2020 ASSG AWARDS

The 24th Annual Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards were held on Friday, November 20th 2020 at Trackdown in Sydney, New South Wales.

MC: Craig Reucassel & Zoë Norton Lodge

Winners & Nominees

Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award

Livia Ruzic

Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award

Winner
Carmen Garratt

Best Sound for a Commercial or Promo

Winner
Australian Museum – Frog ID Can you solve the mystery?

Nominees

Articolo

Lachlan Harris

Australian Museum – Frog ID Can you solve the mystery?

Timothy Bridge, Josh Pearson & Nat Joyce

Porsche Ad

Sam Gain-Emery, Lachlan Harris, Ben Stewart & Seth Jackson

Sheldon College Ad

Thom Kellar & Lachlan Harris

Best Sound for a Children’s Programme

Winner
The Unlisted – Episode 9

Nominees

Gnoms – Episode 3

Thom Kellar & Yasmin Amir Hamzah

Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

Alex Francis, Simon Hicks, Chapman Chan, Mark Mercado, Jonathan Abelardo & Sean Jacobson

The Strange Chores – Episode 5

Luke Mynott, Weronika Razna, Chapman Chan, Liam Price, Jennifer Leonforte & Luisa Bifulco

The Unlisted – Episode 9

Paul Finlay, Diego Ruiz, Andy Wright, Stuart Morton, Will Carroll, Mario Vacarro, Megan Howieson, Alex Francis, Shanti Burn & Ben Yeadon

Best Sound for a Documentary

Winner
Suzi Q

Nominees

Suzi Q

Paul Shanahan, Emma Bortignon ASSG, David Williams, Gemma Stack, Vanessa Carr & Adrian Medhurst

The Brighton Miracle

Seth Jackson, Joel Hodgkinson, Thom Kellar, Les Fiddess, Jake Mannix & Lachlan Simpson

The Plastic House

Allison Chhorn & Carlos Manrique Clavijo

The Portal

Eren Pinky Sener ASSG, Paul Pirola, Andrew Neil, Emma Bortignon ASSG, Dylan Barfield, Jamie Famularo, Justine Angus, Troy Mauri & Jevon Ellison-Scowcroft

Wild Butterfly

Ric Curtin ASSG, Glenn Martin & Lawrie Silvestrin

Best Sound for a Drama or Comedy (Under 30 minutes)

Winner
Upright Day 5 – Episode 5

Nominees

The Other Guy – Season 2, Episode 1

Simon SLASH Hicks, Tom Heuzenroeder, Justine Angus, Sam Rogers, Ryan Squires, Brendan Hill, Phil Keros ASSG, Piotr Wasilewski, Gareth Evans & Martin Demain

The Heights – Season 2, Episode 2

Benjamin Morris, Kim Lord, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Christopher Phillips, Trevor Hope ASSG, Alexander Blocher, Ben Cowman & Gavin Repton

Upright Day 5 – Episode 5

Stephen R Smith, Paul Devescovi, Alex Birch, Ben Anderson, Helen Brown, Paul Huntingford, James Currie ASSG, Josh Williams & Travis Williamson

YOLO Crystal Fantasy – Episode 1

Keith Thomas ASSG, Todor Manojlovic & Michael Cusack

Best Sound for a Drama or Comedy (Over 30 minutes)

Winner
Total Control – Episode 1

Nominees

Mystery Road 2 – Episode 6

Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Michael Newton, Tania Vlassova, Andrew Simmons, Luisa Bifulco, Cihan Saral, Dylan Barfield, Trevor Hope ASSG, Nicole Lazaroff, Ben Cowman, Petris Torres & David Vance

The Commons – Episode 1

Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Michael Newton, Chapman Chan, Liam Price, Weronika Razna, Jennifer Leonforte, Cihan Saral & Grant Shepherd

The Gloaming – Episode 8

Dean Ryan, Mark Lavery, Sophie Norfolk, Andrew Neil, Ralph Ortner, Diego Ruiz, Lee Yee, David Williams, Will Carroll, Michael Zachariou, Veronica Lynch, Tobi Armbruster, Mario Vaccaro & Alex Francis

Total Control – Episode 1

Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Cihan Saral, Tania Vlassova, Julian Wessels, Nick Emond ASSG, Dane Cody, Emma Barham, Gunay Demirci, Sue Kerr, Gerry Nucifora, Jeremy Ireland, Victor Emond, Tristan Atkins, Andrew Simmons & Adam Connelly

