The 70th Golden Reel Awards, presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.), honored the best in sound editing for film, television, gaming and student productions in 2022. The ceremony was held on February 26, 2023, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. For the first time in three years, the awards ceremony was held live and featured special features to celebrate the sound organization's platinum anniversary.
The nominations were announced on January 9, 2023. The film Everything Everywhere All at Once, the television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Stranger Things, and the video games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West led the nominations with three each.
American producer Jerry Bruckheimer and supervising sound editor Gwendolyn Yates Whittle received the Filmmaker Award and Career Achievement Award, respectively; actor Tom Cruise presented the latter. Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt hosted the ceremony.
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 The Banshees of Inisherin – Joakim Sundström (supervising sound editor); Simon Chase (supervising ADR editing); Rebecca Glover (supervising Foley editor); Julien Naudin (Foley artist) The Batman – Douglas Murray, William Files (supervising sound editors); Jacob Riehle (dialogue editor); Bobbi Banks, David V. Butler (ADR editors) Elvis – Wayne Pashley (supervising sound editor); Derryn Pasquill (supervising dialogue editor); Libby Villa (ADR supervisor); Nick Breslin, Marisa Marsionis, Lauren Ligovich (dialogue editors) Empire of Light – Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate (supervising sound editors) Everything Everywhere All at Once – Brent Kiser (supervising sound editor) Top Gun: Maverick – Bjørn Ole Schroeder, James Mather, Al Nelson (supervising sound editor); Chris Gridley, Simon Chase, Matthew Hartman, Michael Maroussas, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (dialogue editors); Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (ADR editor) Top Gun: Maverick – Al Nelson, James Mather, Bjørn Ole Schroeder (supervising sound editors); Christopher Boyes, Jed Loughran (sound designers); Benjamin A. Burtt, Scott Guitteau, Rowan Watson, Qianbaihui Yang (sound effects editor); Luke Dunn Gielmuda (supervising Foley editor); Dmitri Makarov, David Mackie (Foley editors); Jana Vance, Ronni Brown, John Roesch, Shelley Roden (Foley artists) Avatar: The Way of Water – Christopher Boyes (supervising sound editor); David Chrastka, Dave Whitehead, Christopher Boyes (sound designers); Hayden Collow, Matt Stutter (sound effects editors); Brent Burge (supervising effects editor); Craig Tomlinson, Dee Selby (Foley editors); Dan O'Connell, John Cucci (Foley artist) The Batman – Will Files, Douglas Murray (supervising sound editor); Chris Terhune, Lee Gilmore, Craig Henighan (sound designers); Diego Perez, Phil Barrie (sound effects editors) Everything Everywhere All at Once – Brent Kiser (supervising sound editor) Jurassic World Dominion – Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (supervising sound editors); Pete Horner, Gary Rydstrom (sound designers); Stuart McCowan, Benjamin A. Burtt, Scott Guitteau, Qianbaihui Yang (sound effects editor); Luke Dunn Gielmuda (supervising Foley editor); Coya Elliott (Foley editor); Jana Vance, Ronni Brown (Foley artists) Nope – Johnnie Burn (supervising sound editor); Simon Carroll, Brendan Feeney, Max Behrens, Ben Gulvin, Jeff Smith, Beresford Cookman (sound effects editors); Natalia Lubowiecka, Ewa Mazurkiewicz (Foley editors); Jacek Wisniewski (Foley artist) Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary Elvis – Evan McHugh (music editor); Jamieson Shaw (supervising music editor); Chris Barrett (scoring editor) Everything Everywhere All at Once – Dean Menta, Luke Wilder, Katherine Gordon Miller (music editors) Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Lewis Morison, Eric Caudieux (music editors); Chris Barret (scoring editor) Tár – Gerard McCann (supervising music editor) Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – James Shirley, Victor Chaga (music editors); John Warhurst (supervising music editor); Nina Hartstone (supervising sound editor) Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen (music editor); John Warhurst (supervising music editor) Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues – Louie Schultz, Jordan Wiggins, Alex Carr-Engler (music editors) My Life as a Rolling Stone: Mick Jagger – Ben Newth, Nick Ashe (supervising music editors) The Way Down: "Revelations" – Richard David Brown (supervising music editor) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation Good Night Oppy – Mark Mangini (supervising sound editor); Tim Walston, Dave Whitehead, Mark Mangini (sound designers); Dave Bach (supervising dialogue editor) Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues – Leslie Shatz (supervising sound editor and sound designer); Jon Flores (supervising dialogue editor) Moonage Daydream – Nina Hartstone (supervising sound editor); Samir Foco, James Shirley (sound designers); Louise Burton (sound editor) The Territory – Rune Klausen, Peter Albrechtsen (supervising sound editors and sound designers); Mikkel Nielsen, Tim Nielsen (sound effects editor); Sebastian Vaskio, Guilherme Tortolo Magrin (dialogue editors); Pietu Korhonen (Foley editor); Heikki Kossi (Foley artist) Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Scott Martin Gershin (supervising sound editor); Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita, Andrew Vernon, Dan Gamache (sound effects editor); Dan Gamache (dialogue editor); Dan O'Connell, John Cucci (Foley artists) DC League of Super-Pets – Bill R. Dean, Ando Johnson (supervising sound editors); Erick