HPA Award for Outstanding Sound – Feature Film explained

The Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Sound in a Feature Film is an annual award, given by the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) to post-production workers in the film and television industry, in this case sound. First awarded in 2006, it has been presented every year since. From 2006 to 2009, the category was titled HPA Award for Outstanding Audio Post - Feature Film.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Outstanding Audio Post - Feature Film

YearFilmWinners/Nominees
2006
[1]
Flightplan Dave McMoyler, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga
The Producers Lon Bender, Lee Dichter
2007
[2]
The Bourne Ultimatum †† Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Scott Millan, David Parker
Meet the Robinsons David E. Fluhr, Myron Nettinga, Todd Toon
2008
[3]
WALL-E ‡‡ Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
Into the Wild Michael Minkler, Lora Hirschberg, Martin Hernández
Wanted ‡‡Wylie Stateman, Harry Cohen, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño
2009
[4]
Watchmen Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Scott Hecker, Eric A. Norris
Quantum of Solace Eddy Joseph, James Boyle
Up ‡‡E.J. Holowicki, Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

2010s

Outstanding Sound - Feature Film

YearFilmWinners/Nominees
2010
[5]
District 9 Chris Ward, Brent Burge (supervising sound editors); Michael Hedges, Gilbert Lake (re-recording mixers)
The Book of Eli Steven D. Williams, Eric A. Norris (sound designers/supervising sound editors); Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers)
Inception ††Richard King (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo (re-recording mixers)
The Princess and the Frog Odin Benitez (sound designer/supervising sound editor); David E. Fluhr, Dean Zupanic (re-recording mixers)
Toy Story 3 ‡‡Tom Myers (re-recording mixer/sound designer/supervising sound editor), Michael Silvers (supervising sound editor), Michael Semanick (re-recording mixer)
2011
[6]
Green Lantern Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers (supervising sound editors); John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers)
Cars 2 Tom Myers (re-recording mixer/sound designer/supervising sound editor), Michael Silvers (supervising sound editor), Michael Semanick (re-recording mixer)
Fast Five Peter Brown (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers)
Sucker Punch Scott Heccker, Eric A. Norris (sound designers/supervising sound editors); Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers)
True Grit ‡‡Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey (re-recording mixers/supervising sound editors); Greg Orloff (re-recording mixer)
2012
[7] [8]
The Adventures of Tintin Chris Ward, Brent Burge (supervising sound editors); Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Andy Nelson (re-recording mixers)
Brave Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (supervising sound editor), E.J. Holowicki (sound designer), Gary Rydstrom (re-recording mixer/sound designer), Tom Johnson (re-recording mixer)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Blake Leyh (supervising sound editor); Eliza Paley (supervising dialogue editor); Skip Lievsay, Paul Urmson (re-recording mixers)
The Hunger Games Lon Bender (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Bill R. Dean, Kris Fenske (sound designers); Glynna Grimala (supervising dialogue editor); Michael Keller, Mike Prestwood Smith (re-recording mixers)
Safe House Per Hallberg (supervising sound editor); Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers); Nico Louw, Conrad Kuhne (production sound mixers)
2013
[9] [10]
Argo ‡‡ Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn (sound designers/supervising sound editors); John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixers)
Gangster Squad Cameron Frankley (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Jason W. Jennings (sound designer); Dean Zupanic, Jon Taylor (re-recording mixers)
Iron Man 3 Mark Stoeckinger, Andrew DeCristofaro (supervising sound editors); Michael Keller, Mike Prestwood Smith (re-recording mixers)
Pacific Rim Scott Martin Gershin (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Tim LeBlanc, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixers)
Turbo Richard King (supervising sound editor); Andy Nelson, Michael Babcock (re-recording mixers); Nico Louw, Conrad Kuhne (production sound mixers)
2014
[11] [12]
Gravity †† Glenn Freemantle (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri (re-recording mixers)
Frozen Odin Benitez (sound designer/supervising sound editor), David E. Fluhr (re-recording mixer), Gabriel Guy (re-recording mixer/original dialogue mixer)
Godzilla Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn (sound designers/supervising sound editors); Tim LeBlanc, John T. Reitz, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers)
Jeremy Peirson (re-recording mixer/sound designer/supervising sound editor), Skip Lievsay (re-recording mixer)
Noah Craig Henighan (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor), Skip Lievsay (re-recording mixer), Jill Purdy (supervising dialogue editor)
2015
[13]
