HPA Winners Unveiled at Gala Evening Celebration
Written by Christine Purse
Cyril Drabinsky of Deluxe is awarded for Lifetime Achievement.
The Hollywood Post Alliance presented the Sixth Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries on November 10, 2011 at the Skirball Center atop Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, CA. The HPA Awards honor the best of the best talent working behind the scenes in motion pictures, television and commercials as well as the most innovative technologies in post.
The winners of the 2011 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process - Feature Film
“The Help”
Steven J. Scott // EFILM
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
"Mad Men – Blowing Smoke”
Tim Vincent // LaserPacific
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Nissan “Zero”
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
“The Social Network”
Angus Wall, A.C.E. and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing - Television
“Downton Abbey – Series 1 Episode 1”
John Wilson, A.C.E. // Carnival Film & Television
Outstanding Editing - Commercial
American Express “Curtain”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
“Green Lantern”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Rick Kline // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers // Soundelux
Outstanding Sound - Television
“House – Bombshells”
Brad North, Joe DeAngelis, Luis Galdames and Jackie Oster // Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
Dream House “Trailer #1”
David Brolin // Universal Studios Sound
Bill Neil // Buddha Jones Trailers
Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Chris Balog and Ben O’Brien // Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Compositing - Television
“Boardwalk Empire – Boardwalk Empire”
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Merysa Nichols and Jesse Siglow // Crazy Horse Effects, Inc.
Outstanding Compositing - Commercial
Jameson “Fire”
Dan Glass, Gabby Gourrier, Chris Bankoff and Jeff Willette // Method Studios
A number of special awards, which had been announced earlier, were bestowed during the evening including:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.
Engineering Excellence Award:
- Dolby Laboratories // Professional Reference Monitor
- Sony Professional Solutions of America // OLED Monitor
- Lightcraft Technology // Previzion
- IBM // Linear Tape File System
Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
- Testronic Labs // File-Based QC Lab
- Steven J. Scott of EFILM // “Tree of Life” DI Environment
![]() Tom Sherak, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with HPA Lifetime Achievement winner Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services |
![]() Editing presenters Maysie Hoy, ACE and Stephen Rivkin, ACE |
![]() Overview of the Skirball Center HPA Awards audience |
![]() ASC President Michael Goi, Creativity & Innovation AND Feature Color Grading in a DI winner, Steve Scott, EFilm, and producer Todd London |














