Past Lives Triumphs at 2023 Gotham Awards

November 28, 2023 Nov. 28, 2023

Last night, the 33rd Gotham Awards in New York awarded Best Feature to Past Lives, the debut film directed by Celine Song and color-graded by Senior Colorist and Chief Creative Officer Tom Poole.

The event also introduced a new set of awards called Icon & Creator Tributes, which recognized the cinematic contributions of various individuals. Bradley Cooper was awarded The Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute for Maestro, and George C. Wolfe was awarded The Icon & Creator Tribute for Social Justice for Rustin. Both films were color-graded by Senior Colorist, Founder, and CEO Stefan Sonnenfeld, with additional color by Senior Colorist Andrew Geary. In addition, Director Michael Mann received The Icon & Creator Tribute for Innovation for Ferrari, graded by Stefan Sonnenfeld with additional color by Colorist Adam Nazarenko, and Director Greta Gerwig received The Global Icon & Creator Tribute for Barbie, graded by Senior Colorist Yvan Lucas with additional color by Senior Colorist Nick Metcalf and Alan Gordon.

Congratulations to all the winners and the teams involved!

 

Awardees

Past Lives

Best Feature

Credits

  • Color | Tom Poole
  • Finishing Edit | Josh Perault
  • Company 3, Producers | Zac Gobetz, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | Celine Song
  • DP | Shabier Kirchner
  • Editor | Keith Fraase
  • Production Design | Grace Yun

 

Maestro 

The Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute

Credits

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Andrew Geary 
  • Finishing Edit | Nicholas FigueroaGina Kalim
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Dailies | Benny Estrada
  • Company 3, Production | Margaret Lewis, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | Bradley Cooper
  • DP | Matthew Libatique
  • Editor | Michelle Tesoro
  • Production Design | Kevin Thompson

 

Rustin 

The Icon & Creator Tribute for Social Justice

Credits

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Andrew Geary
  • Finishing Edit | Josh Perault
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Dailies | Alex Kaufman
  • Company 3, Producers | Michael Maida, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | George C. Wolfe
  • DP | Tobias A. Schliessler
  • Editor | Andrew Mondshein
  • Production Design | Mark Ricker

 

Ferrari

The Icon & Creator Tribute for Innovation

Credits 

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Adam Nazarenko
  • Finishing Edit | Joe Ken
  • Company 3, Production | Erik Rogers, Zach Watkins, Taravat Yazdan Panah
  • Trailers | Carl McKay, Behnood Behjoo, Levi Hawkinson
  • Director | Michael Mann
  • DP | Erik Messerschmidt
  • Editor | Pietro Scalia
  • Production Design | Maria Djurkovic

 

Barbie

The Global Icon & Creator Tribute

Credits

  • Color | Yvan Lucas
  • Additional Color | Nick Metcalf, Alan Gordon
  • Finishing Edit | Pat Kelleher
  • Los Angeles Dailies | Tom Klane
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Company 3, Production | Michael Maida, Gregory Caligiuri
  • VFX | Framestore
  • Director | Greta Gerwig
  • DP | Rodrigo Prieto
  • Editor | Nick Huoy
  • Production Design | Sarah Greenwood

 

For more information about this year’s Gotham Awards and a complete list of awardees, click here.

Check out our full list of nominees and their teams below.

 


 

The Gotham Awards nominations were announced live at Cipriani Wall Street, where the awards ceremony will occur on Monday, November 27th. The 33rd annual event will honor Rustin, produced by President Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, which will receive the Gotham Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute for Social Justice, and Maestro star, director, and co-writer Bradley Cooper will receive the Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute celebrating the films and the iconic individuals they portray.

Company 3 is honored to have contributed post-production services to 12 projects recognized across various categories.

 

Nominees

 

All of Us Strangers

Best Screenplay

Best International Feature

Outstanding Lead Performance

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Credits  

  • Color | Joseph Bicknell
  • Finishing Edit | Stuart London, Julien Mathus
  • Company 3, Producer | Gemma Saunders
  • Director | Andrew Haigh
  • DP | Jamie Ramsay
  • Editor | Jonathan Alberts
  • Production Design | Sarah Finlay

 

Past Lives

Best Feature

Outstanding Lead Performance

Breakthrough Director

Credits

  • Color | Tom Poole
  • Finishing Edit | Josh Perault
  • Company 3, Producers | Zac Gobetz, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | Celine Song
  • DP | Shabier Kirchner
  • Editor | Keith Fraase
  • Production Design | Grace Yun

