HOLLYWOOD— The Motion Picture Sound Editors tonight presented the 69th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards at a fully-virtual, international ceremony. Golden Reel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing were presented in 17 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, and student work. Supervising Sound Editor Danny Pagan presented the MPSE Filmmaker Award to Academy Award-winning Director Ron Howard. The MPSE Career Achievement Award, honoring Supervising Sound Editor Anthony “Chic” Ciccolini III, was presented by Emmy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor Rickley W. Dumm. The opening address was given by MPSE President Mark Lanza who congratulated the organization’s members for their perseverance during the pandemic. “These past two years, our members led the way in developing remote solutions that kept them working,” Lanza said. “We salute their ingenuity. MPSE has always stood for creativity and innovation.” Former MPSE Career Achievement Award honorees Harry Cohen (2017), John Roesch (2013), Cece Hall (2020), Richard L. Anderson (2007) and newly-minted Career Achievement-recipient Anthony J. “Chic” Ciccolini III (2022) were among category awards presenters. South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of the Netflix survival drama series Squid Game, also served as an awards presenter. The annual Verna Fields Award for student sound work was presented by EIPMA president Bernard Weiser; Richard Nevens, head of audio business development for Blackmagic Design; and Loren Nielsen, vice president, content & strategy at Xperi Corporation. 69th Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel awards winners FILMMAKER AWARD Ron Howard CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Anthony J. “Chic” Ciccolini III CATEGORY WINNERS Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Series or Short Love, Death + Robots: “Snow in the Desert” Netflix Supervising Sound Editor: Bradley North MPSE Sound Designer: Craig Henighan MPSE Foley Editor: Jeff Gross Foley Artists: Alicia Stevens, Dawn Lunsford Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Limited Series or Anthology The Underground Railroad: Chapter 9: “Indiana Winter” Amazon Prime Supervising Sound Editor: Onnalee Blank MPSE Sound Designers: Jay Jennings, Harry Cohen MPSE Sound Effects Editor: Luke Gibleon Dialogue Editors: Chris Kahwaty MPSE, Katy Wood ADR Editor: Bryan Parker MPSE Foley Editors: Pietu Korhonen, Lars Halvorsen Foley Artist: Heikki Kossi MPSE Music Editor: John Finklea   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation Arcane – League of Legends: “When These Walls Come Tumbling Down” Netflix Supervising Sound Editors: Brad Beaumont MPSE, Eliot Connors MPSE Supervising Music Editor: Alexander Temple Supervising ADR Editor: Shannon Beaumont Foley Editor: Alexander Ephraim MPSE Foley Artists: Dan O' Connell, John Cucci MPSE Music Editor: Alex Seaver   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary The Beatles Get Back: “Part 3” Disney+ Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Martin Kwok Sound Editors: Matt Stutter MPSE, Buster Flaws, Melanie Graham Dialogue Editor: Emile De La Rey Music Editors: Steve Gallagher MPSE, Tane Upjohn-Beatson Foley Editor: Michael Donaldson Foley Artist: Simon Riley   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature Infinite Paramount+ Supervising Sound Editors: Mandell Winter MPSE, David Esparza MPSE Sound Designer: Hamilton Sterling Sound Effects Editor: Will Digby MPSE Dialogue Editors: Micah Loken MPSE, Sang Kim Foley Editor: Eryne Prine MPSE Music Editor: Mark "Vordo" Wlodarkiewicz Foley Artists: Dan O'Connell, John Cucci MPSE   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – ½ Hour – Comedy or Drama Only Murders in the Building: “The Boy From 6B” Hulu Supervising Sound Editor: Mathew Waters Dialogue Editor: Danika Wikke MPSE Sound Effects Editor: Meredith Stacy Music Editor: Micha Liberman   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Dialogue / ADR Succession: “Secession” HBO Max Supervising