GOOD NEWS: 2022 Leo Award Nominees

The 2022 Leo awards are just around the corner and we are pleased to announce that many of our members have been nominated this year!  We are very excited for these nominees to be recognized for their exceptional talent and tireless dedication to their craft.

The Leos will run over three nights between July 5th and 9th. The awards for picture editing, musical score, visual effects and sound categories (among others) will be held on Nights 1 & 2, while Saturday’s Gala Night will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on night 3. For more information on which categories are being awarded on which nights, please visit the Leo Award webpage.

VPA Member Nominations:

Best Picture Editing – Motion Picture

Christopher A. Smith – Drinkwater
Elad Tzadok – Portraits from a Fire

Best Sound – Motion Picture

Vince Renaud, Jo Rossi, Maureen Murphy – Demonic
Humberto Corte – Drinkwater

Best Score – Motion Picture

Rich Walters – Drinkwater

Best Television Movie

Jonathan Shore – A Clüsterfünke Christmas

Best Picture Editing – Television Movie

Daniel Krieger – Mystery 101: Killer Timing
Jon Anctil – Secrets of a Marine’s Wife
Luis Lam – The Baker’s Son

Best Score – Television Movie

Jeff Tymoschuk – A Christmas Together With You
Michael Neilson – Playing Cupid
Cameron Catalano – Secret Life of a Student
Hamish Thomson – Soccer Mom Madam

Best Picture Editing – Short Drama

Kyle Sanborn – Black Ewe
Jeremy Chen – Cuello

Best Sound – Short Drama

Jordan Andrew – Shadowlands

Best Score – Short Drama

Jordan Andrew – Shadowlands

Best Picture Editing – Dramatic Series

Daniel Krieger – Chesapeake Shores – As Time Goes ByS
Greg Ng – Two Sentence Horror Stories – Instinct
Daria Ellerman – Virgin River – Where There’s Smoke

Best Sound – Dramatic Series

Sandra Portman, Georgio Gomez, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, Maureen Murphy – Snowpiercer – Into the White

Best Score – Dramatic Series

Hamish Thomson, Matt Rogers –  Chesapeake Shores – What A Difference A Day Makes
Mike Shields – Tribal – The Kid Had a Gun

Best Sound – Feature Length Documentary

May Guimarães – Someone Like Me

Best Sound – Short Documentary

Doug Paterson – Fatima in Kabul
May Guimarães, Eva Madden – Into Light
Gregor Phillips – Raising Ava Rose

Best Score – Short Documentary

Brent Belke – Militant Mother

Best Picture Editing – Documentary Series

Eddie O. – British Columbia: An Untold History – Nature Co-Existence
Greg Ng – ​​Farm Crime – Invasion of the Murder Hornets

Best Score – Documentary Series

Amanda Cawley – Visionary Gardeners – Beauty and Delight
Amanda Cawley – Visionary Gardeners – Seeds and Time

Best Score – Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series

Christopher Nickel – Highway Thru Hell – Red Truck Wreck

Best Sound – Animation Program

May Guimarães, Adam Sharpe, Hugh Wielenga – Back Home Again
Georgio Gomez, Ian Mackie – Snoopy Presents:
For Auld Lang Syne

Best Musical Score – Animation Series

Caleb Chan, Brian Chan – Angry Birds: Summer Madness – Dodgebirds
Mike Shields – Polly Pocket – Shani Like A Star
Caleb Chan, Brian Chan – Team Zenko Go – Harmony Harbor’s Holiday Surprise: Part 1

Best Picture Editing – Youth or Children’s Program or Series

Christopher A. Smith – Christmas Again

Best Sound – Youth or Children’s Program or Series

Miguel Araujo, Humberto Corte – Scaredy Cats – The Amulet
Miguel Araujo, Humberto Corte – Super PupZ – Saving Zeta
Sandra Portman, May Guimarães, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, Hugh Wielenga – The Barbarian and the Troll – Ice Ice Baby

Best Student Production

Spencer Zimmerman – Viper
Spencer Zimmerman – Darkside