The 68th Golden Reel Awards, were held on April 16, 2021, by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.) to honor the best in sound editing for film, television, computer entertainment and student productions. The nominations were announced on March 1, 2021.
Winners and nominees The winners are on bold.
Film Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature FilmOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Renée Tondelli (supervising sound/ADR editor); Michael Hertlein, Jon Michaels, Jeena Schoenke (dialogue editors) Emperor – Glenn Morgan, D. Chris Smoth (supervising sound editors); Robert Jackson (dialogue editor) Greyhound – Will Digby, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw (supervising sound editors); Dave McMoyler (supervising ADR editor); Paul Carden, Michelle Pazer, David Tichauer (dialogue editors) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Skip Lievsay, Paul Urmson (supervising sound editors); Lidia Tamplenizza (supervising ADR editor); Michael Feuser (dialogue editor) Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod (supervising sound editors); Richard Quinn (supervising ADR editor); Cameron Barker, Lisa Chino, Kim Foscato (dialogue editor) News of the World – Oliver Tarney (supervising sound editor), Rachael Tate (supervising dialogue editor), Anna MacKenzie (supervising ADR editor) Nomadland – Sergio Díaz, Zach Seivers (supervising sound editors) Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker (supervising sound editor), Carolina Santana (supervising ADR editor), Michelle Couttolenc (dialogue editor) Greyhound – Will Digby, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw (supervising sound editors); Ann Scibelli, Jon Title (sound designers); Odin Benitez, Jason King, Richard Kitting (sound effects editors); Luke Gibleon (Foley editor); Marko Costanzo (Foley artist) Cherry – Mark Binder (supervising sound editor); Matthew Coby, Donald Flick, Michael Gilbert (sound effects editors) The Midnight Sky – Bjørn Schroeder, Randy Thom (supervising sound editors); Kyrsten Mate (sound designer); Leff Lefferts (sound effects editor); Nicholas Docter (Foley editor); Shelley Roden, John Roesch (Foley artists) News of the World – Oliver Tarney (supervising sound editor); Mike Fentum (sound designer); Dawn Gough, Kevin Penney (sound effects editors); Hugo Adams (Foley editor); Oliver Ferris, Sue Harding, Andrea King (Foley artists) Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker (supervising sound editor), Carolina Santana (sound effects editor), Pietu Korhonen (Foley editor), Heikke Kossi (Foley artist) Tenet – Richard King (supervising sound editor); Joseph Fraioli, Mark Larry, Michael W. Mitchell (sound effects editors); Angela Ang, Bruce Tanis (Foley editors); John Cucci, Catherine Harper, Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana, Dan O'Connell, Shelley Roden, John Roesch, Katie Rose (Foley artists) Wonder Woman 1984 – Jimmy Boyle, Richard King (supervising sound editors); Michael Babcock, Jeff Sawyer, Rowan Watson (sound effects editors); Lily Blazewicz, Kevin Penney (Foley editors); Peter Burgess, Zoe Freed (Foley artists)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature UnderscoreOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film Tenet – Alex Gibson (supervising music editor), Nicholas Fitzgerald (music artists) The Invisible Man – Brett "Snacky" Pierce (supervising music editor), Devaughn Watts (sound editor) The Midnight Sky – Michael Alexander (supervising music editor), Peter Clarke (scoring editor) News of the World – Arabella Winter (supervising music editor); David Olson, Jim Weidman (music editors) Sound of Metal – Carolina Santana (supervising music editor); Nicolas Becker, Abraham Marder (scoring editors) The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Allegra de Souza (music editor) Wonder Woman 1984 – Gerard McCann, Ryan Rubin (supervising music editors); Michael Connell, Timeri