Academy Award for Sound Editing

The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design. The award is usually received by the Supervising Sound Editors of the film, perhaps accompanied by the Sound Designers.

The Sound Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, until 2006 would use a "bake-off" of the best films from the previous year to decide which films should be referred to the full academy as nominations for award. In a rule change on June 30, 2006, the bake-off for the sound branch was eliminated and the usual process of a "preferential ballot" submission was instituted.

During certain years, the highest award given for this category may be a "Special Achievement Award," and not an Oscar. Academy rules require that a minimum of number of films must be nominated in a category for an Academy Award to be granted, and so when the number of qualifying nominees isn't sufficient, a Special Achievement Award is granted instead.

This is a list of films that have won or been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects (1963-1967, 1975), Sound Effects Editing (1977, 1981-1999), or Sound Editing (1979, 2000-present). See Academy Award for Sound for a corresponding list of winners for Best Sound.

1960s

* 1963 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" -- Walter G. Elliott
** "A Gathering of Eagles" -- Robert L. Bratton
* 1964 "Goldfinger" -- Norman Wanstall
** "The Lively Set" -- Robert L. Bratton
* 1965 "The Great Race" -- Tregoweth Brown
** "Von Ryan's Express" -- Walter A. Rossi
* 1966 "Grand Prix" -- Gordon Daniel
** "Fantastic Voyage" -- Walter Rossi
* 1967 "The Dirty Dozen" -- John Poyner
** "In the Heat of the Night" -- James A. Richard
* 1968 none given
* 1969 none given

1970s

* 1970 none given
* 1971 none given
* 1972 none given
* 1973 none given
* 1974 none given
* 1975 "The Hindenburg" – Peter Berkos (Special Achievement Award)
* 1976 none given
* 1977 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" – Frank E. Warner (Special Achievement Award):"Star Wars" – Ben Burtt (Special Achievement Award "for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices") [ [http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1204023764993 Oscars.org database] ]
* 1978 none given
* 1979 "The Black Stallion" – Alan Splet (Special Achievement Award)

1980s

* 1980 none given
* 1981 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" -- Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson (Special Achievement Award)
* 1982 "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" -- Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
** "Das Boot" -- Mike Le-Mare
** "Poltergeist" -- Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
** "Tron" -- Frank Serafine, Michael Fremer, James LaRue, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, Michael Minkler
* 1983 "The Right Stuff" -- Jay Boekelheide
** "" -- Ben Burtt
* 1984 "The River" -- Kay Rose (Special Achievement Award)
* 1985 "Back to the Future" -- Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
** "Ladyhawke" -- Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
** "" -- Frederick J. Brown
* 1986 "Aliens" -- Don Sharpe
** "" -- Mark Mangini
** "Top Gun" -- Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
* 1987 "RoboCop" -- Stephen Flick, John Pospisil (Special Achievement Award)
** "Lethal Weapon" --
* 1988 "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" -- Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann
** "Die Hard" -- Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr
** "Willow" -- Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
* 1989 "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" -- Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
** "Black Rain" -- Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
** "Lethal Weapon 2" -- Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray

1990s

* 1990 "The Hunt for Red October" -- Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
** "Flatliners" -- Charles L. Campbell, Richard C. Franklin
** "Total Recall" -- Stephen H. Flick
* 1991 "" -- Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders
** "Backdraft" -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
** "" -- George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
* 1992 "Bram Stoker's Dracula" -- Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone
** "Aladdin" -- Mark Mangini
** "Under Siege" -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
* 1993 "Jurassic Park" -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
** "Cliffhanger" -- Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter
** "The Fugitive" -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
* 1994 "Speed" -- Stephen Hunter Flick
** "Clear and Present Danger" -- Bruce Stambler, John Leveque
** "Forrest Gump" -- Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom
* 1995 "Braveheart" -- Lon Bender, Per Hallberg
** "Batman Forever" -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
** "Crimson Tide" -- George Watters II
* 1996 "The Ghost and the Darkness" -- Bruce Stambler
** "Daylight" -- Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker
** "Eraser"-- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
* 1997 "Titanic" -- Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
** "Face/Off" -- Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
** "The Fifth Element" -- Mark Mangini
* 1998 "Saving Private Ryan" -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
** "Armageddon" -- George Watters II
** "The Mask of Zorro" -- David McMoyler
* 1999 "The Matrix" -- Dane A. Davis
** "Fight Club" -- Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns
** "" -- Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort

2000s

* 2000 (73rd) "U-571" -- Jon Johnson
** "Space Cowboys" -- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
* 2001 (74th) "Pearl Harbor" -- George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
** "Monsters, Inc." -- Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
* 2002 (75th) ' -- Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins"'
** "Minority Report" -- Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
** "Road to Perdition" -- Scott A. Hecker
* 2003 (76th) ' -- Richard King"'
** "Finding Nemo" -- Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
** "" -- Christopher Boyes, George Watters II
* 2004 (77th) "The Incredibles" -- Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
** "The Polar Express" -- Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
** "Spider-Man 2" -- Paul N. J. Ottosson
* 2005 (78th) "King Kong" --Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
** "War of the Worlds" -- Richard King
** "Memoirs of a Geisha" -- Wylie Stateman
* "'2006 (79th)cite press release
title=79th Oscar® Rules, Approved by Academy
url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.06.30.html
publisher=AMPAS
date= 2006-06-30] "Letters from Iwo Jima" — Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman"'
** "Apocalypto" — Sean Mccormack, Kami Asgar
** "Blood Diamond" — Lon Bender
** "Flags of Our Fathers" — Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
** "" — George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

* "'2007 (80th) "The Bourne Ultimatum" - Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
** "No Country for Old Men" - Skip Lievsay
** "Ratatouille" - Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
** "There Will Be Blood" - Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
** "Transformers" - Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn

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