Colourists are the least visible craft in the chain and often the most decisive. A grade is not a filter applied at the end; in several of the videos on this site it is the thing that made the concept work at all.
Junior took Best Colour Grading in a Video at the UKMVA 2025 for Rubel's "Ouro / Reckoner", directed and written by Larissa Zaidan, shot by Juliano Lopes, art direction by Karla Salvoni, edited by Lucas Moesch, at Kaus in Brazil.
Chung, working at the post house Wash, took Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer at the UKMVA 2025 for RÜFÜS DU SOL's "Break My Love", directed by Katzki for Rabbit House MX.
Isaac Brown is refreshingly precise about which department did what, including the part where the most dramatic thing in the frame was made after the shoot.