Duplat (music editors); Chris Barrett, Adam Miller, Alfredo Pasquel (scoring editors) Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Allegra De Souza, Jon Mooney, Peter Oso Snell (music editors) The 40-Year-Old Version – Lightchild (music editor) The High Note – Louis Schultz (music editor) I Am Woman – Stuart Morton (supervising music editor); Bry Jones, Michael Tan (music editors) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Todd Kasow (supervising music editor), Tim Marchiafava (music editor) The Prom – Nick Baxter, David Klotz (music editors)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature FilmOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film Soul – Coya Elliott (supervising sound editor); Cheryl Nardi (supervising dialogue editor); Ren Klyce (sound designer); Steve Orlando, Kimberly Patrick, Jonathan Stevens (sound effects editors); Thom Brennan (Foley editor); Shelley Roden, John Roesch, Dee Selby (Foley artists) The Croods: A New Age – Brian Chumney, Leff Lefferts (supervising sound editors); Randy Thom (sound designer); Rick Hromadka (sound designers); Dominick Certo (supervising music editor); Pascal Garneau, Mac Smith (sound effects editors); Doug Winningham, Dee Selby (Foley editors); Jonathan Greber (dialogue editor); Ronni Brown, Shelley Roden, John Roesch, Janna Vance (Foley editors) Onward – Shannon Mills (supervising sound editor); Nia Hansen (sound designer); Chris Gridley (supervising dialogue editor); Josh Gold, David C. Hughes, Samson Neslund, Kimberly Patrick (sound effects editors); Christopher Flick, Steve Orlando (Foley editors); Erich Stratmann (music editors); Shelley Roden, John Roesch (Foley artists) Over the Moon – Jeremy Bowker, Qianbaihui Yang (supervising sound editors); Chris Frazier, Alyssa Nevarez, Larry Oatfield, Dee Selby (Foley editors); Bradley Farmer (music editor); Ronni Brown, Jana Vance (Foley artists) Wolfwalkers – Sebastien Marquilly, Bruno Seznec, Christian Seznec (supervising sound editors); Baptiste Bouche, Felix Davin, Alexandre Fleurant, Axel Steichen (sound effects editors); Stéphane Werner (Foley editor); Anne-Lyse Haddak (dialogue editor); Florian Fabre (Foley artist) The Eight Hundred – Kang Fu (supervising sound designer/editor), Steve Miller (sound effects editor), Ai Long Tan (dialogue editor), Fei Yu (music editor) Bacurau – Ricardo Cutz Gaudenzi (supervising sound editor), Matheus Miguens (sound effects editor), Rafael Faustino (Foley editor), Victor Quintanilha (dialogue editor), Pedro Coelho (Foley artist) I'm No Longer Here – Javier Umpierrez (supervising sound editor), Lía Perez (Foley editor), Juan Sosa Rosell (dialogue editor), Javier Umpierrez (music editor), Marisela Suárez (Foley artist) Jallikattu – Renganaath Ravee (supervising sound editor); Boney M. Joy, Sreejith Sreenivasan, Arun Rama Varma (sound effects editors); Mohammad Iqbal Paratwada, Amandeep Singh (Foley artists) The Life Ahead – Maurizio Argentieri (supervising sound designer/editor), Riccardo Righini (dialogue editor), Mauro Eusepi (Foley artist)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary The Reason I Jump – Laurence Love Greed, Alexej Mungersdorff, Jack Wensley (sound effects editors), Jamie McPhee (dialogue editor), Srdjan Kurpjel (Foley editor) Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Jonathan Greber (supervising sound editor), Pascal Garneau (sound effects editor) Crip Camp – Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach (supervising sound editor), Greg Francis (dialogue editor), Bijan Sharifi, William Sammons, James LeBrecht (sound designers) John Lewis: Good Trouble – Richard Gould (sound effects editor), Christopher Barnett (sound designer) My Octopus Teacher – Barry Donnelly (supervising sound editor), Charl Mostert (Foley artist) Rebuilding Paradise – David Hughes, Richard Gould (sound effects editors), Christopher Barnett (sound designer) The Social Dilemma – Richard Gould (supervising sound editor), James Spencer (dialogue editor), Andrea Gard (Foley artist) Zappa – Lon Bender (supervising sound editor), Ryan Owens, George Anderson, Nick Pavey (dialogue editors), Alex Nomick, P. Daniel Newman, Chris Kahwaty (sound effects editors)
