Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced the 2018 nominees for the HPA Awards creative categories. The Awards are considered the standard bearer for creative excellence and technical innovation in an industry embracing an expanding array of groundbreaking technologies and creativity, honoring achievement and artistic excellence by individuals and teams who bring stories to life and outstanding content to audiences around the world.

Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards recognize outstanding achievement in editing, sound, visual effects and color 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. 

“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

“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

“The Crossing – Pilot”

Tony Smith // Picture Shop

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

Zara – "Spring/Summer 2018 Main"

Tim Masick // Company 3

“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

“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 

“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 

“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

 â€œBlade 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

“Yellowstone – Daybreak” 

Alan 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” 

Alan 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

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

“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

“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

“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 Rey, Hnedel Maximore // FuseFX

 â€œHawaii 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

As previously announced, Victoria Alonso has been named the recipient of the Charles S. Swartz Award. Alonso is a respected producer and is Executive Vice President, Production for Marvel Studios. The winners of the coveted Engineering Excellence Award, Blackmagic Design (DaVinci Resolve 15), Canon (Visual and Technical Monitoring of HDR Images), Cinnafilm, Inc. (PixelStrings), and IBM Aspera & Telestream (Telestream Vantage with Lightspeed Live Capture powered by Aspera), were announced earlier this year. All awards will be bestowed at the HPA Awards gala.

The HPA Awards gala ceremony is expected to be a sold-out affair and early ticket purchase is encouraged. Tickets for the HPA Awards are on sale now, online at www.hpaawards.net or by calling +1 (818) 273-1482.

More information about the HPA Awards and the Hollywood Professional Association can be found at www.hpaonline.com or by calling the HPA at +1 (818) 273-1482. The HPA Awards take place with the support of diamond title sponsor Blackmagic Design, platinum sponsor IMAX, bronze sponsors Avid and Sony Pictures Post Production Services, supporting sponsors Cinionic, EFILM, FuseFX, Sim, Stephen Arnold Music, and Wipster, and foundation members Avid, Dolby, Efilm, Encore, and Deluxe. For sponsorship information, contact Joyce Cataldo at jcataldo@hpaonline.com.