Disney/Pixar and Baobab Studios sound artists honored at 68th Annual awards ceremony; ‘The Last of Us Part II,’ ‘Tenet,’ ‘Greyhound,’ and ‘The Mandalorian’ also recognized.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) presented their 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards at a fully virtual ceremony held this past Saturday evening. Golden Reel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing were presented in 22 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, special venue, and other media.
Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, Kimberly Patrick, Jonathan Stevens, Steve Orlando, Cheryl Nardi, Thom Brennan, Dee Selby, John Roesch, MPSE, Shelley Roden, MPSE, Sally Boldt, and Justin Pearson were all honored with a Feature – Animation Golden Reel Award for their work on Disney/Pixar’s Soul.
Scot Stafford, Andrew Vernon, Jamey Scott, MPSE, Brendan Wolf, and Rex Darnell were all honored with an Animation Short Form Golden Reel Award for their work on Baobab Studios’ immersive short, Baba Yaga.
Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Chris Jenkins presented the MPSE Filmmaker Award to Mad Max Director George Miller. The MPSE Career Achievement Award, honoring supervising sound editor Dennis Drummond, was presented by re-recording Mixer David Giammarco. (Drummond’s award was accepted by his brother, Patrick Drummond.)
The opening address was given by MPSE President Mark Lanza who invoked the challenges and benefits in hosting the ceremony remotely. “While I’m sure you will love the virtual experience, the show’s true purpose is to honor the nominated projects and the artists who crafted them,” he said. “In person or virtual, a Golden Reel Award is just as coveted. We congratulate the nominees and winners tonight as we recognize the best in sound over the past year.”
Acclaimed voice actors Kelly Stables and David Cowgill hosted the event. Category awards were presented by sound professionals from around the world, including Australia (Wayne Pashley, Libby Villa, Derryn Pasquill), China (Jianxi Zhang, Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan), Mexico (Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Javier Umpierrez), Los Angeles, (Brian Slack, Bernard Weiser, Nancy Cartwright), India (Baylon Fonseca, Karan Singh, Vijay Rathinam) and Russia (Aleksey Sinitsyn, Dmitriy Kliminov).
The complete list of winners is as follows:
FILMMAKER AWARD
George Miller
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dennis Drummond
CATEGORY WINNERS (1 Tie)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Soul
Disney
- Supervising Sound Editor: Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce
- Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
- Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Jonathan Stevens, Steve Orlando
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: Cheryl Nardi
- Foley Editors: Thom Brennan, Dee Selby
- Foley Artists: John Roesch, MPSE; Shelley Roden, MPSE
- Music Editors: Sally Boldt, Justin Pearson
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary
The Reason I Jump
Vulcan Productions
- Supervising Sound Editor: Nick Ryan
- Sound Effects Editors: Laurence Love Greed, Alexej Mungersdorff, Jack Wensley
- Dialogue Editor: Jamie McPhee
- Foley Editor: Srdjan Kurpjel
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature
The Eight Hundred
CMC Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editor and Editor: Kang Fu
- Sound Effects Editor: Steve Miller
- Dialogue Editor: Ai Long Tan
- Foley Artist: Lan Long
- Music Editor: Fei Yu
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Underscore
Tenet
Warner Bros.
- Supervising Music Editor: Alex Gibson
- Music Editor: Nicholas Fitzgerald
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Musical
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of the Fire Saga
Netflix
- Music Editors: Allegra De Souza, Peter Oso Snell, MPSE; Jon Mooney
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Netflix
- Supervising Sound and ADR Editor: Renee Tondelli
- Dialogue Editors: Michael Hertlein, MPSE; Jeena Schoenke, Jon Michaels
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley
Greyhound
Apple TV+
- Supervising Sound Editors: Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler
- Associate Supervising Sound Editor: Will Digby, MPSE
- Sound Designers: Ann Scibelli, Jon Title
- Sound Effects Editors: Jeff Sawyer, Richard Kitting, Odin Benitez, MPSE; Jason King
- Foley Editor: Luke Gibleon
- Foley Artist: Marko Costanzo
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35:00
Servant: "2:00"
Apple TV+
- Supervising Sound Editor: Sean Garnhart
- Sound Effects Editor: Mark Filip
- Dialogue Editor: Michael Feuser
- Music Editor: Lesley Langs
- Foley Editor: Julien Pirrie
- Foley Artist: Gareth Rhys Jones
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Music
Vikings: “The Best Laid Plans”
Amazon
- Music Editors: Yuri Gorbachow, MPSE; Lise Beauchesne
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Dialogue/ADR
Mandalorian S2: Chapter 13: The Jedi
Disney+
- Supervising Sound Editors: Matthew Wood, David Acord
