The Motion Picture Sound Editors presented awards in 23 categories honoring the best in film and television audio at a black-tie affair on February 18 in downtown Los Angeles. Also on hand were director, screenwriter and producer Michael Mann to present the 2019 MPSE Filmmaker Award to director Antoine Fuqua, and Oscar-winning supervising sound editor Ben Wilkins presented the MPSE Career Achievement Award to supervising sound editor Stephen H. Flick.
Note: While we only have space here to list the supervising sound editor, each of these winning soundtracks was the result of a large team. A complete list of winners can be found at www.mpse.org.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Animation Short Form
Overwatch “Reunion” (Blizzard Entertainment)
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Menichini, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Non-Theatrical Animation Long Form
NextGen (Netflix)
Supervising Sound Editors: David Acord, Steve Slanec
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Entertainment/Marvel)
Supervising Sound Editors: Geoffrey Rubay, Curt Schulkey
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Non-Theatrical Documentary
Searching for Sound Islandman and Veyasin (Karga Seven Pictures/Red Bull TV)
Supervising Sound Editor: Suat Ayas, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Feature Documentary (Tie)
Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Supervising Sound Editor: Deborah Wallach
They Shall Not Grow Old (Wingnut Films/Fathom Events/Warner Bros.)
Supervising Sound Editors: Martin Kwok, Brent Burge, Melanie Graham, Justin Webster
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Computer Cinematic
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (Blizzard Entertainment)
Supervising Sound Designer: Paul Menichini, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Computer Interactive Game Play
God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio)
Audio Directors: Rob Burns, Nassim Ait-Kaci
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Non-Theatrical Feature
Extinction (Good Universe/Universal Pictures)
Supervising Sound Editors: Will Files, P.K. Hooker
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Special Venue
Age of Sail (Google Spotlight Stories)
Supervising Sound Editor: Scot Stafford
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Foreign Language Feature
Roma (Netflix)
Supervising Sound Editors: Sergio Díaz, Skip Lievsay
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Live Action Under 35:00
Short Treks “The Brightest Star” (CBS All Access)
Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew E. Taylor
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Short Form, Music/Musical (Tie)
American Horror Story: Apocalypse “The End” (FX Networks)
Music Editor: David Klotz
Vikings “Moment of Vision” (MGM Television/History Channel)
Supervising Music Editor: Yuri Gorbachow, MPSE
Music Editor: Lise Beauchesne
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Short Form, Dialogue/ADR
The Americans “Harvest” (FX Networks)
Supervising Sound Editors: Ken Hahn, Neil Cedar
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Short Form, Effects/Foley
Atlanta “Teddy Perkins” (FX Networks)
Supervising Sound Editor: Trevor Gates, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Single Presentation
Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Sony Pictures Television/Amazon Studios)
Supervising Sound Editor: Mark A. Lanza, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Long Form, Music/Musical
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “We’re Going to the Catskills” (Amazon Studios)
Music Editor: Annette Kudrak
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Long Form, Dialogue/ADR
Westworld “The Riddle of the Sphinx” (HBO)
Supervising Sound Editor: Thomas De Gorter, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Episodic Long Form – Effects/Foley
Altered Carbon “Out of the Past” (Netflix)
Supervising Sound Editor: Brett Hinton
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Music Score
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Music Editors: Katie Greathouse, Catherine Wilson
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Musical
Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox Studios)
Supervising Music Editor: John Warhurst
Music Editor: Neil Stemp
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Dialogue/ADR
Bohemian Rhapsody (GK Films/Fox Studios)
Supervising Sound Editor: John Warthurst
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Effects/Foley
A Quiet Place (Paramount Pictures)
Supervising Sound Editors: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing—Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
Facing It (National Film and Television School)
Supervising Sound Designer and Editor: Adam Woodhams
