The 69th Golden Reel Awards, were held on March 13, 2022, 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 in 2021. The nominations were announced on January 24, 2022. The film Dune led the nominations with three.
Winners and nominees The winners are listed first and 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 Nightmare Alley – Jill Purdy (supervising sound editor; supervising dialogue and adr editor); Nelson Ferreira (dialogue editor) Dune – David Bach (dialogue editor) Last Night in Soho – Dan Morgan, Julian Slater (supervising sound editors); Dan Morgan (supervising adr editor) The Matrix Resurrections – Stephanie Flack, Dane A Davis (supervising sound editors); Marek Forreiter, Benjamin Hörbe, Dominik Schleier, Immo Trümpelmann (dialogue editors) No Time to Die – Becki Ponting, Michael Maroussas (supervising dialogue and adr editors); Rachael Tate, Adele Fletcher (dialogue editors); Oliver Tarney (supervising sound editor) The Power of the Dog – Leah Katz (supervising dialogue and adr editor) A Quiet Place Part II – Ethan Van der Ryn (supervising sound editor); Vanessa Lapato, Nancy Nugent (supervising dialogue and adr editor); Matt Cavanaugh (dialogue editor) The Tragedy of Macbeth – Skip Lievsay (supervising sound editor); Michael Feuser (supervising dialogue editor) Dune – Theo Green, Mark Mangini (supervising sound editors); Dave Whitehead (sound designer); Phil Barrie, Lee Gilmore, Greg Ten Bosch, Robert Kellough, Piero Mura (sound effects editors); Christopher Bonis (Foley editor); Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox (Foley artists) Belfast – James Mather (sound designer); Tomas Blazukas (sound editor); Arthur Grayley (Foley editor); Sue Harding, Oliver Ferris (Foley artists) The Matrix Resurrections – Dane A. Davis, Stephanie Flack (supervising sound editors); Bryan O. Watkins, Jeremy Peirson, Markus Stemler, Michael Schapiro, Eric Lindemann, Albert Gasser, Laurent Kossayan, Caron Weidner (sound effects editors); Frank Kruse, Kuen Il Song (Foley editors); Daniel Weiss (Foley artist) Nightmare Alley – Nathan Robitaille (supervising sound editor); Dashen Naidoo (sound effects editor); Chelsea Body (Foley editor); Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm (Foley artists) No Time to Die – Oliver Tarney, James Harrison (supervising sound editors); Bryan Bowen, Eilam Hoffman (sound designers); Dawn Gough (sound effects editor); Hugo Adams (Foley editor); Sue Harding, Andrea King (Foley artists) A Quiet Place Part II – Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl (supervising sound editors); Malte Bieler, Brandon Jones (sound designers); Chris Diebold, Matt Cavanaugh (sound effects editors); Jonathan Klein (Foley editor); Steve Baine, Peter Persaud (Foley artists) Spider-Man: No Way Home – Steven Ticknor (supervising sound editor); Anthony Lamberti (sound designer)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature MusicOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary West Side Story – Joe E. Rand, Ramiro Belgardt (music editors); David Channing (scoring editor) Dune – Clint Bennett, Ryan Rubin (supervising music editors); Peter Myles (music editors) Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Curt Sobel (supervising music editor) In the Heights – Jim Bruening, Jennifer Dunnington, Ben Holiday (music editors) The Matrix Resurrections – Gabriel Isaac Mounsey (supervising music editor); Hans Hafner, Jonathan Levi Shanes (music editors) Nightmare Alley – Clint Bennett, Kevin Banks (music editors); Cecile Tournesac (scoring editor) A Quiet Place Part II – Jim Schultz, Nancy Allen, Del Spiva, Ramiro Belgardt (music editors) tick tick...BOOM! – Nancy Allen, John Davis, Bri Holland (music editors) The Rescue – Deborah Wallach (supervising sound editor); Roland Vajs (sound