Golden Reel Awards 2023 Explained

71st Golden Reel Awards
Presenter:	Motion Picture Sound Editors
Most Wins:	Oppenheimer (2)
Location:	Wilshire Ebell Theatre Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host:	Patton Oswalt
Previous:	70th
Next:	72nd

The 71st Golden Reel Awards, presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), honored the best in sound editing for film, television, video games, and student film in 2023. The ceremony was held on March 3, 2024, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The nominations were announced on January 16, 2024. The film Oppenheimer and the television series The Last of Us led the nominations with three each.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Supervising sound editor and sound designer Dane A. Davis received the Career Achievement Award.^[8] Additionally, Michael Dinner was honored with the Filmmaker Award.^[9]

Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.^[10]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.

Film

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley
Oppenheimer – Richard King ; David Bach ; Russell Farmarco, Albert Gasser Barbie – Ai-Ling Lee, Dan Kenyon ; Brian Bowles ; Kate Bilinski, Tony Martinez, Tyler Newhouse Killers of the Flower Moon – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty ; Julia Stockton, Philip Stockton ; Marissa Littlefield Maestro – Richard King, Rich Bologna ; Tony Martinez ; Eliza Paley, Jac Rubenstein, Fred Rosenberg ; Jason Ruder Napoleon – Oliver Tarney, James Harrison ; Michael Maroussas ; Rachael Tate Poor Things – Johnnie Burn ; Tristan Baylis, Peter Russell	Oppenheimer – Richard King ; Michael Mitchell ; Randy Torres ; Christopher Flick ; Dan O'Connell, John Cucci Gran Turismo – Kami Asgar, Erin Oakley ; Charles Deenen, Tim Gedemer ; Sam Fan, Matt Cavanaugh ; Gary Hecker, Mike Horton ; Jessica Parks Ferrari – Tony Lamberti, Bernard Weiser ; David Wentz ; Brent Findley, Steven Ticknor, Benjamin Cook ; Beso Kacharava ; Biko Gogaladze ; Alexander Sanikidze, Rati Chkhetiani – Paul Soucek ; Mark Stoeckinger, Luke Gibleon, Olivia Xiao'ou Zhang, Stephen Robinson, Gael Nicolas ; Casey Genton, Nicolas Interlandi Napoleon – Oliver Tarney, James Harrison ; Mike Fentum, Hugo Adams ; Aran Clifford, Kevin Penney, Rowan Watson ; Oliver Ferris, Sue Harding
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture	Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary
Maestro – Jason Ruder ; Victoria Ruggiero Barbie – Suzana Perić ; Mick Gormaley Creed III – Nicholas Fitzgerald Oppenheimer – Amanda Goodpaster ; Felipe Pacheco, Alex Gibson – Katie Greathouse ; Barbara McDermott Wonka – Katrina Schiller ; Mark Willsher, Michael Connell, Janet Grab	Pianoforte – Michal Fojcik ; Joanna Popowicz American Symphony – Ignacio Bonet – Bill Bernstein Wham! – Greg Gettens
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
32 Sounds – Eliza Paley ; Mark Mangini ; Robert Kellough ; Mari Matsuo ; Joanna Fang American Symphony – Tristan Baylis, Tom Paul ; Leslie Bloome ; Matt Snedecor, Mark Filip Mourning in Lod – Yossi Appelbaum, Lior Weitzman ; Yossi Appelbaum – Skip Lievsay ; Rich Bologna ; Michael Feuser ; Matt Haasch ; Heather Gross ; Jay Peck – Phil DeTolve ; David Cook	– Geoffrey G. Rubay ; John J. Pospisil, Alec G. Rubay, Kip Smedley ; Cathryn Wang, David Werntz, Bruce Tanis, Greg ten Bosch, Daniel McNamara, Will Digby, Andy Sisul ; James Morioka ; Robert Getty, Jason W. Freeman, Kai Scheer, Ashley N. Rubay ; Colin Lechner ; Gregg Barbanell, Jeff Wilhoit, Dylan Wilhoit ; Katie Greathouse ; Barbara McDermott Elemental – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott ; Ren Klyce ; Jonathan Stevens, Ben Burtt, Kim Patrick, Steve Bissinger ; Rich Quinn ; Lisa Chino ; Dee Selby ; Nicolas Docter ; Shelley Roden, Heikki Kossi Migration – Daniel Laurie, Josh Gold ; Richard Gould, Luke Dunn-Gielmuda, Scott Guitteau ; Thom Brennan ; E. Larry Oatfield ; Sean England, Andrea Gard ; Bill Bernstein The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Daniel Laurie ; Randy Thom, Jamey Scott ; Leff Lefferts, Qianbaihui Yang, Scott Guitteau ; E. Larry Oatfield ; Zach Martin ; Ronni Brown, Jana Vance, Sean England
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature
Society of the Snow – Oriol Tarragó, Iosu Martinez, Guillem Giró ; Erik Vidal, Kiku Vidal ; Sarah Romero, Marc Bech, Brendan Golden ; Oriol Tarragó ; John Finklea Anatomy of a Fall – Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq Godzilla Minus One – Natsuko Inoue The Zone of Interest – Johnnie Burn ; Simon Carroll, Max Behrens, Joe Mount, Brendan Feeney ; Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Natalia Lubowiecka, Dawid Konecki, Kamil Kwiatkowski

