Nominations & Winners by Category:
Sound Editing
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Sound Editing. The
symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.
1963 (36th)
NOTE: Sound Effects (Sound Editing) was a new category in 1963.
1964 (37th)
1965 (38th)
1966 (39th)
Grand Prix, Douglas-Lewis-John Frankenheimer-Cherokee Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gordon Daniel.1967 (40th)
1975 (48th)
(Special Achievement Award)
1977 (50th)
(Special Achievement Award)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Julia Phillips/Michael Phillips-Steven Spielberg Film Production; Columbia. Frank E. Warner.1979 (52nd)
(Special Achievement Award)
1981 (54th)
(Special Achievement Award)
1982 (55th)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt.
Poltergeist, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Steven Spielberg Production; MGM/UA. Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard L. Anderson.1983 (56th)
The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Jay Boekelheide.1984 (57th)
(Special Achievement Award)
1985 (58th)
Back to the Future, Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge.
Ladyhawke, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox Production; Warner Bros. Bob Henderson and Alan Murray.1986 (59th)
1987 (60th)
(Special Achievement Award)
1988 (61st)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Amblin Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Charles L. Campbell and Louis L. Edemann.
Willow, Lucasfilm Production in association with Imagine Entertainment; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns.1989 (62nd)
Black Rain, Jaffe/Lansing Production in association with Michael Douglas; Paramount. Milton C. Burrow and William L. Manger.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns.1990 (63rd)
Flatliners, Stonebridge Entertainment Production; Columbia. Charles L. Campbell and Richard Franklin.
The Hunt for Red October, Mace Neufeld/Jerry Sherlock Production; Paramount. Cecelia Hall and George Watters II.1991 (64th)
Backdraft, Trilogy Entertainment Group/Brian Grazer Production; Universal. Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. George Watters II and F. Hudson Miller.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Gary Rydstrom and Gloria S. Borders.1992 (65th)
1993 (66th)
1994 (67th)
Clear and Present Danger, Mace Neufeld and Robert Rehme Production; Paramount. Bruce Stambler and John Leveque.1995 (68th)
1996 (69th)
Daylight, Davis Entertainment/Joseph M. Singer Production; Universal. Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker.1997 (70th)
Face/Off, Douglas/Reuther Production, WCG Production, David Permut Production; Paramount and Touchstone. Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg.
Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes.1998 (71st)
Saving Private Ryan, Amblin Entertainment Production in association with Mutual Film Company; DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns.1999 (72nd)
Fight Club, Fox 2000 Pictures and New Regency Production; 20th Century Fox. Ren Klyce and Richard Hymns.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century Fox. Ben Burtt and Tom Bellfort.2000 (73rd)
2001 (74th)
Monsters, Inc., Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers.
Pearl Harbor, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. George Watters II and Christopher Boyes.2002 (75th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins.
Minority Report, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom.2003 (76th)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Richard King.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.2004 (77th)
2005 (78th)
Memoirs of a Geisha, Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Wylie Stateman.2006 (79th)
Flags of Our Fathers, Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment Production; DreamWorks and Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.
Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.2007 (80th)
The Bourne Ultimatum, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg.
No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Skip Lievsay.
There Will Be Blood, JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Paramount Vantage and Miramax. Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood.
Transformers, Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto and Di Bonaventura Pictures Production; DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro. Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins.2008 (81st)
Iron Man, Marvel Studios Production; Paramount and Marvel Entertainment. Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes.2009 (82nd)
Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox. Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle.
Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures. Wylie Stateman.
Star Trek, Bad Robot Production; Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment. Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin.2010 (83rd)
Tron: Legacy, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Walt Disney. Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague.2011 (84th)
Drive, Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Production; FilmDistrict. Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Ren Klyce.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl.2012 (85th)
Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Wylie Stateman.
Skyfall, Eon Productions Ltd./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers.2013 (86th)
2014 (87th)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a New Regency/M Productions/LeGrisbi Production; Fox Searchlight. Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Brent Burge and Jason Canovas.
Unbroken, a Jolie Pas/3 Arts Entertainment Production; Universal. Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro.2015 (88th)
Mad Max: Fury Road, a Village Roadshow/Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production; Warner Bros. Mark Mangini and David White.2016 (89th)
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. Sylvain Bellemare.
Deepwater Horizon, A Participant Media/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Closest to the Hole Productions/Leverage Entertainment production; Summit Entertainment. Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli.
Hacksaw Ridge, A Pandemonium Films/Permut Productions/Vendian Entertainment/Kylin Pictures production; Summit Entertainment. Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright.
La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan.
Sully, A Village Roadshow Pictures/Flashlight Films/The Kennedy/Marshall Company/Malpaso Productions production; Warner Bros. Pictures. Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.2017 (90th)
The Shape of Water, A Double Dare You Production; Fox Searchlight. Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira.2018 (91st)
Bohemian Rhapsody, A 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone.
First Man, A DreamWorks Pictures/Temple Hill Entertainment Production; Universal. Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan.
Roma, A Netflix/Participant Media/Esperanto-Filmoj Production; Netflix. (Mexico) Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay.2019 (92nd)
Once upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Wylie Stateman.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, A Lucasfilm Production; Walt Disney. Matthew Wood and David Acord.