The Hollywood Professional Association Award for Outstanding Color Grading in a Feature Film is an annual award, given by the Hollywood Professional Association, or HPA, to post production workers in the film and television industry, in this case color graders. It was first awarded in 2006, and has been presented every year since. From 2006 to 2011, the category was titled HPA Award for Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process. The "DI" in the title refers to a digital intermediate (DI), a motion picture finishing process which a motion picture is digitized and the color and other image characteristics manipulated. As the filmmaking has evolved more into a digital forum, the added "DI Process" of the title became, essentially, antiquated.
Winners and nominees 2000s Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process Year Film Nominees 2006 The Illusionist Steven J. Scott King Kong David Cole Stay Mike Sowa 2007 300 Stefan Sonnenfeld Children of MenSteven J. Scott Hairspray 2008 Iron Man Steven J. Scott Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stefan Sonnenfeld The Kite Runner Mike Sowa 2009 Julie & Julia Steven J. Scott Defiance Natasha Leonnet Pride and Glory David Cole
2010s Year Film Nominees 2010 Alice in Wonderland Stefan Sonnenfeld Avatar Skip Kimball The Book of Eli Maxine Gervais Get Low Natasha Leonnet Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Steven J. Scott 2011 The Help Steven J. Scott Love & Other Drugs Natasha Leonnet Sucker PunchStefan Sonnenfeld Transformers: Dark of the Moon Tron: Legacy David Cole
Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film Year Film Nominees 2012 The Iron Lady Rob Pizzey The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Adam Glasman Drive Tom Poole Once Upon a Time in Anatolia James Norman Prometheus Stephen Nakamura 2013 Life of Pi David Cole Anna Karenina Adam Glasman Iron Man 3 Steven J. Scott Man of Steel Stefan Sonnenfeld Oblivion Mike Sowa Pacific Rim Maxine Gervais Star Trek Into Darkness Stefan Sonnenfeld 2014 Gravity Steven J. Scott 12 Years a Slave Tom Poole The Grand Budapest Hotel Jill Bogdanowicz Labor Day Natasha Leonnet The Monuments Men Skip Kimball 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Steven J. Scott The Boxtrolls John Daro Lady of Csejte Keith Roush Monsoon Charles Boileau Whiplash Natasha Leonnet 2016 The Revenant Steven J. Scott Brooklyn Asa Shoul Carol John Dowdell The Jungle Book Steven J. Scott The Martian Stephen Nakamura 2017 Ghost in the Shell Michael Hatzer Beauty and the Beast Stefan Sonnenfeld Birth of a NationSteven J. Scott Doctor Strange Fences Michael Hatzer Hidden Figures Natasha Leonnet 2018 Alpha Maxine Gervais Avengers: Infinity War Steven J. Scott and Charles Bunnag The Greatest Showman Tim Stipan Red Sparrow Dave Hussey The Shape of Water Chris Wallace 2019 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Natasha Leonnet First Man Natasha Leonnet Green Book Walter Volpatto The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Tom Poole Roma Steven J. Scott Us Michael Hatzer
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