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2025 (98th) Academy Awards

Best Sound Editing

Sound · 47 ceremonies · 1963-2019

Poster for Ford v Ferrari

Donald Sylvester

Poster for Bohemian Rhapsody

John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone

Bohemian Rhapsody

Poster for Dunkirk

Richard King, Alex Gibson

Poster for Arrival

Sylvain Bellemare

Poster for Mad Max: Fury Road

Mark Mangini, David White

Mad Max: Fury Road

Nominations

Statistics

History

Winners only

Best Sound Editing

Donald Sylvester

Alan Robert Murray

Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate

Once upon a Time...in Hollywood

Matthew Wood, David Acord

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Sound Editing

John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone

Bohemian Rhapsody

Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker

Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

Sergio Díaz, Skip Lievsay

Best Sound Editing

Richard King, Alex Gibson

Mark Mangini, Theo Green

Blade Runner 2049

Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira

The Shape of Water

Matthew Wood, Ren Klyce

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound Editing

Sylvain Bellemare

Wylie Stateman, Renée Tondelli

Deepwater Horizon

Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright

Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Sound Editing

Mark Mangini, David White

Mad Max: Fury Road

Martin Hernandez, Lon Bender

Alan Robert Murray

Matthew Wood, David Acord

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Editing

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

American Sniper

Martín Hernández, Aaron Glascock

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Brent Burge, Jason Canovas

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

Best Sound Editing

Glenn Freemantle

Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns

Captain Phillips

Brent Burge, Chris Ward

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Sound Editing

Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

Paul N.J. Ottosson

Zero Dark Thirty

Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained

Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton

Best Sound Editing

Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Best Sound Editing

Tom Myers, Michael Silvers

Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague

Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Sound Editing

Paul N.J. Ottosson

The Hurt Locker

Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Inglourious Basterds

Mark Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin

Michael Silvers, Tom Myers

Best Sound Editing

The Dark Knight

Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes

Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers

Slumdog Millionaire

Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

Best Sound Editing

Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Randy Thom, Michael Silvers

Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood

There Will Be Blood

Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins

Best Sound Editing

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Letters from Iwo Jima

Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Flags of Our Fathers

Christopher Boyes, George Watters II

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Editing

Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn

Memoirs of a Geisha

War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing

Michael Silvers, Randy Thom

The Incredibles

Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard

The Polar Express

Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Sound Editing

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers

Christopher Boyes, George Watters II

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Sound Editing

Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Minority Report

Scott A. Hecker

Road to Perdition

Best Sound Editing

George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers

Best Sound Editing

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Sound Effects Editing

Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns

Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Best Sound Effects Editing

Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

Saving Private Ryan

George Watters II

The Mask of Zorro

Best Sound Effects Editing

Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes

Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg

The Fifth Element

Best Sound Effects Editing

The Ghost and the Darkness

Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker

Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Sound Effects Editing

Lon Bender, Per Hallberg

John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

George Watters II

Best Sound Effects Editing

Stephen Hunter Flick

Bruce Stambler, John Leveque

Clear and Present Danger

Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom

Best Sound Effects Editing

Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter

John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

Best Sound Effects Editing

Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone

Bram Stoker's Dracula

John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

Best Sound Effects Editing

Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country

Best Sound Effects Editing

Cecelia Hall, George Watters II

The Hunt for Red October

Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin

Stephen H. Flick

Best Sound Effects Editing

Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger

Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray

Lethal Weapon 2

Best Sound Effects Editing

Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr

Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

Stephen Flick, John Pospisil

Best Sound Effects Editing

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Cecelia Hall, George Watters II

Best Sound Effects Editing

Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge

Back to the Future

Bob Henderson, Alan Murray

Frederick J. Brown

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

Best Sound Effects Editing

Jay Boekelheide

The Right Stuff

Return of the Jedi

Best Sound Effects Editing

Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Special Achievement Award (Sound Editing)

The Black Stallion

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

Frank E. Warner

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects)