Ocampo (sound designer); Chris Battaglia, Kip Smedley (sound effects editors); Stephanie Brown (supervising dialogue editor); Chase Keehn (dialogue editor); Jessie Pariseau (supervising Foley editor); Bruce Tanis (Foley editor); Alyson Dee Moore, Christopher Moriana (Foley artists) Lightyear – Coya Elliott (supervising sound editor); Ren Klyce (sound designer); Kimberly Patrick, Jonathon Stevens, Benjamin A. Burtt (sound effects editor); Cheryl Nardi (dialogue editor); James Spencer, Dee Selby (Foley editors); Shelley Roden, John Roesch (Foley artists) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Jason W. Jennings, Julian Slater (supervising sound editor); Tim Walston (sound designer); Ken McGill (sound effects editor); Mia Stewart (dialogue editor); Paul Pirola (supervising Foley editor) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Kruse (supervising sound editor); Markus Stemler (sound designer); Alexander Buck (supervising dialogue editor); Benjamin Hörbe, Alexander Buck (supervising ARD editors); Thomas Kalbér, Moritz Hoffmeister (ARD editors); Kuen Il Song (Foley editor); Carsten Richter, Daniel Weis (Foley artist) Argentina, 1985 – Santiago Fumagalli (supervising sound editor); Juan Ignacio Giobio, Nahuel De Camillis (sound effects editors); Ignacio Seligra (dialogue editor); Nicolás Mannara (Foley editor); Diego Marcone (Foley artist); Stephen M. Davis (music editor) Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Martín Hernández, Nicolas Becker (supervising sound editor); Ken Yasumoto (sound designer); Alejandro Quevedo, Jaime Sainz, Carolina Santana (sound effects editor); Alitzel Diaz, Daniel Douglass (ADR editors); Valeria López Mancheva, Raynier Hinojosa, Omar Blanco (dialogue editors); Oscar Victoria, Pietu Korhonen, Alan Romero (Foley editors); Heikki Kossi, Alan Romero (Foley artists) EO – Radoslaw Ochnio (supervising sound editor); Radoslaw Ochnio (sound designer); Marta Weronika Weronska (sound editor); Suraj Bardia (Foley editor) The Quiet Girl – Steve Fanagan (supervising sound editor, sound designer, sound effects editor, and Foley editor); Louise Burton (dialogue and ADR editor); Caoimhe Doyle (Foley artist) Triangle of Sadness – Andreas Franck, Bent Holm, Gustav Landbecker, Johannes Dekko, Claes Lundberg, Benny Persson, Daniel Lindvik, Alexander Wunsch, Erik Watland (sound editors); Andreas Franck, Bent Holm (sound designers); Claes Lunderberg, Ulf Olausson (Foley artists)
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 Crown: "Gunpowder" – Lee Walpole (supervising sound editor); Iain Eyre (supervising dialogue editor); Matt Mewett (supervising ADR editing) (Netflix) Better Call Saul: "Saul Gone" – Nick Forshager, Kathryn Madsen (supervising sound editors); Jane Boegel (dialogue editor) (AMC) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: "Udûn" – Robby Stambler, Damian Del Borrello (supervising sound editors); Stefanie Ng (dialogue/ADR supervisor); Ailene Roberts, Ray Beentjes (dialogue editors); Gareth Van Niekirk (ADR group editor) (Prime Video) Severance: "The We We Are" – Jacob Ribicoff (supervising sound editor); David Briggs (ADR editor); Gregg Swiatlowski (dialogue editor) (Apple TV+) Stranger Things: "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" – William Files, Craig Henighan (supervising sound editor); Ryan Cole (dialogue/ADR editor); Korey Pereira, Jill Purdy, David Butler, Polly McKinnon, Rob Chen (dialogue editors) (Netflix) Stranger Things: "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab" – William Files, Craig Henighan (supervising sound editors); Angelo Palazzo, Ken McGill, Katie Halliday, Lee Gilmore, David Grimaldi, Chris Bonis (sound editors); Steve Baine (Foley artist) (Netflix) Andor: "Reckoning" – David Acord, Margit Pfeiffer (supervising sound editors); David Acord (sound designer); J.R. Grubbs (sound effects editor); Shaun Farley (Foley editor); John Roesch, Shelley Roden (Foley artists) (Disney+) Better Call Saul: "Carrot and Stick" – Nick Forshager, Kathryn Madsen (supervising sound editor); Matt Temple, Marc Glassman (sound effects editor); Gregg Barbanell, Alex Ullrich (Foley artists) (AMC) Gaslit – Kevin W. Buchholz, Stefani Feldman (co-supervising sound editors); Dan Kremer, Adam Parrish (sound effects editor); Sam Munoz, Jordan Aldinger (Foley editors); Jacob McNaughton, Noel Vought (Foley artists) (Starz) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: "Udûn" – Damian Del Borrello, Robby Stambler (supervising sound editors); Paula Fairfield (sound designer); James Miller, Chris Terhune, Gareth Van Niekerk, Ryan A. Sullivan, Goeun Everett (sound editors); Richard Wills, Jonathan Bruce, Amy Barber (Foley editor); Jonathan Bruce (Foley artist) (Prime Video) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation Prey – Chris Terhune, Will Files (supervising sound editors); James Miller (sound designer); Christopher Bonis, Diego Perez, Lee Gilmore (sound effects editors); Jessie Anne Spence (supervising dialogue editor); David Bach, Korey Pereira (dialogue editors); Nick Seaman, Roni Pillischer (Foley editors); Annie Taylor (supervising Foley editor); Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan (Foley artists) (Hulu) Pinocchio – Bjørn O. Schroeder, Leff Lefferts (supervising sound editors); Randy Thom (sound designer); Malcolm Fife, Pascal Garneau, Teresa Eckton, Goeun Everett (sound effects editors); James Spencer (dialogue editor); Chris Frazier, Dee Shelby (Foley editors); Christopher Manning (supervising Foley editor); John Roesch, Shelley Roden (Foley artists) (Disney+) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Anthony Vanchure (supervising sound editor); Mike James Gallagher (sound designer); Sanaa Kelley, Iris Dutour, Luke Kelley (Foley artists) (The Roku Channel)