AND THE WINNER IS....

The 2003 ASSG Australian Screen Sound Awards were held on Friday 10th October 2003 at the Wharf Theatre Restaurant, Pier Four, The Rocks, Sydney.

The Nominees and Winners were:

Student Encouragement Award

Winner: Megan Wedge

TELEVISION

BMG/ZOMBA
Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Commercial NOMINATIONS:
Toyota "Risk"
Toyota "Brand"
Toyota " One Stop Shop"
Panasonic "Movie Trailer"
Visa "Tuk Tuk"
Dairy Farmers "Removalist"
Dairy Farmers "Forklift"
Kao Bio Zet "Tattoo Kid"
Newcastle Permanent "Report Card"
Unilever Impulse Sphere "Photo Shop"

Winner: Dairy Farmers "Removalist" - Ross Linton, Mark Wasiutak, Rod Enwright…SONG ZU

SONY Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Programme NOMINATIONS:
Australia's Best Backyard
The Mole Ep1
Bad Cop, Bad Cop Ep3
Catalyst Special "Genius of Junk"

Winner: The Mole EP 1 - Serge Lacroix.

GBG TECHNOLOGIES Best Achievement in Sound for an Animation
NOMINATIONS:
Soma
My Best Friend
Human Contraptions
Kangaroo Creek Gang
Ward 13
Harvie Krumpet
Aladdin and the Lost Lamp
The Fishy Tale of the Lost Mermaid

Winner: My Best Fiend - Scott Collins.

RYCOTE Best Achievement in Sound for a Documentary NOMINATIONS:
Inheritance, A Fisherman's Story
Yamaji Man
The First Eleven
Musical Renegades, Aust. Chamber Orch.
Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls
Wildness
Muddy Waters
Lonely Boy Richard
Plumpton High Babies
Ted's Evolution
Long Shadows
Under One Roof
Fearless, Stories from Asian Women
Silent Storm
Shacks
Cave in the Snow
Children of Tibet

Winner: Silent Storm - Julian Ellingworth, Film Australia

YORAM GROSS EM.TV Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Drama
NOMINATIONS:
The Secret Life of us, Series 3, Episode 2
Out There, Episode "Fair"
Fat Pizza
White Collar Blue, Episode 44|
Stingers, Episode 121
Always Greener, Episode 50
All Saints, Episode "Only the Good Die Young"
McLeod's Daughters, Episode 61

Winner: Stingers Ep 121 "Breakdown" Stephen Witherow, Todd Smattock, Gavin Myers, John McKernow, Peter Hensley, James Hardy, Dallas Johnson, Jill Harris, Gerry Long, Nigel Croydon. The Syd Butterworth

FILM

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Clive Sloss.

The ENCORE Technical Achievement Award
Winner: Tony Vaccher, For the soundmix of "Undead"

SAFC Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film
NOMINATIONS:
Down Time Jaz
Collier Brothers Syndrome
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Edge of Realty
Oranges
Clutch
Rendevous
Spoonman
Calling Gerry Molloy

Winner: Collier Brother's Syndrome - John Wilkinson, Tristan Meredith, Juliet Hill, Rob Hornbuckle, Ben Faiman.

ASC/JOHN BARRY Best Achievement in Sound for a Tele-Feature
NOMINATIONS:
The Postcard Bandit
Preservation
Virtual Nightmare
Max Knight, Ultra Spy
Code Red- Rubicon
Floodhouse

Winner: Preservation - Liam Price, James Andrew, Phil Judd.

SENNHEISER Best Achievement in Sound for Sound Recording
NOMINATIONS:
Tempted
Inspector Gadget 2
Swimming Upstream
Danny Deckchair
The Nugget
The Rage of Placid Lake
The Quiet American
Fat Pizza

Winner: The Nugget - Ben Osmo. Andy Duncan.

FOX STUDIOS Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design
NOMINATIONS:
Tempted
The Nugget
The Quiet American
The Rage of Placid Lake
Fat Pizza
Liquid Bridge
Undead
George Of The Jungle 2

Winner: The Quiet American - Antony Gray, Gareth Vanderhope, Mark Franken, Frank Lipson,

ATLAB Best Achievement in Sound for Film Mixing
NOMINATIONS:
Tempted
The Nugget
The Quiet American
Liquid Bridge

Winner: Tempted - Peter Smith, Greg Fitzgerald, Wayne Pashley.

DOLBY Sound Track of the Year
Tempted
The Quiet American
Undead
Liquid Bridge
Fat Pizza
The Nugget

Winner: The Quiet American - Roger Savage, Michael Thompson, Steve Burgess, Christian Bass, Livia Ruzic, Linda Murdoch, Guntis Sics, Joe E Rand, Colin Miller, Julie Pearce.