GAME OF THRONES WINS OUTSTANDING VFX HPA AWARD
SPIN VFX IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THE WINNING TEAM
Spin VFX is proud to announce their Outstanding Visual Effects, Television, Hollywood Post Alliance Award win as part of the Game of Thrones visual effects team.
Game of Thrones / Valar Dohaeris
Joe Bauer and Jabbar Raisani
Jorn Grosshans and Sven Martin
Doug Campbell
“We are excited by the HPA award and once again grateful to HBO for the opportunity to work on such a creatively award winning show,” says Neishaw Ali, Spin President and Visual Effects Executive Producer (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn)
The HPA Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in helping to create features, television programs, spots, and entertainment enjoyed around the world. Presented by the Hollywood Post Alliance® – the professional organization for the post production community – the 8th Annual HPA Awards took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, in front of a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries on November 7th.
The HPA award follows on the heels of the team’s Outstanding Special Visual Effects Emmy win for the same episode earlier this year.
Emmy winning VFX Supervisor Doug Campbell and two-time Emmy nominated Supervising Producer, Luke Groves led Spin’s team to deliver over 200 shots for the season, including Mance Rayder’s Camp, the Direwolves compositing sequences in the Northern Forest, CG crows, the 3D Unsullied Army, the Twins matte painting and The Wall 3D environment.
The Executive Producers of Game of Thrones are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; Co-Executive Producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor; Produced by Chris Newman, Greg Spence.
Special thank you to Holly Schiffer, VP of Post Production, HBO, Joe Bauer, VFX Supervisor, Steve Kullback, VFX Producer, and Adam Chazen, VFX Coordinator.