Best Sound for Interactive Media

Winner
Scavenger Squad

Nominees

Boomerang Fu

Paul Kopetko

From Within

Thom Kellar, Yasmin Amir Hamzah & Dustin Gartner

Scavenger Squad

Paul Kopetko

Yabarra

Carlos Manrique Clavijo, Karl Telfer, Justin Wight, Caleb Restall & Rowan Lee

Best Sound for Lifestyle, Reality or Factual Entertainment

Winner
Waltzing the Dragon with Benjamin Law – Episode 2

Nominees

Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip – Episode 5

Damian Jory, Jo Bursill, Nick Keate & Nathan Johnson

Road to Now – Episode 5

Myles Wrigley, Jared Dwyer & Marisa Marsionis

Titans of the 20th Century – Episode 1

Myles Wrigley, Jared Dwyer & Marisa Marsionis

Waltzing the Dragon with Benjamin Law – Episode 2

Myles Wrigley & Dan Miau

Best Sound for a Live-Action Short Film

Winner
Deafinition

Nominees

Carmentis

Xoe Baird, Trevor Hope ASSG & Lucy Messenger

Deafinition

Carlos Manrique Clavijo & Victor Ivchenko

Soulmate

Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Tania Vlassova, Chapman Chan & Andrew Simmons

The Mirror

Paul Shanahan, Gerry Long & Scott Heming

Best Film – Sound Recording

Winner
The King

Nominees

Escape From Pretoria

Des Kenneally, Nick Steele, Aimee Mullins, Liesl Pieterse & Alex Francis

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Steve Bond, Nathalie Resciniti, Tim Smith, David Williams, Liesl Pieterse, Will Carroll, Megan Howieson & Alex Francis

Ride Like a Girl

John Wilkinson, Ben Faiman, Lewis O’Brien, Diego Ruiz, Liesl Pieterse & Megan Howieson

The King

Gareth John, Lee Grainge, Alex Francis & Tim Ryan

Andrew Plain Award
Best Film – Sound Editing

Winner
The King

Nominees

Escape From Pretoria

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Lee Yee, David Williams, Dylan Burgess, Steve Burgess, Mario Vaccaro & Michael Zachariou

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, David Williams, Nathalie Resciniti, Mario Vaccaro, Megan Howieson, Lee Yee & Michael Zachariou

Ride Like a Girl

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Andrew Neil, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro, Lee Yee & Diego Ruiz

The King

Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty, Leah Katz, Tara Webb, Mick Boraso, Mario Vaccaro, Lee Herrick & Stuart Morton

Best Film – Sound Mixing

Winner
The King

Nominees

Escape From Pretoria

Chris Goodes

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Chris Goodes

Ride Like a Girl

Chris Goodes

The King

Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty, Alex Birch & Sam Hayward

Soundtrack of the Year

Winner
The King

Nominees

Escape From Pretoria

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Des Kenneally, Nick Steele, Lee Yee, David Williams, Dylan Burgess, Steve Burgess, Liesl Pieterse, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis, Aimee Mullins & Michael Zachariou

I Am Woman

Robert Mackenzie, Pete Smith, Ben Osmo, Tara Webb, Jed Dodge, Sue Kerr, Stuart Morton, Nicholas Reich, Carlos Manrique Clavijo, John Simpson, Lisa Simpson & Gary Hamden

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Steve Bond, David Williams, Nathalie Resciniti, Liesl Pieterse, Will Carroll, Mario Vaccaro, Megan Howieson, Alex Francis, Tim Smith, Lee Yee & Michael Zachariou

Relic

Robert Mackenzie, John Wilkinson, Steve Burgess, Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, Mick Boraso, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis, Ryan Granger, Adam Hunt, Ben Bomitali, Dane Cody, Will Carroll & Matthew Kabakoff

Ride Like a Girl

Chris Goodes, Glenn Newnham, John Wilkinson, Andrew Neil, David Williams, Lee Yee, Diego Ruiz, Mario Vaccaro, Megan Howieson, Liesl Pieterse, Ben Faiman & Lewis O’Brien

Suzi Q

Paul Shanahan, Emma Bortignon ASSG, David Williams, Gemma Stack, Vanessa Carr & Adrian Medhurst

The King

Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty, Gareth John, Leah Katz, Tara Webb, Mick Boraso, Lee Grainge, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis, Tim Ryan, Sam Hayward, Alex Birch, Stuart Morton & Lee Herrick

The Whistleblower

Chris Goodes, Andrew Neil, Zhang Zhen an, Lee Yee, Chi Kien Chen, Wu Jing Jing, David Williams, Dylan Burgess, Glen Newnham, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis, Tian Zi, Yu Luge, Hon Fung Lam, Paul Dong, John Wilkinson, Lewis O’Brien, Chen Liang & Michael Zachario