The 2020 AICP Post Awards winners, honoring excellence in a range of post production arts, were revealed tonight during a special virtual premiere held online, in keeping with social distancing initiatives driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tonight’s presentation is the second of three virtual celebrations that comprise AICP Week – which led off with the premiere of the AICP Next Awards on June 16th and will conclude with the screening of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial on June 18th.
Chris Franklin, Editor and Owner of Big Sky Edit, served as this year’s AICP Post Awards Judging Chair – a role he will repeat in 2021, owing to the truncated judging process for this year’s competition, which omitted its in-person curatorial committee review in light of the ongoing pandemic.
Editor Grant Gustafson of Cutters Studios emerged as the most-awarded artist at the Post Awards, winning in four categories for his work on Jeep’s “Groundhog Day,” created by Highdive and produced by O Positive. The spot, which starred Bill Murray reprising his role from the movie of the same name, won in the Automotive, Comedy, National Campaign and Best of Midwest (Automotive) categories.
The audio engineers Sam Ashwell and Mike Bovill of the audio post house 750mph won two AICP Post Awards, both for Ubisoft’s “Ghost Recon,” created by DDB Paris and produced by FRENZY. It won in the Audio Mix: Over 30 and Sound Design: Over 30 categories.
Two companies, Arcade Edit and MPC, saw work entered on behalf of their artists and editors honored with three AICP Post wins.
Arcade Edit Editor Paul Martinez won in the Cause Marketing/PSA category for “The Epidemic,” created by BBDO New York for Monica Lewinsky and produced by Sanctuary; Editor Ali Mao won in the Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word category for “I Am With You” for Chanel Miller, created by Rally and produced by Emerald Pictures; and Editor Dave Anderson won in the National Campaign category for “Inside Post’s Brain” for Bud Light Seltzer, created by Wieden+Kennedy and produced by O Positive.
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MPC Colorist Mark Gethin won in the Color Grading: Under :60 category for “Anthem” for Google Next, created by 72andSunny and produced by SMUGGLER; Creative Director Michael Gregory won in the CGI category for “Legend” for BMW, created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produced by MJZ; and VFX Supervisor Toya Drechsler won in the Compositing & Visual Effects category, also for BMW “Legend.”
Two companies saw work by their artists and editors honored with two AICP Post Awards. At A52, Colorist Daniel De Vue won in the Color Grading: Music Video for “Projector,” produced by FRIEND for the artist EDEN, while VFX Supervisor Patrick Murphy won in the Best of West (Compositing & Visual Effects) category for “A Holiday Reunion” for Xfinity, created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produced by Park Pictures. At Cabin Edit, Editors Taylor Walsh and Randy Baulbis won in the Vertical category for “Swipe Night” for Tinder, created by 72andSunny and produced by m ss ng p eces; and Editor Sam Ostrove won in the Montage category for “NFL Kickoff” for the NFL, also created by 72andSunny and produced by Somesuch.
Leading the list of ad agencies most often credited with wining work was 72andSunny, which was responsible for winners in five categories, followed by Highdive, which netted winners in four. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners created work that won Post Awards in three categories.
The AICP Post Awards recognizes excellence in a range of categories, including Automotive, Comedy, Cause Marketing/PSA, Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word, Docu-Style, Fashion/Beauty, Montage, Music Video, National Campaign, Regional Campaign, Storytelling and Vertical for editorial, and Audio Mix, Character Design & Animation, Color Grading, Compositing & Visual Effects, CGI, Graphic Design & Animation, Sound Design and Typography Design & Animation for craft. It also honors the best regional work with Best of Region winners.
The opening title sequence and category interstitials for the Post Awards’ online premiere was created by Flavor, with the virtual presentation’s intro film produced by Dictionary Films. Music and sound design for the virtual presentation was created by Yessian, with post production services provided by Cutters. The AICP Awards sponsor reel, which plays at the start of each AICP Week virtual awards show, was created by Framestore, with music by Human.
