The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced the winners of the 72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honoring the best of 2024.

Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), the premier organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, announced the winners of the 72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honoring outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming. Winners were announced at the annual gala at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.

Two honorary awards were also presented: Kevin Costner received the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath, MPSE received the Career Achievement Award. Patton Oswalt served as the evening’s host, marking the third time he’s hosted the Golden Reel Awards. MPSE president David Barber presided over the festivities as the sound community came together to celebrate their own. The MPSE invited firefighters to attend the gala as special guests with the audience honoring them for their heroic efforts during the recent LA wildfires.

72ND ANNUAL MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS WINNERS

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation

Secret Level: “Warhammer 40,000: They Shall Know No Fear”
Amazon Prime
Supervising Sound Editors: Brad North MPSE, Matt Yocum MPSE
Sound Designers: Joseph Fraioli, Nolan McNaughton MPSE, Ryan Sullivan
Sound Effects Editors: Chris Battaglia MPSE, Harry Cohen MPSE
Foley Editors: Matt Manselle, Matt Telsey
Foley Artist: Brian Straub

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue / ADR

Shōgun: “Ladies of the Willow World”
FX
Supervising Sound Editor: Brian J. Armstrong MPSE
Sound Editor: Damon Cohoon
Dialogue Editor: John Creed MPSE
ADR Editor: Ayako Yamauchi MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley

Ripley: “III Sommerso”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Michael Feuser, Lawrence Zipf
Sound Designers: Bill R. Dean MPSE, Angelo Palazzo MPSE, Lawrence Zipf
Foley Editor: Igor Nikolic
Sound Effects Editors: David Forshee MPSE, Wyatt Sprague
Supervising Foley Editor: Matt Haasch
Foley Artists: Sandra Fox, Steve Hammond, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm, Jay Peck

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form

Earthsounds: “Australian Forests”
Apple TV+
Supervising Sound Editor: Kate Hopkins
Sound Effect Editor: Tom Mercer
Foley Editor: Ellie Bowler
Foley Artist: Rory Joseph

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation

The Wild Robot
Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editors: Brian Chumney, Leff Lefferts
Sound Designer: Randy Thom MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: David Farmer MPSE, David Hughes, Jamey Scott MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Rich Quinn
Foley Editors: Malcolm Fife, Dee Selby
Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

The Blue Angels
Amazon Prime
Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Stambler MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Ryan “Sully” Sullivan
Dialogue Editor: Emma Present

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing –Feature International

Emilia Pérez
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Aymeric Devoldère
Sound Designer: Cyril Holtz
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Hortense Bailly
Supervising ADR Editor: Carolina Santana
Foley Editor: Antoine Swertvaegher
Foley Artist: Gregory Vincent

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR

Saturday Night
Columbia Pictures
Supervising Sound Editors: David Butler, Will Files MPSE, Lee Gilmore MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Helen Lutrell, Emma Present

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley

Dune: Part Two
Warner Bros. Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
Sound Designers: Dave Whitehead MPSE, Michael Babcock, Lee Gilmore MPSE, Randy Torres
Sound Effects Editors: Brent Burge, Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham, Michael Mitchell, Jeff Sawyer, Matt Stutter MPSE, Chris Terhune
Supervising Foley Editor: Chris Flick
Foley Editor: Willard Overstreet
Foley Artists: John Cucci, Dan O’Connell

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation

Arcane: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Brad Beaumont MPSE, Eliot Connors MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Stephen P. Robinson MPSE
Supervising Music Editor: Alexander Temple
Music Editors: Andrew Kierszenbaum, Sebastien Najand, Alex Seaver
Foley Editor: PJ Pascual
Foley Artists: John Cucci, Dan O’Connell

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary

Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Darling
Sound Editor: Greg Gettens
Foley Editor: Olly Freemantle
Foley Artist: Rebecca Heathcote

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Scott Hecker MPSE, Chuck Michael MPSE
Sound Effects Designers: Scott Hecker MPSE, Chuck Michael MPSE, Nick Interlandi, Bryan Jerden MPSE, Alexander Pugh MPSE, Andrew Vernon MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Greg ten Bosch MPSE, Brad Sokol
Supervising Dialogue / ADR Editor: Jessie Anne Spence MPSE
Dialogue/ADR Editors: Michael Hertlein, Arielle McGrail, Byron Wilson
Supervising Foley Editor: Mark Pappas
Supervising Foley Artist: Gary Hecker MPSE
Foley Artists: Michael Broomberg, Mike Horton

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form

The Penguin: “Cent’Anni”
HBO Max
Supervising Music Editor: Ben Holiday
Music Editors: Chad Birmingham, Luke Dennis

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form

Only Murders in the Building: “My Best Friend’s Wedding”
Hulu
Music Editor: Michah Liberman

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary

Music by John Williams
Disney+
Supervising Music Editor: Ramiro Belgardt
Music Editors: Christopher Barnett MPSE, Roy Waldspurger

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture

Wicked
Universal Pictures
Supervising Music Editor: Catherine Wilson
Supervising Vocal Editor: Robin Baynton

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Dialogue / ADR

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Audio Lead: Jacob Harley, Jeremiah Sypult, Brian Tuey
Audio Directors: Ian Mika
Supervising Sound Editor: Charles Deenen
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Robert Jackson
Senior Audio Artist: Ryan Garigliano
Dialogue Editors: Jessica Arkoff, Socrates Ayala, Kelli Baffoni, Tom Boyd, Roman Fusco, Cesar Marenco MPSE, Kevin Patel, Brandon Roos, Ruge Sun, Dani Turner, Rob Weiss, Maggie Wolf
Audio Artists: Justin Moreh, Darrell Tung

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music

Star Wars Outlaws
Audio Director: Simon Koudriavtsev
Senior Music Designer: Erik Jacobsson
Music Supervisor: Manu Bachet

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Audio Directors: Adam Boyd MPSE, Trevor Bresaw, Ian Mika, Jeremiah Sypult, Brian Tuey
Supervising Sound Editor: Charles Deenen
Lead Sound Designers: Collin Ayers, Jai Berger, Darren Blondin, John Drelick, Nick Martin, Kevin Sherwood
Sound Designers: Mark Camperell MPSE, Nick D’Amato, Tom David, James Evans, Daniel P. Francis MPSE, Luis Galdames MPSE, Nick Interlandi, Austin Krier MPSE, Jim Lecroy, James Miller, Garrett Montgomery MPSE, Josh Moore, Michael Newton, Dominik Ragančík, Jordan Ruhala, Matthew Schaff MPSE, Nick Spradlin, Darrell Tung, Bryan O. Watkins
Technical Sound Designers: Sunglae Park, William Wise III
Expert Sound Designers: Andy Bayless, Cameron Britton, Scott Eckert
Associate Lead Sound Designer: Jacob Harley
Sound Effects Editors: Landen Belardes, Cadmus Blackwood, Tyler Windsor
Senior Audio Artist: Corina Bello, Logan Byers, Ryan Garigliano, Jasmine Jia, James McCawley, Vadim Nuniyants, Tim Schlie, Lee Staples
Junior Audio Artists: Tommy Lee, Justin Moreh
Foley Editor: Rustam Himadiiev
Foley Artist: Bogdan Zavarzin
Audio Directors: Adam Boyd MPSE, Trevor Bresaw, Ian Mika, Jeremiah Sypult, Brian Tuey

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)

Songbirds
Savannah College of Art and Design
Supervising Sound Editor: Eugenio Mirafuentes

The 71st Annual Golden Reel Awards are being held on February 23, 2025.

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