Broadcast media

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue and ADR	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects and Foley
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Four Minutes" – Ron Bochar ; Sara Stern ; Ruth Hernandez (Prime Video) All the Light We Cannot See: "Episode 4" – Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole ; Emma Present, Jill Purdy (Netflix) Succession: "Connor's Wedding" – Nicholas Renbeck ; Dan Korintus ; Angela Organ ; Andy Kris (HBO) Ted Lasso: "So Long, Farewell" – Brent Findley ; Bernard Weiser, Bruce Hond, Scott Haller ; Daniel Douglass (Apple TV+) The Crown: "Ritz" – Lee Walpole ; Iain Eyre ; Steve Little ; Abbie Shaw, Matthew Mewett (Netflix) The Last of Us: "Long, Long Time" – Michael J. Benavente ; Joe Schiff (HBO)	All the Light We Cannot See: "Episode 4" – Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole ; David Grimaldi ; Matt Cloud ; Steve Baine (Netflix) Ahsoka: "Part Four: Fallen Jedi" – Bonnie Wild, Matthew Wood ; David Acord ; Kimberly Patrick, Tim Farrell ; Joel Raabe ; Shelley Roden, Ronni Brown, Heikki Kossi (Disney+) : "Theatre of Pain" – Luke Gibleon ; Nick Interlandi ; Joshua Adeniji ; Adrian Medhurst, Duncan Campbell ; Adrian Medhurst (Peacock) Loki: "Glorious Purpose" – Bjørn Ole Schroeder ; David Chrastka ; Andre Zweers, Malcolm Fife, Jamey Scott ; Alyssa Nevarez ; Dawit Zemene ; Sandra Fox (Disney+) : "The Last Generation" – Matthew E. Taylor ; Michael Schapiro, Harry Cohen ; Alex Pugh, Deron Street ; John Sanacore, Clay Weber ; Rick Owens (Paramount+) The Last of Us: "When You're Lost in the Darkness" – Michael J. Benavente ; Chris Battaglia, Chris Terhune ; Mitchell Lestner, Matt Yocum ; Randy Wilson ; Davi Aquino, Justin Hale ; Justin Charbonneau, Stefan Fraticelli, William Kellerman (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation
– Jack Gillies ; Michael Williams ; Steve Berezai ; Neale Ross ; Jason Swanscott (Netflix) Black Mirror: "Beyond the Sea" – Antony Bayman ; Alex Sawyer ; Jane Lo ; Adam Méndez ; Rob Davidson ; Sue Harding (Netflix) – Brent Findley ; Dan Kremer ; Dan Douglass ; Brian Staub (Peacock) Publish or Perish – Leslie Gaston-Bird ; Anna Sulley ; Lora Cornes, Naomi Graham, Jahmai Bruce ; Ruth Sullivan, Karo Jedrzejczyk (Alation Media)	The Monkey King – David Giammarco, Eric A. Norris ; Sean Massey ; Jon Title, Tim Nielsen ; Dan O'Connell, John Cucci (Netflix) Blue Eye Samurai: "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words" – Myron Nettinga ; Paulette Lifton ; Sam Hayward, Jared Dwyer, Andrew Miller ; Johanna Turner ; Jason Charbonneau, Stefan Fraticelli ; Justin Helle (Netflix) Blue Eye Samurai: "Hammerscale" – Paul N. J. Ottosson ; Leo Marcel ; Daniel Saxlix ; Shawn Kennelley ; Melissa Kennelley, Vince Nicastro (Netflix) – Robert Hargreaves ; Mark Keatts ; Mike Garcia, Kelly Foley-Downs (Warner Bros. Animation)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation
