The 16th Annual Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards were held on Saturday, November 24th 2012 at The Establishment Hotel in Sydney, New South Wales.
Proudly presented by Syntec International
ASSG Survey Prize
Donated by Sounds in Sync
Lucky Door Prizes
Donated by if magazine
Winners & Nominees
Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger Savage
Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award
Sponsored by Amber Technology
Beth Bezzina & Jean-Marc Serret
Best Sound for a Television Commercial or Promo
Sponsored by Sound Devices
Winner
AstraZeneca – “Underwater”
Nominees
Quilton – “Switch to Another”
John O’Connell
Comedy Central Animated Idents
Thom Kellar, Andrew Simmons, Tara Webb
Intel – “Batik Fractal”
Richard Boxhill, Rosie Chase
AstraZeneca – “Underwater”
Mark Cornish, Raphael May
CommBank – “Flexible Bank Loans”
Mark Cornish, Mark Van Kool, Nigel Crowley
Best Sound for an Animated Short Film or Program
Sponsored by EdiCue from Sounds In Sync
Winner
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Nominees
The Maker
Brendan O’Brien
A Cautionary Tale
Luke Mynott, Wes Chew
The Last Photo
Jennifer Sochackyj, Phil Judd
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Michael Darren, Tom Heuzenroeder, Adrian Medhurst, Sam Rogers, Russell Alexander, Luke Jurevicius
The Tortoise
John Kassab, Dane Cody, Gerry Long, Andrew McGrath, Scott Hemming
Best Sound for a Short Fiction Film
Sponsored by AFTRS
Winner
Cryo
Nominees
Cryo
William Ward, Jenny Ward, Jared Dwyer, Peter Climpson, Sam Hayward, John O’Connell, Eren Sener, John Simpson
Inferno
Peter Mulheron, Mick Boraso, Rob Parish, Rocky Amaranto, Eren Sener, Belinda Galpin
Spine
Andrew Plain, Tara Webb, Peter Purcell, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Jules Ambroisine
The Road Home
David White, Blair Slater
The Wilding
Emma Bortignon, Sam Hayward, Joel Valerie
Best Sound for a Lifestyle, Reality or Live Television Audio Program
Sponsored by Sumsound and CX
Winner
The Renovators (Series 1, Ep.1)
Nominees
The Block 2012
Series 5
Simon “Slash” Hicks, Glenn Humphries, Mick Papworth, Saul Gillingham
The Renovators
Series 1, Ep.1
Cate Cahill
Best Sound for a Tele-Feature or Short Run Series
Sponsored by CDA ProAudio suppliers of Cedar Audio
Winner
The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab
Nominees
The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab
Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Marco Arlotta, John McKerrow, Nicky Robinson
The Great Mint Swindle
Stephen R. Smith, Dean Ryan, Dan Giles, Tom Lowndes, Liam Price, James Bagley, Neil McIntosh, Danielle Wiessner, Helen Brown
Dripping in Chocolate
Wes Chew, Luke Mynott, Sam Gain Emery, Tom Herdman, Chris Alderton, Sue Kerr, Blair Slater, Andrew Simmons, Dan Johnston
Sick
Richard Teague, Charlie Swales, Alex Mills, Myles Lowe, Abigail Sie, Carissa Coup
The Straits
Rodney Condor, Gary Hamden, Arron Price, Greg Burgman, Stephen King, Peter Hall, Trevor Harrison, Leon Horrocks, Olivia Monteith, Ian Donato, Natalie Choo, Michol Marsh
Best Sound for a Television Drama Series
Sponsored by Lemac
Winner
Redfern Now – Pretty Boy Blue
Nominees
Lightning Point
Ep.1
Ralph Ortner, Simon Rosenberg, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Nicky Robinson
Packed To The Rafters
Ep.92 The Things We Do For Love
Dino Giacomin, Joel McLean, James Andrews, Alicia Slusarski, Nigel Croydon, Stefan Kluka, John O’Connell, Nicole Lazaroff, Shanti Burn
Puberty Blues
Ep.4
Ian Neilson, Robert Sullivan, Alicia Slusarski, Justin Lloyd, James Andrews, Nigel Croydon, Stefan Kluka, Guntis Sics, Mark Van Kool, Aron Dyer, Justin Hughes
Underbelly: Badness
Ep.7 Bang Bang, Kill Kill
