20th ASSG Awards

The 2oth Annual Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards were held on Saturday, November 20th at The Establishment Hotel Ballroom in Sydney, New South Wales.

MC: Craig Reucassell & Andrew Hansen

Winners & Nominees

Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award

Gethin Creagh

Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award

Tara Guerrini & Mary Duong

Best Sound for a Television Commercial or Promo

Winner

Optus – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Nominees
Auswide Bank – Heart

Matthew Perrott

Bellroy All Conditions

Markus Kellow
Jeremy Beasley

Chasing Great Trailer

Wes Chew
Dylan Barfield

Optus – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Wes Chew
Timothy Bridge
Blair Slater
Duncan McAllister
Dan Johnston

Best Sound for an Animated Short Film

Winner

The New Adventures of Figaro Pho – Episode 32: Pharaoh Pho

Nominees
Fish With Legs

Luke Mynott
Wes Chew
Dylan Barfield
Andrew McGrath
Blair Slater
Andrew Simmons
Kerthekan Balasubramaniam
Tom Pastro

Junction

Petar Ristic
Michael Darren
Duncan Campbell
Sam Rogers

The Crossing

Sam Petty
Andy Wright
Mario Vaccaro
Alex Francis
Daniel Brown
Evan McHugh

The New Adventures of Figaro Pho
Episode 32: Pharaoh Pho

Tom Heuzenroeder
Michael Darren
Duncan Campbell
Sam Rogers
Petar Ristic
Ryan Squires
Luke Jurevicius

Best Sound for a Short Fiction Film

Winner

Lorne

Nominees
Lorne

John Kassab
Dane Cody
Adrian Medhurst
Andy Newton
Doron Kipen

Oranges Don’t Grow on Trees

Sam Gain-Emery
Thom Kellar
Evan McHugh
Andrew Simmons
Luisa Bifulco
Luke Stacey
Daniel Becker
Ben Yeadon

Sol Bunker

Leo Murray
Talen Herzig
Xoe Baird

Woman With An Editing Bench

Andy Wright
Tania Payne
Diego Ruiz
Mario Vaccaro
Alex Francis
Yulia Akerholt
Jules Ambroisine
Bradley Greene

Best Sound for a Lifestyle, Reality or Live Television Programme

Winner

Air Rescue – Season 3 Episode 2

Nominees
Air Rescue
Season 3, Episode 2

Sam Gain-Emery
Wes Chew
Dylan Barfield
Mick Boraso
Belinda Trimboli
David Sims

Celebrity Apprentice
Series 4, Finale

Justin Spasevski
Chris Wakeman
Nick Emond
Frank Harrold
Jonathan Lykos
Matt Vaughan

John Safran
Election Special

Sam Gain-Emery
Jamie Famularo
Ben Bomitali

RBT
Series 7, Episode 7

James Bagley
James Petch
John Harding
Wayne McKelvie

Best Sound for a Television Drama Series
(Under 30 minutes)

Winner

Beat Bugs – Episodes: Blackbird and In the Road

Nominees
Beat Bugs
Episodes “Blackbird” & “In the Road”

Sam Hayward
Jared Dwyer
Blair Slater
Sam Gain-Emery
Nigel Christensen
Emma Mitchell
Alex Birch
Michael Newton
Reid Henry
Wes Swales
Will Ward
Dan Johnston
Andrew Simmons
Duncan McAllister
Luisa Hadley

Here Come the Habibs
Episode 2

Phillip Keros,
Christopher Keros
Leah Gersteling
Abigail Sie
Justin Flynn
Damian Enemark
John Simpson

Soul Mates 2

Phillip Keros
Leah Gersteling
Christopher Keros
Myles Lowe
Kevin Scaggs
Abigail Sie
Duncan Campbell
Sam Rogers
Francis Byrne
Tyler Procter
Damian Enemark
Dione Tan
Alex Mills

The Wizards of Aus
Episode 1

Craig Jansson
Mark D Angelo
Gunay Demirci
Leon East

Best Sound for a Television Drama Series
(Over 30 minutes)

Winner

Molly – Part 1

Nominees
Janet King
Series 2, Episode “The Invisible Wound”

Stephen R Smith
Joel McLean
Liam Price
Mia Stewart
Neil McIntosh
Helen Brown
Paul Huntingford
Grant Shepherd
Helen McGrath
Todd Moore

Molly
Part 1

James Ashton
Chris Goodes
Liesl Pieterse
Roger Van Wensveen
Alex Francis
Mario Vaccaro

The Code
Episode 1

Danielle Wiessner
James Andrews
Ian Neilson
Nigel Croydon
Stefan Kluka
Robert Sullivan
Jess Moffatt
Paul “Salty” Brincat
Ruth Vance
Andy Duncan
Ben Wyatt
Amelia Hallett

Peter Allen
Not The Boy Next Door

Ian Neilson
Grant Shepard
Robert Sullivan
Ben Anderson
Pip Mason
Sue Kerr
Todd Moore
Nigel Croydon
Stefan Kluka
Dan Young
Jessica Fry
Jess Moffatt

Best Sound for a Documentary

Winner

Monsieur Mayonnaise

Nominees
In the Shadow of the Hill

Dan Jackson
Doron Kipen
Mark Street
Andrew Jobson

Monsieur Mayonnaise

Chris Goodes
Trevor Graham
Jenni Meaney
Alex Francis
Mario Vaccaro
Diego Ruiz

The Family

Mark Tarpey
Bart Bee
Livia Ruzic
Amanda Brown
Keith Thomas

Winter at Westbeth

Andrew Neil
Craig Carter
Glenn Newnham
Blair Slater
Dan Johnston
Duncan McAllister
Luisa Bifulco
Andrew Simmons

Best Film
Sound Recording

Winner

Goldstone

Nominees
Backtrack

Paul Brincat
Ben Wyatt

Goldstone

Nick Emond
Mike Bakaloff

Tanna

Martin Butler
Jimmy Joseph Nako
Jacob Kapere

The Daughter

Nick Emond
Mike Bakaloff

Andrew Plain Award
for Best Film Sound Design

Winner

Backtrack

Nominees
Backtrack

William Ward
Justine Angus
Tara Webb
Liam Price
Tania Payne
Blair Slater
Dan Johnston
Duncan McAllister
Andrew Simmons
Luisa Bifulco

Goldstone

Thom Kellar
Tobi Armbruster
Les Fiddess
Lachlan Harris
Tom Herdman
Andrew Simmons
Tara Webb
Ivan Sen

Scare Campaign

Steve Burgess
Chris Goodes
Liesl Pieterse
Alex Francis
Mario Vaccaro
Diego Ruiz

The Daughter

Liam Egan
Tony Murtagh
Yulia Akerholt
James Andrews
Les Fiddess
Tobi Armbruster
Martin Oswin

Best Film Sound Mixing

Winner

Backtrack

Nominees
Backtrack

Robert Mackenzie
Sam Hayward

Goldstone

Sam Hayward

Tanna

James Ashton

The Daughter

Robert Sullivan
Diego Ruiz

Soundtrack of the Year

ASSG Members’ Choice Award for Best Feature Soundtrack
Winner

Backtrack

Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
Winner

Backtrack

Nominees
Backtrack
Emo the Musical
Goldstone
The Daughter
Scare Campaign
Tanna
Truth