Broadcast Media Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Long Form Broadcast MediaOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media The Queen's Gambit (for "End Game") – Gregg Swiatlowski (supervising sound editor); Eric Hirsch (dialogue editor); Eric Hoehn, Leo Marcel, Wylie Stateman (ADR editors) (Netflix) Better Call Saul (for "Something Unforgivable") – Nick Forshager (supervising sound editor), Kathryn Madsen (supervising ADR editor), Jane Boegel (dialogue editor) (AMC) The Crown (for "Fairytale") – Lee Walpole (supervising sound editor); Jeff Richardson (dialogue editor); Steve Little, Tom Williams (ADR editors) (Netflix) Dark (for "Life and Death") – Alexander Wuertz (supervising sound editor), Thomas Kalbér (supervising dialogue editor), Benjamin Hörbe (supervising ADR editor), Gaston Ibarroule (dialogue editor), Clemens Nürnberger (ADR editor) (Netflix) Fargo (for "The Pretend War") – Nick Forshager (supervising sound editor), Todd Niesen (supervising dialogue editor), Tim Boggs (supervising ADR editor) (FX) Ozark (for "All In") – Nick Forshager (supervising sound editor), Todd Niesen (dialogue editor), Stephen Grubbs (ADR editor) (Netflix) Star Trek: Picard (for "The Impossible Box") – Matthew E. Taylor (supervising sound editor), Sean Heissinger (dialogue editor) (CBS All Access) Westworld (for "The Mother of Exiles") – Sue Gamsaragan Cahill (supervising sound editor); Jane Boegel-Koch, Tim Tuchrello (dialogue editors) (HBO) The Mandalorian (for "Chapter 13: The Jedi") – David Acord, Matthew Wood (supervising sound editors); Richard Quinn (dialogue editor); James Spencer (ADR editor) (Disney+) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (for "What We're Fighting For") – Daniel Colman (supervising sound editor), Stefani Feldman (supervising dialogue editor), Fernanda Domene (dialogue editor) (ABC) Babylon Berlin (for "Episode 28") – Frank Kruse (supervising sound editor), Alexander Buck (supervising dialogue editor), Benjamin Hörbe (supervising ADR editor) (Netflix) The Flight Attendant (for "Other People's Houses") – Mike Marchain (supervising sound editor); Julie Altus, Doug Mountain, Vince Tennant (dialogue editors) (HBO Max) Locke & Key (for "Crown of Shadows") – Dustin Harris (supervising sound editor), Jill Purdy (dialogue editor) (Netflix) The Right Stuff (for "Flight") – Walter Newman (supervising sound editor), Brian Armstrong (supervising ADR editor), Darleen Stoker (dialogue editor) (Disney+) Snowpiercer (for "Trouble Comes Sideways") – Sandra Portman (supervising sound editor), Eric Mouawad (dialogue/ADR editor), Francisco Frial (ADR editor) (TNT) The Umbrella Academy (for "The End of Something") – John Benson (supervising sound editor), Jason Krane (dialogue editor) (Netflix)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Long Form Broadcast MediaOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media The Queen's Gambit (for "End Game") – Eric Hirsch, Gregg Swiatlowski (supervising sound editor); Wylie Stateman (sound designer); Patrick Cicero, Eric Hoehn, Leo Marcil, James David Redding III (sound effects editors); Rachel Chancey (Foley artist/editor) (Netflix) Star Trek: Picard (for "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2") – Matthew E. Taylor (supervising sound editor); Harry Cohen, Tim Farrell (sound designers); Michael Schapiro (sound effects editors); Darrin Mann, Clay Webber (Foley editors); Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana (Foley artists) (CBS All Access) Better Call Saul (for "Bagman") – Nick Forshager, Kathryn Madsen (supervising sound editors); Todd Toon (sound designer); Matt Temple (sound effects editor); Jeff Cranford (Foley editor); Gregg Barbanell, Alex Ulrich (foley asrtists) (AMC)