The 71st MPSE Golden Reel Awards return to celebrate and commemorate another exciting year of excellent sound effects editing and design. The Golden Reel Awards 2024 takes place on the 3rd of March, 2024 at the Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, with many incredible projects and talented nominees up for the win.
The team here at Krotos are once again proud to sponsor the event and support the nominees for Student Film category. Check out the nominees below!
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – FEATURE EFFECTS / FOLEY
Gran Turismo — Columbia Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editors: Kami Asgar, Erin Oakley
- Sound Designer: Charles Deenen
- Sound Effects Editors: Sam Fan, Matt Cavanaugh
- Sound Designer: Tim Gedemer
Ferrari — NEON
- Supervising Sound Editors: Tony Lamberti, Bernard Weiser
- Sound Designer: David Wentz
- Sound Effects Editor: Brent Findley, Steven Ticknor, Benjamin Cook
John Wick Chapter 4 — Lionsgate
- Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Soucek
- Sound Designers: Mark Stoeckinger, Luke Gibleon, Olivia Xiao’ou Zhang, Stephen Robinson, Gael Nicolas
- Sound Effects Editors: Casey Genton, Nicolas Interlandi
Napoleon — AppleTV+
- Supervising Sound Editors: Oliver Tarney, James Harrison
- Sound Designers: Mike Fentum, Hugo Adams
- Sound Effects Editors: Aran Clifford, Kevin Penney, Rowan Watson
Oppenheimer — Universal Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
- Sound Effects Editor: Michael Mitchell
- Sound Designer: Randy Torres
The Killer — Netflix
- Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
- Sound Effects Editors: Jonathon Stevens, Malcolm Fife
- Supervising Sound Editor: Jeremy Molod
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST LONG FORM
Ahsoka: “Part Four: Fallen Jedi” — Disney
- Supervising Sound Editors: Bonnie Wild, Matthew Wood
- Sound Designer: David Acord
- Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Tim Farrell
All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4 — Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editors: Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole
- Sound Effects Editor: David Grimaldi
The Continental: From the World of John Wick: “Theatre of Pain” — Peacock
- Supervising Sound Editor: Luke Gibleon
- Sound Designer: Nick Interlandi
- Sound Effects Editor: Joshua Adeniji
Loki: “Glorious Purpose” — Disney
- Supervising Sound Editor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder
- Sound Designer: David Chrastka
- Sound Effects Editors: Andre Zweers, Malcolm Fife, Jamey Scott
Star Trek: Picard: “The Last Generation” — Paramount+
- Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew E. Taylor
- Sound Designers: Michael Schapiro, Harry Cohen
- Sound Editors: Alex Pugh, Deron Street
The Last of Us: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness” — HBO
- Supervising Sound Editor: Michael J. Benavente
- Sound Designers: Chris Battaglia, Chris Terhune
- Sound Effects Editors: Mitchell Lestner, Matt Yocum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST SHORT FORM
American Horror Story: Delicate Part 1: “When the Bough Breaks” — FX
- Supervising Sound Editors: Christian Buenaventura, Gary Megregian
- Sound Effects Editor: Tim Cleveland
Barry: “wow” — HBO
- Supervising Sound Editors: Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor
- Sound Designer: Rickley W. Dumm
- Sound Editor: Deron Street
BEEF: “The Great Fabricator” — Netflix
- Supervising Sound Editor: Christopher Gomez
- Sound Effects Editor: Jerry Lafuente
The Bear: “Fishes” — FX
- Supervising Sound Editors: Steve “Major” Giammaria, Andrea Bella
- Sound Effects Editor: Matt Snedecor
The Mandalorian: “The Return” — Disney
- Supervising Sound Editors: Trey Turner, Matthew Wood
- Sound Designer: David W. Collins
- Sound Effects Editors: Luis Galdames, Kevin Bolen
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – FEATURE ANIMATION
Elemental — Disney / Pixar
- Supervising Sound Editors: Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott
- Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
- Sound Effects Editors: Jonathan Stevens, Ben Burtt, Kim Patrick, Steve Bissinger
Migration — Illumination
- Supervising Sound Editors: Daniel Laurie, Josh Gold
- Sound Effects Editors: Richard Gould, Luke Dunn-Gielmuda, Scott Guitteau
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse — Sony Pictures Animation
- Supervising Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay
- Sound Designers: John J. Pospisil, Alec G. Rubay, Kip Smedley
- Sound Effects Editors: Cathryn Wang, David Werntz, Bruce Tanis, Greg ten Bosch, Daniel McNamara, Will Digby, Andy Sisul
The Super Mario Bros Movie — Universal Pictures
- Supervising Sound Editor: Daniel Laurie
- Sound Designers: Randy Thom, Jamey Scott
- Sound Effects Editors: Leff Lefferts, Qianbaihui Yang, Scott Guitteau
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – BROADCAST ANIMATION
Rick and Morty: “Unmortricken” — Cartoon Network
- Supervising Sound Editor: Hunter Curra
- Sound Effects Editor: Corbin Bumeter
Star Trek Lower Decks: “Old Friends, New Planets” — Paramount+
- Supervising Sound Editor: James Lucero
- Sound Effects Editors: Mak Kellerman, John Wynn
Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Faster” — Disney
- Supervising Sound Editors: David W. Collins, Matthew Wood
- Sound Designer: David W. Collins
- Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen, Kimberly Patrick
Star Wars: Visions: “The Pit” — Disney
- Supervising Sound Editor: David W. Collins
- Sound Designer: David W. Collins
- Sound Effects Editors: Kevin Bolen, Bill Rudolph
Transformers: Earthspark: “Security Protocols” — Nickelodeon
- Supervising Sound Editor: Brad Meyer
- Sound Effects Editor: Natalia Saavedra Brychcy
Young Jedi Adventures: “The Young Jedi/Yoda’s Mission” — Disney
- Sound Effects Editor: Heather Olsen
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
32 Sounds — ArKtype
- Sound Designer: Mark Mangini
- Sound Editor: Robert Kellough
American Symphony — Higher Ground Productions
- Supervising Sound Editor: Tristan Baylis, Tom Paul
- Sound Effects Editors: Matt Snedecor, Mark Filip
Mourning In Lod — Medalia Productions
- Supervising Sound Editors: Yossi Appelbaum, Lior Weitzman
- Sound Designer: Yossi Appelbaum
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie — AppleTV+
- Supervising Sound Editor: Skip Lievsay
- Sound Effects Editor: Rich Bologna
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour — Taylor Swift Productions
- Sound Editor: Phil DeTolve
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – VIDEO GAME
Alan Wake 2 — Remedy Entertainment
- Audio Director: Richard Lapington
- Principal Audio Designer: Tazio Schiesari
- Senior Audio Designers: Gulli Gunnarsson, Thomas Holmes
- Senior Technical Audio Designer: Joshua Adam Bell
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III — Infinity Ward
- Audio Director: Matthew Grimm
- Audio Leads: Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias, Cameron Britton, Ian Mika, Dave Rowe, Brian Tuey, Collin Ayers
- Supervising Sound Editors: David Swenson, Mikael Frithiof, Adam Boyd
- Cinematics Supervising Sound Editors: Charles Deenen, Nick Martin
- Sound Designers: Kelly Baffoni, Landen Belardes, Gregory Bonini, Tom Brewer, Alexander Ephraim, James Evans, Tim Gedemer, Mark Jasper, Sean Madsen, James Miller, Josh More, Myron Nettinga, Ryan Nowak, Travis Prater, Alec Rubay, John Sawa, Matt Severin, Carlos Solis, Nick Spradlin, Conrad Ytuarte, Jessica Arkoff
- Expert Audio Artists: Jomo Kangethe, Kyle Fraser
- Senior Audio Artists: Kegan Chau, Fernando Labarthe, Travis Didluck, Michael Tornabene, Peter Wayne, Dennis Bestafka, Scott Eckert, James McCawley, Lee Staples, Jasmine Jia, Ryan Garigliano, Shawn Jimmerson
- Audio Artists: Tyler Cannan, Liam Underwood, Stephan Vankov, Pierce Cram, Shawn Maldonado, William Wise, Sunglae Park, Tommy Serioglou, Daniel Francis, Garrett Montgomery, Bryan O. Watkins
- Audio Programmer: Don Veca
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — Insomniac Games
- Supervising Sound Editors: Ben Minto, Chris Sweetman, Csaba Wagner, Samuel Justice, Gary Miranda
- Supervising Sound Designer: Emile Mika
- Senior Director of Sound: Phillip Kovats
- Director, Audio Management: Karen Read
- Audio Managers: Daniel Birczynski, Jesse James Allen
- Director of Sound Design: Jeremie Voillot
- Senior Audio Directors: Paul Mudra, Jerry Berlongieri, Dwight Okahara
- Technical Sound Designers: Ben Pantelis, Sebastian Ruiz, Nick Jackson, Enoch Choi, Cameron Sonju, Gavin Booth
- Lead Sound Designer: Blake Johnson
- Senior Sound Designers: Eddie Pacheco, Tyler Cornett, Johannes Hammers, Zack Bogucki, Alex Previty, Matt Ryan, Juliet Rascon, Andres Herrera, Robert Castro, Jeff Darby, Beau Anthony Jimenez, Derrick Espino, Jon Rook
- Sound Designers: Tyler Hoffman, Daniele Carli, Bob Kellough, Bryan Jerden, Eilam Hoffman, Graham Donnelly, Jason W. Jennings, Matt Hall, Michael Leaning, Michael Schapiro, Randy Torres, Richard Gould, Stephano Sanchinelli, Tim Walston, Tobias Poppe, Tom Jaine, Jeremy Neroes, Adam Sanchez, Brendan Wolf, Roy Lancaster, Rodrigo Robinet, Daniel Barboza, Charlie Ritter, David Goll, Chris Kokkinos, TJ Schauer
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor — Respawen Entertainment
- Audio Director: Nick von Kaenel
- Senior Sound Designers: Alex Barnhart, Oscar Coen
- Sound Designer: Ashton Faydenko
- Associate Sound Designer: Kartika Dewi Luky
- Senior Cinematic Sound Designer: Tom Jaine
- Sound Implementer: Tori Ano
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING – STUDENT FILM (VERNA FIELDS AWARD)
Buyers Beware — Savannah College of Art & Design
- Supervising Sound Editor: Matt Lemberger
Canary — Chapman University
- Supervising Sound Editor: Mengchen Sun
Dive — National Film & Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Simon Panayi
From The Top — National Film & Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Etienne Kompis
Gossip — National Film & Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Itzel Gonzalez Estrada
Heimen — Amsterdam University of the Arts
- Supervising Sound Editor: Eran Brinkman
- Sound Effects Editor: Sam Titshof
The Tornado Outside — National Film & Television School
- Supervising Sound Editor: Marios Themistokleous
Tree of Many Faces — National Film & Television School
- Sound Designer: Siim Skepast