effects editor); Nuno Bentro (Foley artist); Ben Smithers (music editor) Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry – Richard Yawn (supervising sound editor); Michael Brake (music editor); Rob Getty (dialogue editor); Steven Avila (sound effects editor); Shawn Kennelly (Foley editor); Melissa Kennelly, Vince Nicastro (Foley artists) Flee – Edward Björner (supervising sound editor); Jens Johansson (dialogue editor); Fredrik Jonsäter (sound designer); Rune Van Deurs, Bengt Öberg (Foley artists) Summer of Soul (or, when the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Joshua L. Pearson (supervising sound editor); Jimmy Douglass (supervising music editor) Val – John Bolen (supervising sound editor; dialogue editor; sound effects editor; Foley editor) The Velvet Underground – Leslie Shatz (supervising sound editor); Jahn Sood (music editor)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 Raya and the Last Dragon – Shannon Mills (supervising sound editor); Brad Semenoff (supervising dialogue editor); Nia Hansen (sound designer); Samson Neslund, David C. Hughes, Cameron Barker (sound effects editors); Chris Frazier, Steve Orlando (Foley editors); John Roesch, Shelley Roden (Foley artists); Jim Weidman (supervising music editor); David Olson (music editor) Encanto – Shannon Mills (supervising sound editor); Brad Semenoff (supervising dialogue editor); Nia Hansen (sound designer); Samson Neslund, Justin Doyle, Cameron Barker, Qianbaihui Yang (sound effects editors); Richard Quinn (dialogue editor); Alyssa Nevarez (Foley editor); John Roesch, Shelley Roden (Foley artists); Earl Ghaffari (supervising music editor); Angie Rubin, Kendall Demarest (music editors) Luca – Chris Scarabosio, André Fenley (supervising sound editors); Rich Quinn (supervising dialogue editor); Ronni Brown (supervising Foley editor); Justin Doyle, Pascal Garneau (sound effects editors); E. Larry Oatfield (Foley editor); Jana Vance, Ronni Brown (Foley artists); Lodge Worster (music editor) The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Geoffrey G. Rubay (supervising sound editor); James Morioka (supervising adr editor); John Pospisil (sound designer); Kip Smedley, Andy Sisul, Alec G. Rubay, Dan Kenyon, Greg Ten Bosch (sound effects editors): Curt Schulkey (adr editor); Gregg Barbanell, Rick Owens (Foley artists); Dominick Certo, Barbara McDermott (music editors) Sing 2 – Dennis Leonard (supervising sound editor); Jonathan Greber (supervising dialogue editor); Daniel Laurie (supervising adr editor); Josh Gold (sound designer); Lucas Miller, Benjamin A. Burtt (sound effects editors); Shaun Farley, Jonathon Stevens (Foley editors); Michael Connell, Charles Inouye (music editors) Cliff Walkers – Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan (supervising sound editors); Li Xinghui (adr editor); Han Junsheng (Foley artist); Ann Scibelli, Xiao'ou Olivia Zhang, Iain Pattison (sound editors) The Hand of God – Silvia Moraes (supervising sound editor) A Hero – Mohammadreza Delpak (supervising sound editor; dialogue editor; sound effects editor) Titane – Séverin Favriau (sound editor); Céline Bernard (Foley artist) A Writer's Odyssey – Xiao Sha Liu (supervising sound editor; supervising adr editor); Gang Wang (sound designer); Shuang Shuang Wang, Hong Rui Ji, Gang Wang, Ruo Qi Mo, Tobias Poppe, Zi Jian Jiang (sound effects editors); Zi Jin (dialogue editor); Pei Ya Zhang (Foley editor); Zi Wei Wang, Yin Miao (Foley artists); Fei Yu (music editor)
