ASSG Awards 2017

The 21st Annual Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards were held on Saturday, November 27th at Doltone House in Sydney, New South Wales.

MC: Zoe Norton Lodge & Craig Reucassell

Winners & Nominees

Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award

Les Fiddess

Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award

Winner
Megan Howieson

Best Sound for a Television Commercial or Promo

Winner

AFL Finals TVC

Nominees
AFL Finals Rituals

Mark Farrow

AFL Finals TVC

Mark Farrow

Optus-Endless Entertainment

Ryan Granger & Adam Hunt

Samsung – Make Your Mark

Timothy Bridge

Best Sound for an Animated Short Film

Winner

Lost Property Office

Nominees
Lost Property Office

Chris Goodes, Mario Vaccaro, Michael Grisold & Lee Yee

POP

Ryan Granger & Adam Hunt

The Master

Wayne Pashley, Rick Lisle, Fabian Sanjurjo, Mario Gabrieli, Andrew Miller, Beth Bezzina, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Terry Rodman & Christopher S. Aud

Transformers: Rescue Bots

Dale Warren & Julian Ellingworth

Best Sound for a Short Fiction Film

Winner

Smashed
&
The Ravens

Nominees
Creswick

Ryan Granger, Adam Hunt, Sam O’Reilly & Jake Archer

Iron Spyder

Wayne Pashley, Andrew Miller, Emma Mitchell, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson & Greg Fitzgerald

Man in the Moon

Brendan Croxon & Doron Kipen

Smashed

Andrew Graue, Pete Best, Sam Rogers & Des Kenneally

The Ravens

Ben Osmo, Sue Kerr, Phil Keros, Brooke Trezise, Andy Wright, Mario Vaccaro & Alex Francis

Best Sound for Lifestyle, Reality or Factual Entertainment

Winner

Life On The Line – Series 1, Episode 1: Heat Transfer

Nominees
Air Rescue
Season 4: Episode 4

Wes Chew, Dylan Barfield, Cihan Saral, Julian Wessels, Dave Sims & Dave Tottle

Body Hack
Hadza

Richard Boxhall, Ryan Burrows & Damian Jory

Life On The Line
Series 1, Episode 1: Heat Transfer

Liam Price, Neil McIntosh & Richard Boxhall

Miracle Hospital
Episode 2

Matthew Perrott & Audrey Houssard

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

Winner

Beat Bugs, Episodes: “Across the Universe” & “I’ll Follow the Sun”

Nominees
Beat Bugs
“Across the Universe” & “I’ll Follow the Sun”

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

Oh Yuck!
Episode 17: Antpocalypse Now!

Alex Francis, Diego Ruiz, Leah Brown, Adam Connelly, Nathan White & Mario Vaccaro

Ronny Chieng International Student
Series 1: Episode 1

Greg Burgmann, Gunay Demirci, Justin Lloyd, Todd Shattock, Cliff Sanderson, Stefan Kluka, Ian Macwilliams & Nigel Croydon

SupaPhresh

Ryan Granger, Adam Hunt & Jamie Messenger

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

Winner

Deep Water – Episode 4

Nominees
Brock
Part 1

Dino Giacomin, Rick Lisle, Ian Neilson, Ben Anderson, Robert Sullivan, Stuart Waller, Jack Friedman, Mark Palmer, Nigel Croydon, Stefan Kluka & Jess Moffatt

Deep Water
Episode 4

Luke Mynott, Tom Herdman, Wesley Chew, Mick Boraso, Blair Slater, Dan Johnston, Duncan McAllister, Luisa Hadley, Andrew Simmons, Nick Emond, Sue Kerr & Nathan Badder

Hyde & Seek
Season 1, Episode 4

Nigel Christensen, Ian Neilson, James Andrews, Joel McLean, Chris Alderton, Martin Pashley, Piore Wasliewski, Nigel Croydon, Stefan Kluka, Jess Moffatt, Mark Franken, Sonal Joshi & Mia Stewart