Full List of Winners
2020 AICP Post Awards Credits
Audio Mix: Over :30
Ubisoft “Ghost Recon”
- Sound Designers/Mix Engineers: Sam Ashwell & Mike Bovill
- Audio Post Production: 750 MPH
- Editor Maxime Pozzi-Garcia
Production Company: FRENZY PARIS
Director: Vellas
Agency: DDB Paris
- Creative Director: Alexander Kalchev
- Agency Producer: Jerome Deplatiere
Audio Mix :30 & Under
Smirnoff “Infamous Since 1864”
- Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Aaron Reynolds
- Audio Post Production: Wave Studios
- Audio Assistant: Andrew Gualtieri
- EP/Producer: Vicky Ferraro
- Music: Big Sync
- Flame/VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts/Joey Deady
- Editor: Neil Smith + Trish Fuller
- Colorist: Blacksmith; Colorist – Mikey Pehanich
- Flame/VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts/Joey Deady
Production Company: MJZ
- Director: Rupert Sanders
- Director of Photography: Jess Hall
Agency: 72andSunny
- ECD: Justine Armour
- CDs: Dean Woodhouse/Hugo Bierschenk/Micah Walker
- Director of Production: Lora Schulson
- Group Production Director: Ryan Chong
- Art Director: Ilana Wolstein
- Copywriter: Sr. Writer: Brock Kirby, Fanny Josefsson
- Producer: Jonny Weiss
- Jr. Producer: Caitlin Culhane
Automotive
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
- Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
- EP/Producer: Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
- Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
- Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
- Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
- Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
- Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
- Director: Jim Jenkins
- Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
- Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
- Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
- On-line: The Mill
Best of East: Storytelling
BMW “The Small Escape”
Editor: Iain Whitewright
Editorial Company: Whitehouse Post
EP/Producer: Annabel Bennett
Production Company: Tempomedia Berlin
- Director: Alex Feil
- Agency: Jung Von Matt
- ECD: Thim Wagner
- Creative Director: David Leinweber
Best of Midwest: Comedy
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
- Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
- EP/Producer: Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
- Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
- Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
- Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
- Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
- Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
- Director: Jim Jenkins
- Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
- Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
- Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
On-line: The Mill
Best of Minnesota: Automotive
Subaru of America “Honk”
Editor: Mick Uzendoski
Editorial Company: Drive Thru Editorial
- EP/Producer: Beth Wilson
- Colorist: Alex Bickel
- Graphics: Ben Leisen
Production Company: SKUNK
Director: Brian Lee Hughes
Agency: Carmichael Lynch
- Creative Director: Christine Gault
- Agency Producer: Lisa Feldman
- Art Director: Chris Carlberg
- Best of West: Compositing & Visual Effects
Xfinity “A Holiday Reunion”
Lead Artist/Compositor: Patrick Murphy
VFX Company: a52 VFX
- Editor: Kirk Baxter
- Colorist: Gregory Reese
- Sound Designer: LIME
Production Company: Park Pictures
- Director: Lance Acord
- Director of Photography: Lance Acord
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- Creative Director: Tristan Graham, Felipe Lima
- Agency Producer: Kateri McLucas
Cause Marketing/PSA
Monica Lewinsky “The Epidemic”
Editor: Paul Martinez
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
- Assistant Editors: Chris Angel, Jeff Lopus, Luke McIntosh
- EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Fanny Cruz
Production Company: Sanctuary
- Director: Cole Webley
- Director of Photography: Paul Meyers
- Executive Producers: Preston Lee, Kristen Bedard-Johnson
- Talent: Emma Malouff
Agency: BBDO New York
- Agency Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide: David Lubars
- Agency Chief Creative Officer, New York: Greg Hahn
- Agency Creative Directors: Bianca Guimaraes, Roberto Danino,
- Agency Associate Creative Directors: Jim Connolly, Lance Vining, Gary du Toit
- Agency Producers: David Rolfe, Jessica Coccaro, James Young
- Character Design & Animation
IKEA “Silence The Critics”
Lead Artist/Designer: James Sindle
Animators: Patrick Krafft – 3D Lead, James Belch – 2d Lead
- Design and Animation Company: Electric Theatre Collective
- 2D Artists: Chris Fraser , Tomer Epsthein
- 3D Artists: Jordan Dunstall, Ryan Maddox, Mark Bailey, Remy Herisse, Edwin Leeds, Gregory Martin, Nikolai Maderthoner, Will Preston, Stefan Brown , Adrian Lan Sun Luk, Piers Limberg , Zach Pindolia, Olivia Grimmer, Romain Thirion, Richard Fry
- Colorist: Luke Morrison @ Electric Theatre Collective
- On-line: James Belch
- Music: Wake The Town
- Sound Designer: 750MPH
- EP/Producer Magda Krimitsou
- Editor: Russell Icke
Editorial Company: The Whitehouse
Production Company: MJZ
- Director: Tom Kuntz
- Director of Photography: Chris Soos
Agency: Mother London
- Creative Director: Thom Whitaker, Danielle Outhwaite-Noel
- Agency Producer: Jenny Fan
- Art Director: Pauline Ashford
- Copywriter: Mike Kennedy
Color Grading: Over :90
Gucci “ComeAsYouAre_RSVP”
Colorist: Tim Masick
Post Production Company: Company 3
- Director: Harmony Korine
- Director of Photography: Rodrigo Prieto
Agency: Simmonds Ltd.