- Dialogue Editor: Richard Quinn
- ADR Editor: James Spencer
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Effects / Foley
Mandalorian S2: Chapter 13: The Jedi
Disney+
- Supervising Sound Editor: David Acord, Matthew Wood
- Sound Effects Editors: Benjamin A. Burtt, J.R. Grubbs
- Foley Editor: Richard Gould
- Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Long Form – Music
The Queen's Gambit: "Adjournment"
Netflix
- Music Editor: Tom Kramer
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Long Form – Dialogue / ADR
The Queen’s Gambit: “End Game”
Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editors: Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Hirsch
- Sound Designer: Wylie Stateman
- Dialogue Editors: Mary Ellen Porto, MPSE; Eric Hoehn
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Long Form – Effects / Foley
** TIE **
The Queen's Gambit: "End Game"
Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editors: Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Hirsch
- Sound Designer: Wylie Stateman, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Cicero, James David Redding III, Leo Marcil, Eric Hoehn
- Foley Artist / Editor: Rachel Chancey
Star Trek: Picard "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2"
CBS All Access
- Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew E. Taylor
- Sound Designers: Tim Farrell, Harry Cohen, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editor: Michael Schapiro
- Foley Editors: Clay Weber, Darrin Mann
- Foley Artists: Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Single Presentation
A Christmas Carol
FX
- Supervising Sound Editor: Lee Walpole, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editors: Saoirse Christopherson, Tom Stewart, Andy Kennedy
- Dialogue Editor: Iain Wilkinson
- Foley Artists: Catherine Thomas, Anna Wright
- Music Editor: Cecile Tournesac
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation Long Form
Mortal Kombat Legends: "Scorpion's Revenge"
Warner Bros. Animation
- Supervising Sound Editors: Rob McIntyre, MPSE; D.J. Lynch
- Supervising ADR Editor: Mark A. Keatts, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editors: Lawrence Reyes, Roger Pallan, Ezra Walker
- Dialogue Editors: Mike Garcia, MPSE; Kelly Foley Downs, David M. Cowan, Patrick Foley
- Sound Designers: Marc Schmidt, Evan Dockter
- ADR Editors: Mark Mercado, Jon Abelardo
- Foley Editors: Roberto Allegria, Derek Swanson
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary
Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time: "Episode 1"
EPIX/Amblin
- Supervising Sound Editor: Jonathan Greber
- Sound Effects Editor: Lucas Miller
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise
Hulu
- Supervising Sound Editor: Odin Benitez, MPSE
- Supervising ADR Editor: Ryan Briley
- Sound Designer: Russell Topal, MPSE
- Foley Editor: Rustam Gimadlyev
- Foley Artists: Bogdan Zavarzin, Natalia Syeryakova
- Music Editor: Katerina Tolkishevskaya
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic
The Last of Us Part II
Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Potter
- Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Ginn, Kyle Bailey, Michael Finley, Chad Bedell, Eric Paulsen, Keith Bilderbeck, Jim Diaz
- Foley Artists: Dawn Fintor, Alicia Stevenson
- Audio Director: Robert Krekel
- Sound Designers: Justin Mullens, Beau Jimenez, Neil Uchitel, Jesse Garcia, MPSE; Michael Marchisotto
- Supervising Music Editors: Rob Goodson, Scott Shoemaker
- Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Tyler Crowder, Sonia Coronado, Adam Kallibjian, Adam Kallibjian, James Zolyak, Ted Kocher, Scott Bergstrom, Tao-Ping Chen
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play
The Last of Us Part II
Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Audio Director: Robert Krekel
- Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Potter
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: Maged Khalil Ragab
- Supervising Music Editors: Rob Goodson, Scott Shoemaker
- Sound Designers: Neil Uchitel, Beau Jimenez, Justin Mullens, Jesse Garcia, MPSE; Michael Marchisotto, Derek Brown, Jordan Denton
- Dialogue Editors: Grayson Stone, Julius Kukla, Thomas Barrett, Jaime Marcelo, Erik Schmall, Duncan Brown, Cesar Marenco
- Foley Editor: Eolyne Arnold, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Ginn, Michael Finley, Kyle Bailey
- Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Tyler Crowder, Tao-Ping Chen, Sonia Coronado, Adam Kallibjian, Samuel Marshall, James Zolyak, Ted Kocher, Scott Bergstrom
- Foley Artists: Dawn Fintor, Alicia Stevenson
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Short Form
Baba Yaga
Baobab Studios
- Supervising Sound Editor: Scot Stafford
- Sound Designers: Andrew Vernon, Jamey Scott, MPSE
- Sound Effects Editor: Brendan Wolf
- Music Editor: Rex Darnell
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
The Unknown
The National Film and Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Yin Lee
- Sound Designer: Yin Lee
Source: MPSE
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