toomey, Michael Kirylo, Ryan Smolarek, Wayne Hollingsworth // Picture Shop

“Legends of Tomorrow – The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly”
Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik Taranyan, Jason Shulman, Dan Aprea, Lycee Anaya // Encore VFX

“NCIS: LA – A Line in the Sand/Ninguna Salida"
Dylan Chudzynski, Michael Carter, Joe Suzuki, Jacob Kuhne // DigitalFilm Tree

Jon Creamer

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