- Creative Director: Alessandro Michele
- Art Director: Christopher Simmonds
Color Grading: :60 To :90
Smirnoff “Infamous Since 1864”
Colorist: Mikey Pehanich
Post Production Company: Blacksmith
- VFX Artist: Iwan Zwarts, Joey Deady
- Editor: Neil Smith, Trish Fuller
Production Company: MJZ
- Director: Rupert Sanders
- EP/Producer: David Zander
- Director of Photography: Jess Hall
- Music: Wu Tang + El Michel’s Affair
- Sound Designer: Aaron Reynolds, Chris Afzal
Agency: 72andSunny
- Creative Director: Dean Woodhouse, Hugo Bierschenk, Micah Walker
- Agency Producer: Jonny Weiss
- Art Director: Ilana Wolstein (Designer)
- Copywriter: Brock Kirby
Color Grading: Music Video
EDEN “Projector”
Colorist: Daniel De Vue
Post Production Company: a52 Color
Production Company: FRIEND
- Director: Zhang + Knight
- Director of Photography: Carl Nilsson
Color Grading: Under :60
Google Nest “Anthem”
Colorist: Mark Gethin
Post Production Company: MPC
Production Company: SMUGGLER
- Director: Mark Molloy
- Director of Photography: Edu Grau
Agency: 72andSunny
Comedy
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
- Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
- EP/Producer Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
- Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
- Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
- Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
- Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
- Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
- Director: Jim Jenkins
- Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
- Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
- Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
On-line: The Mill
Compositing & Visual Effects
BMW “Legend”
Compositor: Toya Drechsler
VFX Company: MPC
- EP/Producer: Karen Anderson
- Colorist: Mark Gethin
Production Company: MJZ
- Director: Dante Ariola
- Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
CGI
BMW “Legend”
Designer: Michael Gregory
Team: Tim Kafka
VFX Company: MPC
- EP/Producer: Karen Anderson
- Colorist: Mark Gethin
- Lead Compositor: Toya Drechsler
Production Company: MJZ
- Director: Dante Ariola
- Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Creative Director: Roger Baren
Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word
Chanel Miller “I Am With You”
Editor: Ali Mao
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
- Assistant Editor: Max Hoffman
- EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Ellen Lavery
Production Company: Emerald Pictures
Director: Chanel Miller and Emily Moore
Agency: Rally
Docu-Style
YouTube Music “Snippet Into Billie’s Mind (Artist Spotlight Stories)”
Editor: Reuter
Editorial Company: Scheme
- Assistant Editor: Danny Weeks
- Animator: Raymo Ventura, Trung Bao
- Designer: Kristian Mercado
- EP/Producer: Andrew Nisinson
Production Company: Pyramyd
- Director: Kristian Mercado
- Director of Photography: Geoff Tayler
- Colorist: Ayumi Ashley
Color Company: Ntropic
Agency: FADER YouTube
Fashion/Beauty
Hugo Boss “FW19”
Editor: William Town
Editorial Company: Modern Post
- Assistant Editor: Clay Doggett
- EP/Producer: Charlyn Derrick, Modern Post
- Producer: Jen Hargreaves, Modern Post
Production Company: Seeker Productions
- Director: Fabien Baron
- EP/Producer: Nina Shiffman, Seeker Productions
Agency: Baron & Baron
Creative Director: Fabien Baron
Graphic Design & Animation
Crown Royal Apple Whiskey “Crown Royal Apple”
Designers: Siena Allison, Jonas Devacht, Stefan Falconer, Joao Lavieri, Sammy Moore
Animators: Rory McLean, Bishoy Gendi, David Feliu
Design Company: PSYOP
Production Company: Blacklist + Golden Wolf
- EP/Producer: Dotti Sinnott
- Director: Golden Wolf
- Editors: Ian Pinder, Craig Maxwell
Agency: Anomaly
Montage
NFL “NFL Kickoff”
Editor: Sam Ostrove
Editorial Company: Cabin Edit
Editorial Assistant: Ryan Khourly
EP/Producer: Carr Schilling, Adam Becht, Remy Fox, Michelle Dorsch
Production Company: Somesuch