 

Poor Things

Best International Feature

Credits 

  • Supervising Color | Greg Fisher
  • Finishing Edit | Stuart London, Thomas Lambert
  • Company 3, Production | Christopher Nundy, Laura Metcalfe
  • Director | Yorgos Lanthimos
  • DP | Robbie Ryan, BSC ISC
  • Editor | Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
  • Production Design | James Price, Shona Heath

 

Origin

Outstanding Lead Performance

Credits 

  • Color | Tom Poole
  • Finishing Edit | Ray Ruotolo
  • Dailies | Karli Windischmann
  • Company 3, Producer | Vanessa Galvez-Morez
  • Director | Ava DuVernay
  • DP | Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC
  • Editor | Spencer Averick
  • Production Design | Ina Mayhew

 

Priscilla

Outstanding Lead Performance

Credits 

  • Re-Recording Mixers | Steve Foster, Stephen Barden
  • Dailies | Company 3
  • Company 3, Producer | Shane Allan
  • Director | Sofia Coppola
  • DP | Philippe Le Sourd
  • Editor | Sarah Flack
  • Production Design | Tamara Deverell

 

Barbie

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Credits

  • Color | Yvan Lucas
  • Additional Color | Nick Metcalf, Alan Gordon
  • Finishing Edit | Pat Kelleher
  • Los Angeles Dailies | Tom Klane
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Company 3, Production | Michael Maida, Gregory Caligiuri
  • VFX | Framestore
  • Director | Greta Gerwig
  • DP | Rodrigo Prieto
  • Editor | Nick Huoy
  • Production Design | Sarah Greenwood

 

Ferrari

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Credits 

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Adam Nazarenko
  • Finishing Edit | Joe Ken
  • Company 3, Production | Erik Rogers, Zach Watkins, Taravat Yazdan Panah
  • Trailers | Carl McKay, Behnood Behjoo, Levi Hawkinson
  • Director | Michael Mann
  • DP | Erik Messerschmidt
  • Editor | Pietro Scalia
  • Production Design | Maria Djurkovic

 

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Credits

  • Color | Skip Kimball
  • Finishing Edit | Craig Price
  • Company 3, Production | Jared Arkulary
  • Director | Kelly Fremon Craig
  • DP | Tim Ives
  • Editors | Oona Flaherty, Nick Moore
  • Production Design | Steve Saklad

 

Rain Dogs

Breakthrough Television Under 40 Minutes

Credits

  • Color | Chris Rodgers
  • Finishing Edit | Justin Eely
  • Company 3, Producer | Joanna Burt
  • Directors | Richard Laxton, Jennifer Perrott
  • DPs | Carlos Catalán, Wojciech Szepel, Felix Wiedemann
  • Editors | James Taylor, Emma Oxley, and Galina Chakarova
  • Production Design | Amelia Shankland

 

The Last of Us

Breakthrough Television Over 40 Minutes

Outstanding Performance in a New Series

Credits

  • Color | Stephen Nakamura
  • Finishing Edit | Heydar Adel
  • Company 3, Production | Giovanni DiGiorgio, Alexis French, Trent Anderson
  • Directors | Craig Mazin, Neil Druckman, Peter Hoar, Jeremy Webb, Jasmila Žbanic, Liza Johnson, Ali Abbasi
  • DPs | Ksenia Sereda, Eben Bolter, Christine A. Maier, Nadim Carlsen
  • Editors | Timothy A. Good, Mark Hartzell, Emily Mendez, Cindy Mollo, Joel T. Pashby
  • Production Design | John Paino

 

Tributes

Rustin 

The Gotham Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute for Social Justice

Credits

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Andrew Geary
  • Finishing Edit | Josh Perault
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Dailies | Alex Kaufman
  • Company 3, Producers | Michael Maida, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | George C. Wolfe
  • DP | Tobias A. Schliessler
  • Editor | Andrew Mondshein
  • Production Design | Mark Ricker

 

Maestro 

The Gotham Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute

Credits

  • Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
  • Additional Color | Andrew Geary 
  • Finishing Edit | Nicholas FigueroaGina Kalim
  • Editorial Services | Company 3
  • Dailies | Benny Estrada
  • Company 3, Production | Margaret Lewis, Gregory Caligiuri
  • Director | Bradley Cooper
  • DP | Matthew Libatique
  • Editor | Michelle Tesoro
  • Production Design | Kevin Thompson

 

For more information about this year’s Gotham Awards and a complete list of nominees, click here.