Wentworth
Season 5, Episode 5: The Belly of the Beast

Ralph Ortner, James Harvey, David Williams, Liesl Pieterse, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis & Ann Aucote

Best Sound for Interactive Media

Winner

Hollow Knight

Nominees
Barangaroo Ngangamay

Liam Egan, Dan Miau & Nick Emond

Batmersive VR Experience

Wayne Pashley, Rick Lisle, Fabian Sanjurjo, Jared Dwyer, Beth Bezzina, John Simpson & Lisa Simpson

Hollow Knight

Christopher Larkin & William Pellen

Krispy Kreme – Journey To Glazetopia

Timothy Bridge

Once Upon A Time In The Western Suburbs

Liam Egan

Best Sound for a Documentary

Winner

Blue

Nominees
Blue

David White, Cate Cahill & Mario Vaccaro

Mountain

David White, Robert Mackenzie & Blair Slater

The Opposition

Lachlan Harris, Thom Kellar & Tapio Liukkonen

The Search For Life In Space

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Mario Vaccaro & Alex Francis

WESTWIND: Djalu’s Legacy

Tommy Spender, Paul Daly, Erin McKimm, Justin Lloyd, Frank Lipson, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Andrew McGrath, Andrew Grimes & Arian Pearson

Best Film
Sound Recording

Winner

Hacksaw Ridge
&
Lion

Nominees
Berlin Syndrome

Dane Cody, Auryn Lacy, Steffan Graubaum, Felix Kaufmann & Tom Herdman

Dance Academy

Jonathan Walter Reyes, Mark J Wasiutak, Gary Parker, Tim Lloyd & Fabrice Galli

Hacksaw Ridge

Peter Grace, Shanti Burn, Andy Duncan, Sue Kerr, Martin Pashley & Ben Yeadon

Lion

Andrew Ramage, Ashraf Khan, Chris O’Shea & Nakul Kamte

Andrew Plain Award
for Best Film Sound Design

Winner

Hacksaw Ridge

Nominees
Bloodlands

Phil Judd, Endri Pine, Moris Rama, Fulvio Vassari, Les Fiddess & Tobi Armbruster

Hacksaw Ridge

Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Justine Angus, Steve Burgess, Jed Dodge, Alex Francis, Peter Gleaves, Kimberly Harris, Howard London, Tania Payne, Michele Perrone, Harry Playford, Liam Price, Diego Ruiz & Brian Smith

Lion

Robert Mackenzie, Glenn Newnham, James Ashton, Steve Burgess, Mario Vaccaro, Adam Connelly, Alex Francis, Chris Goodes, Liesl Pieterse, Diego Ruiz, David Williams & Tim Ryan

The Lego Batman Movie

Wayne Pashley, Rick Lisle, Fabian Sanjurjo, Sonal Joshi, Derryn Pasquill, Andrew Miller, Mario Gabrieli, Jared Dwyer, Emma Mitchell, Nigel Christensen, Beth Bezzina, Terry Rodman, Christopher S. Aud, Linda Yeaney, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Will Kaplan & Tim Ryan

Best Film Sound Mixing

Winner

Hacksaw Ridge

Nominees
Berlin Syndrome

Phil Heywood

Bloodlands

Phil Judd

Hacksaw Ridge

Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright & Kevin O’Connell

Lion

Robert Mackenzie and Steve Burgess

The Lego Batman Movie

Michael Semanick, Gregg Landaker, Tim LeBlanc & Wayne Pashley

Soundtrack of the Year

ASSG Members’ Choice Award for Best Feature Soundtrack
Winner

Hacksaw Ridge

Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
Winner

Hacksaw Ridge

Nominees
Berlin Syndrome
Bloodlands
Dance Academy
Hacksaw Ridge
Jasper Jones
Lion
The Lego Batman Movie