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Steven J. Scott of EFilm won for color grading in a DI process for "Julie & Julia." Audio post honors went to the "Watchmen" team of Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano, Scott Hecker and Eric Norris of Universal Studios Sound.

Industrial Light & Magic's compositing team of Nelson Sepulveda, Ben O'Brien, Matthew Brumit and Robert Hoffmeister won for "Transformers 2."

"Slumdog Millionaire," released after last year's deadline, picked up yet another award, for editor Chris Dickens.

Sony's Lynne Willingham took TV editing honors for "Breaking Bad."

"Fringe" and the Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services team of Thomas Harris, Michael Ferdie, Chris Reeves, Mark Fleming and Tom Dahl won for TV audio post.

And the winners are:

Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process:
“Julie & Julia” - Steven J. Scott // EFilm

Color Grading - Television :
“Yankee Stadium Tribute - Yogi’s Bronx” - Siggy Ferstl // Company 3

Color Grading - Commercial :
Pepsi “Pass” - Stefan Sonnenfeld // Company 3

Editing – Feature Film:
“Slumdog Millionaire” - Chris Dickens, A.C.E.

Editing- Television:
“Breaking Bad – ABQ” - Lynne Willingham, A.C.E. // Sony Pictures Entertainment

Editing- Commercial:
Jaguar “XF/XK” - Neil Gust // Outside Editorial

Audio Post- Feature Film:
“Watchmen” - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano, Scott Hecker and Eric Norris // Universal Studios Sound

Audio Post- Television:
“Fringe - Unleashed” - Thomas Harris, Michael Ferdie, Chris Reeves, Mark Fleming and Tom Dahl // Walt Disney Studio Post Production Services

Audio Post- Commercial:
Honda Civic “Grooves” - Nathan Dubin // Margarita Mix Santa Monica

Compositing – Feature Film:
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - Nelson Sepulveda, Ben O’Brien, Matthew Brumit and Robert Hoffmeister // Industrial Light & Magic

Compositing – Television:
“Krupp – Eine Deutsche Familie” - Thomas Tannenberger, Olcun Tan, Shane Cook and Josiah Howison // Gradient Effects

Compositing - Commercial:
Toyota “Ninja Kittens” - Colin Renshaw // Animal Logic

SPECIAL AWARDS:

The Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production:
Ben Burtt

The Hollywood Post Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award:
Paul Haggar

Engineering Excellence Award:
DVS Digital Video Systems
Signiant
S. two Corporation