Sound Editor: Nicholas Renbeck MPSE Dialogue Editor: Michael Feuser ADR Editor: Angela Organ   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Effects / Foley The Witcher: “A Grain of Truth” Netflix Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew Collinge Sound Designers: Rob Turner, Alyn Sclosa, Rob Prynne Foley Editors: Adam Oakley, Rob Weatherall Foley Artists: Zoe Freed, Rebecca Heathcote   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour - Music Wu Tang: An American Saga: “Protect Ya Neck” Hulu Music Editor: Sebastian Zuleta   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation Raya and the Last Dragon Walt Disney Animation Studios Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Mills Supervising Dialogue Editor: Brad Semenoff MPSE Sound Designer: Nia Hansen Sound Effects Editors: Samson Neslund, David C. Hughes, Cameron Barker Foley Editors: Chris Frazier, Steve Orlando Foley Artists: John Roesch MPSE, Shelley Roden MPSE Supervising Music Editor: Jim Weidman Music Editor: David Olson   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary The Rescue Disney+ Supervising Sound Editor: Deborah Wallach Sound Effects Editor: Roland Vajs, Mariusz Glabinski Foley Artist: Nuno Bentro Music Editor: Ben Smithers   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature Cliff Walkers Viki Supervising Sound Editors: Yang Jiang MPSE, Zhao Nan MPSE ADR Editor: Li Xinghui Foley Artist: Han Junsheng Sound Editors: Ann Scibelli, Xiao'ou Olivia Zhang MPSE, Iain Pattison, Alan Rankin Sound Designer: Mark Stoeckinger   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR Nightmare Alley Searchlight Pictures Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Jill Purdy MPSE Dialogue Editor: Nelson Ferreira MPSE   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley Dune Warner Bros. Supervising Sound Editors: Theo Green, Mark Mangini MPSE Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead Sound Effects Editors: Phil Barrie, Lee Gilmore MPSE, Greg Ten Bosch MPSE, Robert Kellough MPSE, Piero Mura Foley Editor: Christopher Bonis Foley Artists: Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Music West Side Story 20th Century Studios Music Editors: Joe E. Rand, Ramiro Belgardt Scoring Editor: David Channing     Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Audio Call of Duty: Vanguard Sledgehammer Games Audio Director: David Swenson MPSE Audio Leads: Matthew Grimm, Ryan McSweeney, Michael Caisley, Eric Wedemeyer Supervising Sound Editors: Charles Deenen MPSE, Nick Interlandi, Nick Martin Supervising Dialogue Editors: Emilio Lopez-Centellas, Adam Boyd MPSE, Hilary Long Supervising Music Editors: Ted Kocher, Anthony Caruso Sound Designers: Kegan Chau, Fernando Labarthe, Sheridan Willard, Tyler Cannan, Michael Tornabene, Peter Wayne, Liam Underwood, Don Veca, Jeremiah Sypult, Andy Bayless, Darren Blondin, Nicholas D'Amato, Jacob Denny, Jacob Harley, Vadim Nuniyants, Timothy Schlie, Aaron Brown, Ian Mika, Tory Bader, Corina Bello, Darrell Tung, Jonathan Gosselin, Nick Tremblay, Mathieu Denis, Mikael Frithiof, Jon Persson, Braden Parkes, Erick Ocampo, Mike Maksim, Matt Hall, Chris Diebold, Jeff Sawyer, Josh Moore, Igor Comes, Tim Gedemer MPSE, Klaus Shipman, Jim Schaefer, Rashaad Wiggins, Jonathan McCavish, Gavin Hislop, Michael Jones, Shawn Jimmerson, Lee Staples, Ryan Garigliano, Garrett Oshiro Sound Editors: Daniel Petras, Jordan Ruhala, Matthew Schaff MPSE Dialogue Editors: Robert Jackson, Maggie Wolf, Alvaro Vela, Serge J. Isaac, Stiv Schneider, Juliana Henao Mesa, David Price Music Editors: Scott Shoemaker, Tao-Ping Chen, Adam Kallibjian, Rob Goodson, Andrew Buresh Foley Artist: Foley Walkers   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award) Build Me Up The National Film and Television School Supervising Sound Editor: Wong Hui Grace   About MPSE Founded in 1953, the Motion Picture Sound Editors is a non-profit organization of professional sound and music editors who work in the motion picture television and gaming industries. 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