Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.) is an American honorary society of

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sound editors founded in 1953. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound editors, show the artistic merit of the

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s, and improve the professional relationship of its members. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E. The current president is Mark Lanza. The names of active members of the MPSE will generally appear in

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with the post-nominal letters "MPSE".

Membership requirements

The following are required for the membership application: * A three-year list of

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as one (or more) of the following: ** Sound editor ** Sound designer ** Dialogue editor ** ADR editor ** Sound effects editor **

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** Music editor * Two active MPSE member sponsors * One letter of a sponsoring active MPSE member

Golden Reel Awards

Since 1983, The Golden Reel Awards are an annual ceremony dedicated to honoring outstanding achievement in sound editing in film, television, and across the entertainment industry.

Feature Film categories

* Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Music *

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(until 2020) * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Feature Documentary

Broadcast Media categories

* Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Dialogue/ADR *

Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Effects / Foley The Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Effects / Foley is an annual award given by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. It honors sound editors whose work has warranted merit in the field of television ...

Gaming

* Best Sound Editing: Computer Entertainment ** 2000: ''

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'' ** 2002: '' Ambush'' ** 2004: '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' ** 2005: '' GoldenEye: Rogue Agent'' ** 2006: '' Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams'' ** 2007: '' Hellgate: London'' ** 2008: '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' ** 2009: '' Gears of War 2'' ** 2010: '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'' ** 2011: '' Epic Mickey'' ** 2012: '' Need for Speed: The Run'' ** 2013: '' Resident Evil 6'' ** 2014: '' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' ** 2015: '' League of Legends: A New Dawn'' ** 2016: '' Halo 5: Guardians'' ** 2017: '' Gears of War 4'' ** 2018: '' Halo Wars 2''

Special categories

* Career Achievement Award * Filmmaker's Award *

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for Sound Editing in a Student Film * Ethel Crutcher Scholarship

Award design and adoption

The current Golden Reel Award design was introduced on March 31, 1984, at the award ceremonies for the year 1983 held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel Grand Ballroom, Beverly Hills, California. The trophy was designed by Pat and Ken Anderson of the Anderson Trophy Company.''Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 1983'', award ceremony program, (private collection). The award statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards.

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Entertainment industry societies American film awards Film organizations in the United States Organizations established in 1953 1953 establishments in the United States