The Mandalorian: "" – Trey Turner, Matthew Wood ; David W. Collins ; Luis Galdames, Kevin Bolen ; Brad Semenoff, Ryan Coda ; Frank Rinella ; Joel Raabe, Alyssa Nevarez ; Shelly Roden (Disney+) : "When the Bough Breaks" – Christian Buenaventura, Gary Megregian ; Tim Cleveland ; Steve Stuhr ; Sam Munoz ; Noel Vought (FX) Barry: "wow" – Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor ; Rickley W. Dumm ; Deron Street ; John Creed ; Clay Weber ; Darrin Mann ; Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana (HBO) Beef: "The Great Fabricator" – Christopher Gomez ; Jerry Lafuente ; Nathan Efstation ; Igor Yashin ; Ruslan Schebisty (Netflix) The Bear: "Fishes" – Steve "Major" Giammaria, Andrea Bella ; Matt Snedecor ; Evan Benjamin, John Werner ; John Bowen ; Annie Taylor ; Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan (FX)	: "Faster" – David W. Collins, Matthew Wood ; David W. Collins ; Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen, Kimberly Patrick ; Frank Rinella ; Kimberly Patrick, Margie O'Malley, Andrea Gard (Disney+) Rick and Morty: "Unmortricken" – Hunter Curra ; James A. Moore ; Corbin Bumeter ; Ricardo Watson (Adult Swim) : "Old Friends, New Planets" – James Lucero ; Mak Kellerman, John Wynn ; Michael Britt (Paramount+) : "The Pit" – David W. Collins ; David W. Collins ; Kevin Bolen, Bill Rudolph ; David W. Collins ; Alex Wilmer ; Shelley Roden, Xiuzhu (Mimi) Guo (Disney+) : "Security Protocols" – Brad Meyer ; Natalia Saavedra Brychcy ; Christine Gamache ; Carol Ma (Nickelodeon) Young Jedi Adventures: "The Young Jedi/Yoda's Mission" – Heather Olsen ; Robbi Smith ; David Bonilla ; John "J" Lampinen (Disney+)
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form	Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form
The Last of Us: "When You're Lost in the Darkness" – Maarten Hofmeijer (HBO) Daisy Jones & the Six: "Track 8: Looks Like We Made It" – Amber Funk ; Mike Poole (Prime Video) Fargo: "The Tiger" – Ben Schor (FX) Loki: "Glorious Purpose" – Anele Onyekwere ; Nashia Wachsman, Richard Armstrong, Ed Hamilton (Disney+) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: "Susan" – Annette Kudrak (Prime Video) Ted Lasso: "Sunflowers" – Richard David Brown (Apple TV+)	Dave: "Met Gala" – Amber Funk ; James Sullivan (Hulu) Beef: "The Great Fabricator" – Jason Tregoe Newman, Bryant J. Fuhrman, Andrew Ransom Only Murders in the Building: "Opening Night" – Micha Liberman (Hulu) The Bear: "Fishes" – Jason Lingle, Jeff Lingle (FX)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary
Our Planet II: "Chapter 3: The Next Generation" – George Fry (Netflix) 100 Foot Wave: "Lost at Sea" – Keith Hodne ; Max Holland ; Eric Di Stefano, Kevin Senzaki ; Eli Akselrod, Mika Anami (HBO) David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies – Oliver Kadel (Atlantic Productions) : "Over the Limit" – Steve Speed, Nick Fry ; Adam King, Doug Dreger ; Ivan Onek, James Spooner (Netflix) : "In the Beginning..." – Trip Brock ; Itai Levy ; Eric Gillingham, GW Pope, III ; Jackie Johnson (Netflix) World War II: From the Front Lines: "Turning Point" – Luke Hatfield ; Sophie-Alice Davies (Netflix)

