The Motion Picture Sound Editors certainly know how to spread the wealth. Five different feature films won awards in six categories on Saturday night at the organization’s Golden Reel Awards ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, with “Avatar” the only film to win more than one.
James Cameron’s blockbuster won for Best Sound Editing: Music in a Motion Picture and Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film. Other film winners included “Up” (for sound editing in an animated feature) “District 9” (foreign feature film), “Inglourious Basterds” (dialogue and ADR in a feature film) and “This Is It” (musical feature film).
“This Is It” and “District 9” are the only MPSE winners not to be up for Academy Awards in the Sound Editing or Sound Mixing categories; “Avatar” and “Basterds” are nominated in both Oscar categories, along with “The Hurt Locker” and “Star Trek.”
Television winners included “Battlestar Galactica,” “True Blood,” “House M.D.” and “Glee.”
The MPSE Filmmaker Award was presented to Steven Spielberg, and the MPSE Career Achievement Award to Larry Singer.
The full list of winners:
FEATURE FILMS
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM: "UP"
Produced by: Jonas Rivera
Directed by: Pete Docter
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Tom Myers
Supervising Foley Editor: Pascal Garneau
Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis, M.P.S.E.
Sound Effects Editors: Al Nelson, J.R. Grubbs, Teresa Eckton, M.P.S.E.
Foley Editor: Jonathan Null
ADR Editor: Steve Slanec
Foley Artists: Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FOREIGN FEATURE FILM: "DISTRICT 9"
Produced by: Carolynne Cunningham & Peter Jackson
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead
Sound Effects Editors: Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham
Dialogue/ADR Editors: Polly McKinnon, Justin Webster
ADR Editors: Jason Canovas, Mark Franken
Foley Editor: Craig Tomlinson
Foley Artists: Robyn McFarlane, Carolyn McLaughlin
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM: "AVATAR"
Produced by: James Cameron & Jon Landau
Directed by: James Cameron
Supervising Music Editor: Jim Henrikson
Music Editors: Dick Bernstein, Michael Bauer
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM: "THIS IS IT"
Produced by: Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega & Paul Gongaware
Directed by: Kenny Ortega
Supervising Music Editors: Michael Prince, Ryan Rubin, Scott Stambler
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FILM: "INGLORIOUS BASTERDS"
Produced by: Lawrence Bender, Bob Weinstein & Harvey Weinstein
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Supervising Sound Editor: Wylie Stateman
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Margit Pfeiffer
Supervising ADR Editor: Gregg Baxter
Dialogue/ADR Editor: Nancy Nugent-Title
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE FILM: "AVATAR"
Produced by: James Cameron & Jon Landau
Directed by: James Cameron
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designers: Addison Teague, Chris Boyes
Supervising Foley Editor: Luke Dunn Glelmuda
Foley Editor: Jim Likowski
Sound Effects Editors: Ken Fischer, Shannon Mills, Tim Nielsen, Chris Scarabosio
Foley Artists: Dennie Thorpe, Jana Vance
TELEVISION
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC ANIMATION IN TELEVISION: "THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR: WHAT GOES
AROUND”
Produced by: Bob Schooley & Mark McCorkle
Directed by: Bret Haaland & Nick Filippi
Supervising Sound Editors: Paulette Victor Lifton, James Ian Lifton
Sound Designer: Ian Nyeste
Supervising Foley Editor: Aran Tanchum
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Michael Petak
Supervising ADR Editor: Jason Stiff
Music Editor: Dominick Certo, M.P.S.E.