American Sniper †‡Alan Robert Murray (supervising sound editor); Tom Ozanich (sound designer); John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixers)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ‡‡Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock (sound designers/supervising sound editors); Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers)
Interstellar ‡‡Richard King (sound designer/supervising sound editors); Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker (re-recording mixers); Mark Weingarten (production sound mixer)
††Mark Mangini, Scott Hecker (supervising sound editors); Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixers)
Unbroken ‡‡Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro (supervising dialogue editors); Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers)
2016
[14]
Sicario Alan Robert Murray (supervising sound editor), Tom Ozanich (re-recording mixer/sound designer), John T. Reitz (re-recording mixer)
Scott Hecker (supervising sound editor); Chris Jenkins, Michael Keller (re-recording mixers)
Eye in the Sky Bill R. Dean (supervising sound editor/sound designer), Craig Mann (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor), Adam Jenkins (re-recording mixer), Chase Keehn (dialogue editor)
Room Niall Brady (supervising dialogue editor), Steve Fanagan (re-recording mixer/sound designer), Ken Galvin (re-recording mixer)
Zootopia Addison Teague (sound designer/supervising sound editor), David E. Fluhr (re-recording mixer), Gabriel Guy (re-recording mixer/original dialogue mixer)
2017
[15]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Addison Teague, David Acord (sound designers/supervising sound editors), Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg (re-recording mixers)
Doctor Strange Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie (supervising sound editors); Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta (re-recording mixers)
The Fate of the Furious Peter Brown, Mark Stoeckinger (supervising sound editors); Paul Aulicino (assistant supervising sound editor); Stephen P. Robinson (sound designer), Bobbi Banks (supervising adr editor)
Mark Stoeckinger (supervising sound editor); Alan Rankin (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Andy Koyama, Martyn Zub, Gabriel J. Serrano (re-recording mixers)
SullyAlan Robert Murray, Bub Asman (supervising sound editors); John T. Reitz (re-recording mixer); Tom Ozanich (re-recording mixer/sound designer)
2018
[16]
The Shape of Water ‡‡ Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaille (supervising sound editors); Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern (re-recording mixers)
Ant-Man and the Wasp Addison Teague, Katy Wood (supervising sound editors); Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta (re-recording mixers)
Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie (supervising sound editors); Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta (re-recording mixers)
Black Panther ‡‡Benjamin A. Burtt (supervising sound editor), Steve Boeddeker (supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer), Brandon Proctor (re-recording mixer)
Blade Runner 2049 ‡‡Mark Mangini (supervising sound editor); Theo Green (sound designer); Mac Ruth (production sound mixer); Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill (re-recording mixers)
2019
[17]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Erik Aadahl (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Jason W. Jennings, Nancy Nugent (supervising sound editors); Tim LeBlanc, Tom Ozanich (re-recording mixers)
Aquaman Eliot Connors, Stephen P. Robinson (sound designers); Joe Dzuban (sound designer/re-recording mixer); Peter Brown (supervising sound editor); Tim LeBlanc (re-recording mixer)
Roma ‡‡Sergio Diaz (sound designer/supervising sound editor), Skip Lievsay (sound designer/supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer), Ruy García (supervising adr editor), Craig Henighan (re-recording mixer), Carlos Honc (dialogue editor), Caleb Townsend (music editor)
Shazam! Bill R. Dean (sound designer/supervising sound editor); Erick Ocampo (sound designer); Kelly Oxford (supervising adr editor); Michael Keller, Kevin O'Connell (re-recording mixers)
Smallfoot Michael Babcock (sound designer/supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer), Chris Diebold (sound effects editor), Harrison Meyle (dialogue supervisor), Jeff Sawyer (foley supervisor), David E. Fluhr (re-recording mixer)

References

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  7. Web site: Nominees Announced for 2012 HPA Awards . . May 31, 2019.
  8. Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance hands out tech honors . . May 31, 2019.
  9. Web site: 2013 HPA Awards Announce Craft Category Nominees And Special Award Winners . . June 1, 2019.
  10. Web site: 2013 Hollywood Post Alliance Award Winners Announced . . June 1, 2019.
  11. Web site: The Hollywood Post Alliance Announces Nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards . . June 1, 2019.
  12. Web site: Gravity continues to score at HPA Awards . . June 1, 2019.
  13. Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance® Announces 2015 Award Winners . . June 1, 2019.
  14. Web site: 2016 HPA Awards . . June 1, 2019.
  15. Web site: 2017 HPA Awards . . June 1, 2019.
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