The Motion Picture Sound Editors association, the premier organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, will present Oscar-winning filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner with the 2025 MPSE Filmmaker Award, bestowed annually to a filmmaker of distinction. At the same time, supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath will receive the Career Achievement Award for his prolific career in sound editing.
Columbia Pictures’ Harold and the Purple Crayon is a live action/animation hybrid adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s beloved children’s classic about a boy who can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After Harold grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, he finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.
Founded by an acclaimed DJ/EDM producer and the lead programmer of a top UK game development company, Nugen Audio is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The company first launched with stereo-image-related plug-ins for music production. Today, the brand has expanded to include award-winning loudness metering/correction, surround sound, mixing/mastering, tracking and audio analysis tools that are used by some of the world’s top names in post-production, broadcast and music.
Westwind Media, the Burbank sound design and audio post-production facility, has announced that industry veteran Doug Kent has joined the company as partner and president. Westwind also welcomes re-recording mixers Joe Earle, CAS, and Gabriel J. Serrano, CAS, to its talent roster, which includes recent addition Christian P. Minkler, CAS. With the growing team, Westwind’s award-winning creative talent continues to elevate storytelling for its episodic and feature film clients.
Company 3 has opened a Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos equipped theatre at its facilities in New York. It is the first theatre of its kind at any post-production company on the East Coast. The theatre will enable Company 3's clients to experience their work in an acoustic environment as robust as that of any cinema in the world.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors have announced the winners of the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Dane A. Davis, MPSE received the MPSE Career Achievement Award. Michael Dinner was presented with the MPSE Filmmaker Award.
Emmy Award winning actor Hector Elizondo will be among the presenters at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 71st MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Three-time Emmy Award nominee Adam Arkin will present in a virtual appearance, as will Justified stars Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors association today announced the nominees for the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s most talented sound artists and their contributions to the past year’s most outstanding feature film, television, animation, computer entertainment, and student productions.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors trade group has elected David Barber, MPSE, to a two-year term as president. Barber succeeds Mark Lanza, MPSE, who reached his term limit. Additionally, Miguel Araujo was re-elected as secretary, while Eric Marks was appointed to fill Barber’s previous post as vice president on an interim basis until the next board election in October. Chris Reeves and Solange Schwalbe continue in their roles as treasurer and sergeant at arms, respectively.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors will honor supervising sound editor/sound designer Dane A. Davis, MPSE with its 2024 Career Achievement Award. Davis is known for his Oscar winning work on The Matrix, and for his creative contributions to that film’s sequels and scores of other films and television shows. He will receive the award at the 71st Annual Golden Reel Awards March 3, 2024, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