Video games

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Dialogue / ADR	Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music
Alan Wake 2 – Richard Lapington ; Taneli Suoranta, Arthur Tisseront Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Matthew Grimm ; David Swenson, Mikael Frithiof, Adam Boyd ; Charles Deenen, Nick Martin ; Dave Natale, Alexandria Kiser, Alvaro Vela ; Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias, Cameron Britton, Ian Mika, Collin Ayers ; Jomo Kangethe, Kyle Fraser ; Kegan Chau, Fernando Labarthe, Travis Didluck, Michael Tornabene, Peter Wayne, Dennis Bestafka, Scott Eckert, James McCawley, Lee Staples, Jasmine Jia, Ryan Garigliano, Shawn Jimmerson ; Tyler Cannan, Liam Underwood, Shawn Maldonado, Stephan Vankov, Pierce Cram, Dave Rowe, Brian Tuey, William Wise, Sunglae Park, Tommy Serioglou, Daniel Francis, Garrett Montgomery, Bryan O. Watkins ; Scott Cresswell ; Andrew Giardino ; Don Veca ; Samuel Hoffman, Michal Jaskuła, Daniel Granberg, Aaron Wolff, Alejandro Jaramillo, Sergio Jaskuła, Sebastian Martinez, Rafael Castaño, Andrew Rice, Austin Conway, Colette Dahanne, Gustavo Bruce, Hilary Long, Jacob Kinch, Terrence Vitali, Serge J. Isaac, Stefan Richter, Carlon Assells, Emilio Lopez-Centellas Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – Ryan Schaad, Benjamin Gendron-Smith ; Karen Read ; Jesse James Allen, Patrick Michalak ; Leilani Ramirez ; Jaime Marcelo, Alyssa Galindo ; Phillip Kovats ; Harrison Deutsch ; Keith Asack ; Daniel Davila, Evan Hodick, Matthew Strasser, Michelangelo Muscariello, Mitchell Kenney, Tyler Held, Emma Burlingame, Rory Given ; Glen Gathard, Luke Duffin, Dionne Wong, Eugene Tong Haw Cheng, Huberth Varela, Harry Watchman, Robert Kubicki – Harrison Deutsch ; Nick Friedemann	– Nick Laviers ; Colin Andrew Grant, Andrew Karboski Alan Wake 2 – Richard Lapington ; Koca Kastavarac ; Kilian Oser ; Dobrivoje Milijanovic Diablo IV – Kris Giampa ; Derek Duke ; John Kurlander Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – Rob Goodson ; Scott Bergstrom, Ted Kocher, Tao-Ping Chen, Nicholas Mastroianni, Monty Mudd, Andrew Buresh, Sonia Coronado, Paul Thomason, Julie McLaughlin, Yuen Man Chung Kelvin, Matthew Kelly, Seira McCarthy, Sam McCormick, Cherron Arens
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – Ben Minto, Chris Sweetman, Csaba Wagner MPSE, Samuel Justice, Gary Miranda ; Emile Mika ; Phillip Kovats ; Karen Read ; Daniel Birczynski, Jesse James Allen ; Jeremie Voillot ; Paul Mudra, Jerry Berlongieri, Dwight Okahara ; Ben Pantelis, Sebastian Ruiz, Nick Jackson, Enoch Choi, Cameron Sonju, Gavin Booth ; Blake Johnson ; Eddie Pacheco MPSE, Tyler Cornett, Johannes Hammers, Zack Bogucki, Alex Previty, Matt Ryan, Juliet Rascon, Andres Herrera, Robert Castro, Jeff Darby, Beau Anthony Jimenez MPSE, Derrick Espino, Jon Rook ; Tyler Hoffman, Daniele Carli, Bob Kellough MPSE, Bryan Jerden, Eilam Hoffman, Graham Donnelly MPSE, Jason W. Jennings MPSE, Matt Hall, Michael Leaning, Michael Schapiro, Randy Torres, Richard Gould, Stephano Sanchinelli, Tim Walston MPSE, Tobias Poppe, Tom Jaine MPSE, Jeremy Neroes, Adam Sanchez, Brendan Wolf, Roy Lancaster, Rodrigo Robinet, Daniel Barboza, Charlie Ritter, David Goll, Chris Kokkinos MPSE, TJ Schauer ; Blake Collins, Annie Taylor, Austin Creek ; Joanna Fang Alan Wake 2 – Richard Lapington ; Tazio Schiesari ; Gulli Gunnarsson, Thomas Holmes ; Joshua Adam Bell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Matthew Grimm ; Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias, Cameron Britton, Ian Mika, Dave Rowe, Brian Tuey, Collin Ayers ; David Swenson, Mikael Frithiof, Adam Boyd ; Charles Deenen, Nick Martin ; 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 ; Jomo Kangethe, Kyle Fraser ; Kegan Chau, Fernando Labarthe, Travis Didluck, Michael Tornabene, Peter Wayne, Dennis Bestafka, Scott Eckert, James McCawley, Lee Staples, Jasmine Jia, Ryan Garigliano, Shawn Jimmerson ; Tyler Cannan, Liam Underwood, Stephan Vankov, Pierce Cram, Shawn Maldonado, William Wise, Sunglae Park, Tommy Serioglou, Daniel Francis, Garrett Montgomery, Bryan O. Watkins ; Don Veca – Nick von Kaenel ; Alex Barnhart, Oscar Coen ; Ashton Faydenko ; Kartika Dewi Luky ; Tom Jaine ; Tori Ano

