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 films in 2023. The ceremony was held on March 3, 2024, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
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.
Supervising sound editor and sound designer Dane A. Davis received the Career Achievement Award. Additionally, Michael Dinner was honored with the Filmmaker Award.
Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year.
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 John Wick: Chapter 4 – 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 The Killer – Ren Klyce ; Jonathon Stevens, Malcolm Fife ; Jeremy Molod ; Thom Brennan ; Dee Selby ; Shelley Roden, John Roesch 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 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Katie Greathouse ; Barbara McDermott Wonka – Katrina Schiller ; Mark Willsher, Michael Connell, Janet Grab Pianoforte – Michal Fojcik ; Joanna Popowicz American Symphony – Ignacio Bonet Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Bill Bernstein Wham! – Greg Gettens Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation 32 Sounds – Mark Mangini ; Eliza Paley ; Robert Kellough ; Mari Matsuo ; Blake Collins ; Joanna Fang American Symphony – Tristan Baylis, Tom Paul ; Leslie Bloome ; Matt Snedecor, Mark Filip Mourning in Lod – Yossi Appelbaum, Lior Weitzman ; Yossi Appelbaum Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – Skip Lievsay ; Rich Bologna ; Michael Feuser ; Matt Haasch ; Heather Gross ; Jay Peck Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – Phil DeTolve ; David Cook Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 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+) The Continental: From the World of John Wick: "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+) Star Trek: Picard: "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 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die – 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) Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie – 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) Justice League: Warworld – 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: "Chapter 24: The Return" – Trey Turner, Matthew Wood ; David W. Collins ; Luis Galdames, Kevin Bolen ; Brad Semenoff, Ryan Coda ; Frank Rinella ; Joel Raabe, Alyssa Nevarez ; Shelly Roden (Disney+) American Horror Story: Delicate: "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) Star Wars: The Bad Batch: "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) Star Trek: Lower Decks: "Old Friends, New Planets" – James Lucero ; Mak Kellerman, John Wynn ; Michael Britt (Paramount+) Star Wars: Visions: "The Pit" – David W. Collins ; David W. Collins ; Kevin Bolen, Bill Rudolph ; David W. Collins ; Alex Wilmer ; Shelley Roden, Xiuzhu (Mimi) Guo (Disney+) Transformers: EarthSpark: "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) Formula 1: Drive to Survive: "Over the Limit" – Steve Speed, Nick Fry ; Adam King, Doug Dreger ; Ivan Onek, James Spooner (Netflix) Waco: American Apocalypse: "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