Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ nabs Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation, while ‘Oppenheimer’ takes home 2 awards and ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ each grab 1, as 19 professional awards were presented recognizing the best in sound and music editing across feature film, television, animation, and computer entertainment.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced the winners of its 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards March 3 at a black-tie event at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Patton Oswalt. Awards were presented in 19 professional categories spanning feature film, television, animation, and computer entertainment, along with one student award. In addition, the MPSE Filmmaker Award went to Michael Dinner.
“What makes this event so special is that we come together from around the world as a sound community to celebrate each other,” said newly elected MPSE president David Barber. “We celebrate each other’s artistry and each other’s achievements. MPSE members are an extraordinarily passionate and giving group of sound enthusiasts who exemplify the meaning of ‘community.’”
“We are now over 1,000 members strong!” added outgoing MPSE president Mark Lanza. “The MPSE is truly an international organization whose presence is felt and respected worldwide. This, coupled with our push to include more gaming editors and events for them truly make the MPSE the premiere organization for sound editors.”
71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Award Winners:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation
Star Wars: The Bad Batch: "Faster" - Disney
- Supervising Sound Editors: David W. Collins, Matthew Wood
- Sound Designer: David W. Collins
- Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen MPSE, Kimberly Patrick
- Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella
- Foley Artists: Kimberly Patrick, Margie O'Malley, Andrea Gard
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Animation
The Monkey King - Netflix Animation
- Supervising Sound Editors: David Giammarco, Eric A. Norris MPSE
- Dialogue Editor: Sean Massey MPSE
- Sound Designers: Jon Title MPSE, Tim Nielsen
- Foley Artists: Dan O'Connell, John Cucci MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Sony Pictures Animation
- Supervising Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay
- Sound Designers: John J. Pospisil, Alec G. Rubay, Kip Smedley
- Sound Effects Editors: Cathryn Wang, David Werntz, Bruce Tanis MPSE, Greg ten Bosch MPSE, Daniel McNamara MPSE, Will Digby, Andy Sisul
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: James Morioka MPSE
- Dialogue Editors: Robert Getty MPSE, Jason W. Freeman, Kai Scheer, Ashley N. Rubay
- Foley Supervisor: Colin Lechner MPSE
- Foley Artist: Gregg Barbanell MPSE, Jeff Wilhoit MPSE, Dylan Wilhoit
- Supervising Music Editor: Katie Greathouse
- Music Editor: Barbara McDermott
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Documentary
Our Planet II: "Chapter 3: The Next Generation" - Netflix
- Sound Editor: George Fry
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary
Pianoforte - Greenwich Entertainment
- Supervising Music Editor: Michal Fojcik MPSE
- Music Editor: Joanna Popowicz
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary
32 Sounds - ArKtype
- Supervising ADR Editor: Eliza Paley
- Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Mangini MPSE
- Sound Editor: Robert Kellough MPSE
- ADR Editor: Mari Matsuo
- Foley Artist: Joanna Fang MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Respawn Entertainment
- Music Director: Nick Laviers
Music Implementers: Colin Andrew Grant MPSE, Andrew Karboski
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Dialogue / ADR
Alan Wake 2 - Remedy Entertainment
- Audio Director: Richard Lapington
- Senior Dialogue Designers: Taneli Suoranta, Arthur Tisseront
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Insomniac Games
- Supervising Sound Editors: Ben Minto MPSE, Chris Sweetman MPSE, Csaba Wagner MPSE, Samuel Justice, Gary Miranda
- Supervising Sound Designer: Emile Mika
- Senior Director of Sound: Phillip Kovats MPSE
- Director, Audio Management: Karen Read
- Audio Managers: Daniel Birczynski, Jesse James Allen
- Director of Sound Design: Jeremie Voillot MPSE
- Senior Audio Directors: Paul Mudra, Jerry Berlongieri, Dwight Okahara
- Technical Sound Designers: Ben Pantelis, Sebastian Ruiz, Nick Jackson, Enoch Choi, Cameron Sonju, Gavin Booth
- Lead Sound Designer: Blake Johnson
- Senior Sound Designers: Eddie Pacheco MPSE, Tyler Cornett, Johannes Hammers MPSE, Zack Bogucki, Alex Previty, Matt Ryan, Juliet Rascon, Andres Herrera, Robert Castro MPSE, Jeff Darby, Beau Anthony Jimenez MPSE, Derrick Espino, Jon Rook
- Sound Designers: Tyler Hoffman, Daniele Carli, Bob Kellough MPSE, Bryan Jerden, Eilam Hoffman, Graham Donnelly MPSE, Jason W. Jennings MPSE, Matt Hall, Michael Leaning, Michael Schapiro, Randy Torres, Richard Gould, Stephano Sanchinelli, Tim Walston MPSE, Tobias Poppe, Tom Jaine MPSE, Jeremy Neroes, Adam Sanchez, Brendan Wolf, Roy Lancaster, Rodrigo Robinet, Daniel Barboza, Charlie Ritter, David Goll, Chris Kokkinos MPSE, TJ Schauer
- Foley Editors: Blake Collins, Annie Taylor, Austin Creek
- Foley Artist: Joanna Fang MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form
Dave: “Met Gala” - Hulu
- Supervising Music Editor: Amber Funk MPSE
- Music Editor: James Sullivan
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form
The Mandalorian: "The Return" - Disney
- Supervising Sound Editors: Trey Turner, Matthew Wood
- Sound Designer: David W. Collins
- Sound Effects Editors: Luis Galdames MPSE, Kevin Bolen MPSE
- ADR Editors: Brad Semenoff MPSE, Ryan Cota MPSE
- Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella
- Foley Editors: Joel Raabe, Alyssa Nevarez
- Foley Artist: Shelly Roden MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form
The Last of Us: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness” - HBO
- Music Editor: Maarten Hofmeijer
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue / ADR
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Four Minutes" - Amazon Prime
- Supervising Sound Editor: Ron Bochar
- Dialogue Editor: Sara Stern
- ADR Editor: Ruth Hernandez MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley
All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4 - Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editors: Craig Henighan MPSE, Ryan Cole MPSE
- Sound Effects Editor: David Grimaldi
- Foley Editor: Matt Cloud
- Foley Artist: Steve Baine
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
Dive - National Film & Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Simon Panayi
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Feature
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die - Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editor: Jack Gillies
- Dialogue/ADR Supervisor: Michael Williams
- ADR Editor: Steve Berezai
- Foley Editor: Neale Ross
- Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature
Society of the Snow - Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editors: Oriol Tarragó, Iosu Martinez, Guillem Giró
- Foley Artists: Erik Vidal, Kiku Vidal
- Sound Editors: Sarah Romero, Marc Bech, Brendan Golden
- Sound Designer: Oriol Tarragó
- Music Editor: John Finklea
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture
Maestro - Netflix
- Supervising Music Editor: Jason Ruder
- Music Editor: Victoria Ruggiero
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR
Oppenheimer - Universal Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: David Bach
- Dialogue Editors: Russell Farmarco, Albert Gasser MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley
Oppenheimer - Universal Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
- Sound Effects Editor: Michael Mitchell
- Sound Designer: Randy Torres
- Supervising Foley Editor: Christopher Flick
- Foley Artists: Dan O'Connell, John Cucci MPSE
Source: MPSE
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