Best Sound Effects

The Dirty Dozen

James A. Richard

In the Heat of the Night

Best Sound Effects

Fantastic Voyage

Best Sound Effects

Tregoweth Brown

Walter A. Rossi

Von Ryan's Express

Best Sound Effects

Norman Wanstall

Robert L. Bratton

Best Sound Effects

Walter G. Elliott

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Robert L. Bratton

A Gathering of Eagles

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1	Gary Rydstrom	8	3	20	7
2	Randy Thom	4	1	16	2
3	Christopher Boyes	6	2	15	4
4	Ben Burtt	7	3	11	3
5	Alan Murray	10	2	10	2
6	Richard King	6	4	9	5
7	Richard Hymns	9	3	9	3
8	Ren Klyce	3	0	9	0
9	Wylie Stateman	8	0	9	0
10	George Watters II	8	2	8	2
11	Skip Lievsay	3	0	8	1
12	Ethan Van der Ryn	6	2	7	2
13	Bub Asman	6	2	6	2
14	Mark Mangini	5	1	6	2
15	Michael Silvers	6	1	6	1
16	Stephen Flick	5	2	5	2
17	Bruce Stambler	5	1	5	1
18	Oliver Tarney	3	0	5	0
19	Matthew Wood	5	0	5	0
20	Charles L. Campbell	4	3	4	3
21	Per Hallberg	4	3	4	3
22	Paul N.J. Ottosson	3	2	4	3
23	Lon Bender	4	1	4	1
24	Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	2	0	4	1
25	John Leveque	4	0	4	0
26	Ai-Ling Lee	2	0	4	0
27	Steve Boeddeker	2	0	4	0
28	Christopher Scarabosio	1	0	4	0
29	Erik Aadahl	3	0	4	0
30	Michael Hopkins	3	2	3	2
31	Walter A. Rossi	2	0	3	1
32	Richard L. Anderson	3	1	3	1
33	Robert Mackenzie	1	0	3	1
34	Eugene Gearty	2	1	3	1
35	Craig Berkey	1	0	3	0
36	Mark P. Stoeckinger	3	0	3	0
37	Tom Myers	2	0	3	0
38	Karen Baker Landers	2	2	2	2
39	Alan Splet	1	1	2	1
40	Cecelia Hall	2	1	2	1
41	Gloria S. Borders	2	1	2	1
42	Tom Bellfort	2	1	2	1
43	Glenn Freemantle	2	1	2	1
44	Philip Stockton	2	1	2	1
45	Andy Wright	1	0	2	1
46	Theo Green	1	0	2	1
47	Donald Sylvester	1	1	2	1
48	Martin Hernandez	2	0	2	0
49	Mildred Iatrou Morgan	2	0	2	0
50	Bob Henderson	2	0	2	0
51	David Acord	2	0	2	0
52	Brent Burge	2	0	2	0
53	Julian Slater	1	0	2	0
54	Mike Le-Mare	1	0	2	0
55	Nathan Robitaille	1	0	2	0
56	Benjamin A. Burtt	1	0	2	0
57	Nelson Ferreira	1	0	2	0
58	Robert L. Bratton	2	0	2	0
59	Jon Johnson	1	1	1	1
60	David E. Stone	1	1	1	1
61	Tom C. McCarthy	1	1	1	1
62	Nina Hartstone	1	1	1	1
63	John Warhurst	1	1	1	1
64	John Poyner	1	1	1	1
65	Gordon Daniel	1	1	1	1
66	Robert Rutledge	1	1	1	1
67	John Pospisil	1	1	1	1
68	Louis L. Edemann	1	1	1	1
69	Norman Wanstall	1	1	1	1
70	Tregoweth Brown	1	1	1	1
71	Kay Rose	1	1	1	1
72	Dane A. Davis	1	1	1	1
73	Don Sharpe	1	1	1	1
74	Jay Boekelheide	1	1	1	1
75	David White	1	1	1	1
76	Sylvain Bellemare	1	1	1	1
77	Frank E. Warner	1	1	1	1
78	Peter Berkos	1	1	1	1
79	Walter G. Elliott	1	1	1	1
80	Alex Gibson	1	1	1	1
81	Aaron Glascock	1	0	1	0
82	David A. Whittaker	1	0	1	0
83	Richard Shorr	1	0	1	0
84	David McMoyler	1	0	1	0
85	Frederick J. Brown	1	0	1	0
86	Scott A. Hecker	1	0	1	0
87	Dennis Leonard	1	0	1	0
88	Kami Asgar	1	0	1	0
89	Sean McCormack	1	0	1	0
90	James A. Richard	1	0	1	0
91	Frank Eulner	1	0	1	0
92	Tom Sayers	1	0	1	0
93	Alan Rankin	1	0	1	0
94	Addison Teague	1	0	1	0
95	Victor Ray Ennis	1	0	1	0
96	Chris Ward	1	0	1	0
97	Milton C. Burrow	1	0	1	0
98	Jason Canovas	1	0	1	0
99	Andrew DeCristofaro	1	0	1	0
100	Becky Sullivan	1	0	1	0
101	Renée Tondelli	1	0	1	0
102	Sergio Díaz	1	0	1	0
103	Rachael Tate	1	0	1	0
104	F. Hudson Miller	1	0	1	0
105	Richard Franklin	1	0	1	0
106	Gregg Baxter	1	0	1	0
107	William L. Manger	1	0	1	0

Known as

Best Sound Editing

2000-2019

Best Sound Effects Editing

1988-1999

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

1987

Best Sound Effects Editing

1985-1986

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

1984

Best Sound Effects Editing

1982-1983

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

1981

Special Achievement Award (Sound Editing)

1979

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)

1977

Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects)

1975

Best Sound Effects

1963-1967