Broadcast media Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Comedy or Drama – Dialogue and ADROutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Comedy or Drama – Sound Effects and Foley Succession: "Secession" – Nicholas Renbeck (supervising sound editor); Michael Feuser (dialogue editor); Angela Organ (adr editor) (HBO Max) For All Mankind: "And Here's to You" – Vince Balunas (supervising sound editor; dialogue editor; adr editor) (Apple TV+) The Handmaid's Tale: "Vows" – David McCallum (supervising sound editor); Krystin Hunter (dialogue editor) (Hulu) The Morning Show: "My Least Favorite Year" – Mark Relyea (supervising sound editor); Julie Altus (supervising adr editor); Robert Guastini (dialogue editor); Pernell Salinas (supervising dialogue editor) (Apple TV+) The Nevers: "Pilot" – Tim Kimmel (supervising sound editor); Tim Hands (supervising adr editor); John Matter (supervising dialogue editor) (HBO Max) Squid Game: "VIPS" – Hye-Young Kang, Tae-Young Choi (supervising sound editors); Byung-In Kim (supervising adr editor); Eun-Ji Ye (supervising dialogue editor) (Netflix) Star Trek: Discovery: "Kobayashi Maru" – Matthew E. Taylor (supervising sound editor); Sean Heissinger, Cormac Funge (supervising dialogue editors); Cormac Funge (adr editor) (Paramount+) Ted Lasso: "Rainbow" – Brent Findley (supervising sound editor); Bernard Weiser (dialogue editor); Kip Smedley (crowd editor) (Apple TV+) The Witcher: "A Grain of Truth" – Matthew Collinge (supervising sound editor); Rob Turner, Alyn Sclosa, Rob Prynne (sound designers); Adam Oakley, Rob Weatherall (Foley editors); Zoe Freed, Rebecca Heathcote (Foley artists) (Netflix) Foundation: "The Emperor's Peace" – Tyler Whitham (sound designer); Paul Germann, Dave Rose (sound effects editors); Steve Baine (Foley artist) (Apple TV+) The Handmaid's Tale: "Chicago" – Jane Tattersall, David McCallum (supervising sound editors); Brennan Mercer (sound effects editor); David Caporale (Foley editor); Sandra Fox (Foley artist) (Hulu) Lost in Space: "Trust" – Branden Spencer (supervising sound editor); Benjamin Cook (sound designer); Shaughnessy Hare, Brendan Croxon (sound effects editors); Paul Pirola (Foley artist) (Netflix) Squid Game: "VIPS" – Hye-Young Kang (supervising sound editor); Ye-Jin Jo (sound designer); Hye-Jin Yang (sound effects editor); Taek-Hyun Hong (Foley editor); Chung-Gyu Lee (Foley artist) (Netflix) Star Trek: Discovery: "Kobayashi Maru" – Matthew E. Taylor, Michael Schapiro (supervising sound editors); Harry Cohen, Katie Halliday (sound designers); Andrew Twite (sound effects editor); Clay Weber (Foley editor); Alyson Moore, Chris Moriana (Foley artists) (Paramount+) Ted Lasso: "Beard's Night Out" – Brent Findley (supervising sound editor); Kip Smedley, Mark Cleary (sound effects editors); Jordan McClain, Arno Stephanian (Foley editors); Sanaa Kelley, Matt Salib (Foley artists) (Apple TV+) Wu-Tang: An American Saga: "Protect Ya Neck" – Thomas E. de Gorter (supervising sound editor); Michael O'Conner (sound designer); Geordy Sincavage, Alex Jongbloed (Foley editors); Tara Blume, Monique Reymond (Foley artists) (Hulu)Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical FeatureOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation Infinite – Mandell Winter, David Esparza (supervising sound editors); Hamilton Sterling (sound designer); Will Digby (sound effects editor); Micah Loken, Sang Kim (dialogue editors); Eryne Prine (Foley editor); Mark "Vordo" Wlodarkiewicz, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci (Foley artists) (Paramount+) Fear of Rain – David Barber (supervising sound editor); David Kitchens (Foley editor); Ben Zarai (sound effects editor); David Barbee (sound designer); Gonzalo "Bino" Espinoza (Foley artist); Michael Kreple (adr editor) (Hulu) Fear Street Part Two: 1978 – Trevor Gates (supervising sound editor); Jason Dotts (supervising dialogue editor); Matthew Thomas Hall, Russell Topal Mark Coffey (sound effects editors); Kristen Hirlinger, Harrison Meyle (dialogue editors); Sandra Fox (Foley artist); Brett "Snacky" Pierce (music editor) (Netflix)