Student film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Submissions for the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards Open September 1st . . August 22, 2023 . January 15, 2024.
2. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Wins Big at Sound Editors' Golden Reel Awards . Carolyn . Giardina . . March 3, 2024 . March 3, 2024.
3. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Leads the Winners at Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards . Ryan . Gajewski . . March 3, 2024 . March 3, 2024.
4. Web site: MPSE Golden Reel Awards: 'Oppenheimer' a Double Winner; 'Maestro' & 'Across the Spider-Verse' also Take Film Prizes – Full List . Erik . Pedersen . . March 3, 2024 . March 3, 2024.
5. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Leads Feature Noms of MPSE Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards . Carolyn . Giardina . . January 16, 2024 . January 16, 2024.
6. Web site: 'Oppenheimer', 'The Last of Us' Lead MPSE Golden Reel Nominations . Wilson . Chapman . . January 16, 2024 . January 16, 2024.
7. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards Nominations . Jazz . Tangcay . . January 16, 2024 . January 16, 2024.
8. Web site: Motion Picture Sound Editors to Honor Dane A. Davis with 2024 Career Achievement Award . Denise . Petski . . December 8, 2023 . January 15, 2024.
9. Web site: Motion Picture Sound Editors Honoring 'Justified: City Primeval' Producer Michael Dinner with Filmmaker Award . Below the Line . November 20, 2023 . March 5, 2024.
10. Web site: In Fiery Monologue, Patton Oswalt Calls Out David Zaslav for Dumping Movies . Ryan . Gajewski . . March 4, 2024 . March 5, 2024.