Game of Thrones leads in Hollywood Professional Association Award nominations

The Emmys are over, but awards season has a few more tricks up its sleeve. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Game of Thrones is nominated for several Hollywood Professional Association awards. The HPAs have been around since 2006, and honor technical achievements in film, television, and commercials.

With three nods, Game of Thrones has more nominations than any other TV show, although Ridley Scott’s The Martian tied it over on the film side of things. Here’s what the show stands to win:

Outstanding Editing – Television

• “Body Team 12”
  • David Darg // RYOT Films
• “Underground – The Macon 7″
  • Zack Arnold, Ian Tan // Sony Pictures Television
• “Vinyl – Pilot”
  • David Tedeschi
• “Roots – Night One”
  • Martin Nicholson, ACE, Greg Babor
• “Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
  • Tim Porter, ACE

Outstanding Sound – Television

• “Outlander – Prestonpans”
  • Nello Torri, Alan Decker // NBCUniversal Post Sound
• “Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
  • Tim Kimmel, MPSE, Paula Fairfield, Mathew Waters, CAS, Onnalee Blank, CAS, Bradley C. Katona, Paul Bercovitch // Formosa Group
• “Preacher – See”
  • Richard Yawn, Mark Linden, Tara Paul // Sony Sound
• “Marco Polo – One Hundred Eyes”
  • David Paterson, Roberto Fernandez, Alexa Zimmerman, Glenfield Payne, Rachel Chancey // Harbor Picture Company
• “House of Cards – Chapter 45″
  • Jeremy Molod, Ren Klyce, Nathan Nance, Scott R. Lewis, Jonathan Stevens // Skywalker Sound

Outstanding Visual Effects – Television

• “Supergirl – Pilot”
  • Armen V. Kevorkian, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Elaina Scott, Art Sayan // Encore VFX
• “Ripper Street – The Strangers’ Home”
  • Ed Bruce, Nicholas Murphy, Denny Cahill, John O’Connell // Screen Scene
• “Black Sails – XXI”
  • Erik Henry // Starz
    Matt Dougan // Digital Domain
    Martin Ogren, Jens Tenland, Nicklas Andersson // ILP
• “The Flash – Guerilla Warfare”
  • Armen V. Kevorkian, Thomas J. Conners, Andranik Taranyan, Gevork Babityan, Jason Shulman // Encore VFX
• “Game of Thrones – Battle of the Bastards”
  • Joe Bauer, Eric Carney // Fire & Blood Productions
    Derek Spears // Rhythm & Hues Studios
    Glenn Melenhorst // Iloura
    Matthew Rouleau // Rodeo FX

Predictably, “Battle of the Bastards” is nominated all over the place. That episode should be a technical benchmark for years to come, unless the production team can top it in Season 7. Dazzle us, everyone.

The Hollywood Professional Association Awards will be handed out on November 17 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.