- Director: Stuart McIntyre
- Director of Photography: Ross Giardina
Agency: 72andSunny
- Creative Director: Jason Norcross and Keith Cartwright
- Composer: Human Worldwide
- Sound Mixer & Designer: Lime
- On-line: Shape and Light
- Agency Producer: Erika Ruiz
- Art Director: Chris Ruth
- Copywriter: Garret Radford
VFX Artist: Shape and Light
Colorist: Company 3
Graphics: Shape and Light
Music Video
Chemical Brothers “We’ve Got To Try”
Editor: Paul O’Reilly
Editorial Company: Stitch
Production Company: O Positive
National Campaign
Bud Light Seltzer “Inside Post’s Brain”, “Post’s Mango Experience”
Editor: Dave Anderson
Editorial Company: Arcade Edit
- Assistant Editor: Thomas Bergerstock
- EP/Producer: Sila Soyer/Andrew Cravotta
Production Company: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
Regional Campaign
Vans “Icy and Sot” “Marlon Pruz” “Maxwell McMaster”
Editor: Alvaro Del Val
Editorial Company: WAX
- Assistant Editor: Matt Elias
- EP/Producer: Toni Lipari
Production Company: Greenpoint Pictures
- Director: Nina Meredith
- Director of Photography: Sean Lyness/ Soren Nielsen
- Colorist: Phil Chloe
- Sound Mixer: Jodi Levine
- Sound Company: Heard City
Agency: Highsnobiety
Agency Producer: Chad Ghiron / Phil Staiman
Sound Design: Over :30
Ubisoft “Ghost Recon”
Sound Designers & Mixers: Sam Ashwell & Mike Bovill
- Audio Post Production : 750 MPH
- Editor: Maxime Pozzi-Garcia
Production Company: FRENZY PARIS
Director: Vellas
Agency: DDB Paris
- Creative Director: Alexander Kalchev
- Agency Producer: Jerome Deplatiere
Sound Design: :30 & Under
Bud Light “Crispy”
- Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Mike Vitacco
- Audio Post Production: Heard City
- Audio Assistants: Evan Anderson, Tom Morris, Seth Brogdon, Ronnie Stapleton
- EP/Producers: Gloria Pitagorsky, Sasha Awn, Andi Lewis, Jackie James
Editorial Company: Arcade
Production Company: Cake Factory
Director: Martin Wonnacott
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
- Creative Director: Kevin Kaminishi
- Agency Producer: Joyce Lee
Storytelling
Jeep “Groundhog Day”
Editor: Grant Gustafson
Editorial Company: Cutters Studios
- Assistant Editors: David Rubin, Jackie Cohen
- EP/Producer Heather Richardson
Agency: Highdive
- Agency Co-Founders/Chief Creative Officers: Chad Broude, Mark Gross
- Agency Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Pat Burke
- Agency Art Director: Jorge Pomareda
- Agency Copywriter: Casey Stern
- Agency Producers: Jen Passaniti, Lindsay Vetter
Production Company: O Positive
- Director: Jim Jenkins
- Director of Photography: Trent Opaloch
- Colorist: Oisin O’Driscoll
- Sound Designer & Mixer: Peter Erazmus
- On-line: The Mill
Typography Design & Animation
HBO “Watchmen” Title Sequences
Designers: Olga Midlenko,Wes Yang, Mert Kizalay, Jason Forrest-Hogg, Curry Tian, Ben Woodlock, Kaya Thomas, Felix Soletic
Animators: Gabriel Perez, Alex Silver
Design & Production Company: Elastic
- Director: Paul Mitchell
- Design Team: Wes Yang, Mert Kizalay, Jason Forrest-Hogg, Curry Tian, Ben Woodlock, Kaya Thomas, Felix Soletic, Kirk Shintani, Andrew Romantz, Michael Cardenas, Gabriel Perez, Alex Silver, Maciek Sokalski
- EP/Producer: Luke Colson
Vertical
Tinder “Swipe Night”
Editors: Taylor Walsh, Randy Baulbis
Company: Cabin Edit
- VFX Artist: Andre Arevalo
- Designer/Lead Artist: Taylor Walsh, Marcus Yen, Will Kanellos, Randy Baulbis
- EP/Producer: Carr Schilling, Remy Fox, Adam Becht, Liz Lydecker
Production Company: m ss ng p eces
- Director: Karena Evans
- Director of Photography: Caroline Costa
- Colorist: Ricky Gausis, Dimitri Zola, Kristopher Smale
- Graphics: MPC
- Sound Mixer/Designer: Q Dept
- On-line: m ss ng p eces
Agency: 72andSunny
- Creative Director: Matt Murphy
- Agency Producer: Brooke Casler and Leah Karabenick
- Art Director: Marcus Yen
- Copywriter: Reilly Baker
To view all the winners of the 2020 Awards, visit the AICP Post Awards site at http://www.aicppostawards.com/.
SOURCE: AICP
