The Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2022 were presented in an online ceremony held March 13. The Golden Reels span film, TV, toons, computer entertainment and student productions.

The top three film awards went to Dune, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story, which won for feature effects/foley, feature dialogue/ADR and feature music respectively.

“We could not be more thrilled to be the recipients of this amazing award,” said Mark Mangini, one of Dune’s supervising sound editors, who accepted the feature effects/foley award with a video speech from a familiar, sandy landscape. “We’re still here on Arrakis, making sounds for Dune: Part II — shh, don’t tell anyone.”

The Underground Railroad: Chapter 9: “Indiana Winter” won in the Outstanding Achievement In Sound Editing – Limited Series Or Anthology category.

Raya and the Last Dragon earned the Outstanding Achievement In Sound Editing – Feature Animation award.

Other genre productions winning awards were Love, Death + Robots: “Snow in the Desert”
Arcane – League of Legends: “When These Walls Come Tumbling Down”, and Infinite.

The Golden Reels also honored Ron Howard with the MPSE Filmmaker Award, and Anthony “Chic” Ciccolini III with a career achievement award.

The complete list of winners follows the jump.

The Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2022 nominations are filled with genre films as always – Dune, The Matrix Resurrections, Nightmare Alley and A Quiet Place Part II lead the feature competition with three nominations apiece, in the categories of effects/foley, dialogue/ADR and music. 

The Golden Reels also will honor Ron Howard with the MPSE Filmmaker Award during the March 13 ceremony, and Anthony “Chic” Ciccolini III will receive a career achievement award.

The Golden Reels award categories span film, TV, toons, computer entertainment and student productions. The complete list of nominees follows the jump.

The Motion Picture Sound Editors presented the 68th annual Golden Reel Awards on April 16.

The Golden Reels also honored Mad Max franchise director George Miller with the 2021 MPSE Filmmaker Award. The Australian writer, director and producer is responsible for such successful films as Mad Max, Mad Max 2: Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Mad Max: Fury Road. In 2007, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet. He also earned Oscar nominations for Babe and Lorenzo’s Oil.

The Golden Reels have 22 categories spanning film, TV, toons, computer entertainment and student productions.

The winners of genre interest for the 2021 awards follow the jump. The full list is here.