Stephen R Smith, Joel Mclean, Liam Price, Mia Stewart, James Bagley, Danielle Wiessner, Helen Brown, Stuart Waller, Cathy Gross, Francis Byrne
Redfern Now
Pretty Boy Blue
Wes Chew, Sam Gain Emery, Mick Boraso, Luke Mynott, Blair Slater, Andrew Simmons, Duncan McAllister, Dan Johnston, Robert Mackenzie, Paul “Salty” Brincat, Shanti Burn, Ruth Vance
Best Sound for a Documentary
Sponsored by the D900 Digital Wireless System from Sennheiser
and Rastorder Production Carts
Winner
Dr. Sarmast’s Music School
Nominees
Dr. Sarmast’s Music School
Livia Ruzic, Keith Thomas, Dale Cornelius, Mark Ingram
Coniston
Livia Ruzic, Keith Thomas, Ben Banks, Michael Den Elzen
Storm Surfers 3D
Glenn Finnan, Liam Egan, Sam Hayward, Tom Heuzenroeder, Martin Oswin, Daniel Brown, Nick Emond
Immortal
Tristan Meredith, Gerry Long, Fabio Pertile, Robin Gist, Martin Keir
Sporting Nation
Ep.1
Keith Thomas, Patrick Slater, Chris West, Graham Wise, Julian Langdon
Make Hummus Not War
Erin McKimm, Andrew McGrath, Frank Lipson, Peter Walker
Best Film
Sound Recording
Sponsored by Rycote for Syntec International,
celebrating their 40th Year in the Industry
Winner
Burning Man
Nominees
Wish You Were Here
John O’Connell, Jake Brown, Rafal Dabrowski, Phalla Ea, Chris Keros
Burning Man
David Lee, Gerry Nucifora, Paradox Delilah
Swerve
Des Kenneally, Marco Arlotta, Will Sheridan, Anthony Healy
Lore
Michael Busch, Michael Janssen
Killer Elite
Gary Wilkins, Gretchen Thornburn, Chris O’Shea, Bryn Duffy, Cam Eason, Nigel Albermaniche, Andrew Quinney
Andrew Plain Award
for Best Film Sound Design
Sponsored by Fairlight and the new Fairlight I XSTREAM
Winner
Wish You Were Here
Nominees
Wish You Were Here
Brooke Trezise, Sam Petty, Paul Graham Huntingford, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Rosie Chase, Tom Heuzenroeder
Burning Man
Andrew Plain, Bronwyn Murphy, Justine Angus, William Ward, Megan Wedge, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Peter Gleaves, Liesl Pieterse, Andy Stallabrass
Lore
Sam Petty, Brooke Trezise, Yulia Akerholt, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Steve Burgess, Antony Gray, Jasmine Guffond
Killer Elite
Andrew Plain, Paul Pirola, Hayden Collow, Carlo Cosentino, Leah Katz, Yulia Akerholt, Lucas Bone, Craig Carter, Brendan Croxon, Les Fiddess, Blair Slater, Adam Connelly, Mario Vaccaro, Nicolas Gilou, Chris Goodes, Cameron Grant, James Harvey, Nick Kray, Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham, Martin Oswin, Brooke Trezise, Frederic Ullmann
Happy Feet Two
Wayne Pashley, Jenny T. Ward, Derryn Pasquill, Mark Franken, James Martell, David White, Annie Breslin, Danielle Wiessner, Sonal Joshi, Justine Angus, Tony Murtagh, Fabian Sanjurjo, Rick Lisle, Damian Candusso, Damon Mouris, Andrew Miller, Nigel Christensen, William Ward, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Jason Hancock, Libby Villa, Lewis Malia, Emma Mitchell, Belinda Trimboli, Ben Beverley, Ines Richter, Jared Dwyer, Rosie Chase, Mario Gabrielli, Rich Macar, Nick Kray, Andy Stallabrass, Peter Gleaves, Sal Ojeda, Thomas A. Carlson, Tim Ryan, Jason Fernandez, Craig Beckett
Best Film Sound Mixing
Sponsored by StagOone Sound
Winner
Killer Elite
Nominees
Wish You Were Here
Andy Wright, Brooke Trezise, Sam Petty
Burning Man
Gethin Creagh, Andy Wright, Peter Climpson
Swerve
Peter Smith, Martyn Zub, Adrian Medhurst
Lore
Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty
Killer Elite
Peter Smith, Chris Goodes, Andrew Neil, Paul Pirola, Andy Wright
Happy Feet Two
Wayne Pashley, Phil Heywood, Peter Smith, Paul Massey, Peter Purcell, Greg Fitzgerald
Soundtrack of the Year
ASSG Member’s Choice Award
Sponsored by Trackdown
Winner
The Sapphires
Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
Sponsored by Avid
Winner
Killer Elite