The
Verna Fields
Verna Fields (née Hellman; March 21, 1918 – November 30, 1982) was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through to about 1970, F ...
Award is the
Golden Reel Award which is annually presented by
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) is an American professional society of motion picture sound editors founded in 1953. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound and music editors, show the arti ...
to a filmmaking student in order to recognize the excellence of their sound editing work.
Luke Dunn Gielmuda of the
Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. Opened to students in 1973 as Film and Television School (FTS), after accredita ...
won the 1998 award for his work on ''Preoccupied''. At the 2004 Golden Reel Awards held at
Century Plaza Hotel
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,
Manny Holihan won the Verna Fields Award.
2006
Winner: ''
Crooked Mick''
Nominees:
* ''
Afterlife
The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's Stream of consciousness (psychology), stream of consciousness or Personal identity, identity continues to exist after the death of their ...
''
* ''
Below the Silence''
* ''
Danya''
* ''
The Resurrectionist''
2007
Winner: ''
Temerario''
Nominees:
* ''
Bio Rhythm''
* ''
Dalton Jones''
* ''
Flapwing and the Last Work of Ezekiel Crumb''
* ''
Synchronoff''
2008
Winner: ''
Shot Open''
Nominees:
* ''
For the Love of God''
* ''
The Hollow Tree
''The Hollow Tree'' is a 1997 children's historical novel by Canadian author Janet Lunn. The book is the third in a trilogy, the first two being ''The Root Cellar'' and ''Shadow in Hawthorn Bay''. Having progressed backward from the American C ...
''
* ''
Procrastination
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such ...
''
* ''
Sea of Tranquility
Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin for Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It contains Tranquility Base, the first location on another celestial body to be visited by hu ...
''
2009
Winner: ''
Mummy's Boy''
Nominees:
* ''
Cupid
In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...
''
* ''
Elephants
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''
* ''
Four''
* ''
Joyets''
* ''
Street Angel''
2010
Winner: ''
Scarecrow
A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin that is often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops. ...
''
Nominees:
* ''The End of the Line''
* ''The GodMother''
* ''The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive''
* ''Yellow Belly End''
2011
Winner: ''Stanley Pickle''
Nominees:
* ''
The Confession''
* ''En Route''
* ''Psychosis''
* ''Zbigniev's Cupboard''
2012
Winner: ''The Pride of Wade Ellison''
Nominees:
* ''Damned''
* ''Inferno''
* ''The Maiden and the Princess''
* ''The Pride of Wade Ellison''
* ''The Secret Numbers''
2013
Winner: ''Head Over Heels''
Nominees:
* ''Dawn''
* ''Elie's Overcoat''
* ''Exedia Nation''
* ''Fragments''
* ''Head Over Heels''
* ''In Aeternam''
* ''My Face is in Space''
* ''Stumble''
2014
Winner: ''Robomax''
Nominees:
* ''Anamnesis''
* ''First Light''
* ''If You're Serious''
* ''The Magnificent Lion Boy''
* ''Miss Todd''
* ''Robomax''
* ''Sleeping With The Fishes''
2015
Winner: ''Sea Odyssey''
Nominees:
* ''Sin Frontera''
* ''The Night Guardian''
* ''Hominid''
* ''Sea Odyssey''
* ''Posthumous''
2021
Winner: ''Build Me Up
(Supervising Sound Editor: Wong Hui Grace)''
Nominees:
* ''Cocon
(Supervising Sound Editor: Freija Hogenboom, Sound Effects Editor: Camiel Povel, Foley Artist: Annika Epker)''
* ''Build Me Up
(Supervising Sound Editor: Wong Hui Grace)''
* ''Do Not Feed the Pigeons
(Supervising Sound Editor: Joe De-Vine)''
* ''The Many Faces of Ava
(Supervising Sound Editor: Dominika Latusek)''
* ''Other Half
(Supervising Sound Editor: Zoltán Kadnár)''
* ''Night of the Living Dread
(Supervising Sound Editor: Miles Sullivan)''
* ''Pressure
(Supervising Sound Editor: Antek Rutczynski)''
* ''Échale Ganas, The Villa’s Tacos Story
(Supervising Sound Editor: Mingxin Qiguan)''
2022
Winner: ''Brutal
(Supervising Sound Editor: Dan Hibbert)''
Nominees:
* ''Ascent
(Supervising Sound Editor: Guldem Masa)''
* ''Brutal
(Supervising Sound Editor: Dan Hibbert)''
* ''Enemy Alien
(Supervising Sound Editor: Jonathan Mendolicchio)''
* ''Entertain Me
(Supervising Sound Editor: Sam Titshof, Foley Artists: Nancy Konijn, Levi Cuijpers)''
* ''Key of See
(Supervising Sound Editor: Manuel Simon, Foley Artists: Conor Van Slyke, George Allan)''
* ''Spring Roll Dream
(Supervising Sound Editor: Carlos Eligio San Juan Juanchi)''
* ''This Is Your Captain Speaking
(Supervising Sound Editor: Zoé Beekes, Dialogue Editor: Felicia Koolhoven, Sound Effects Editors: Teun Beumer, Jurriaan Kruithof)''
* ''Whiteboy
(Supervising Sound Editor: Oliver Mapp)''
2023
Nominees:
* ''Buyers Beware
(Supervising Sound Editor: Matt Lemberger)''
* ''Canary
(Supervising Sound Editor: Mengchen Sun)''
* ''Dive
(Supervising Sound Editor: Simon Panayi)''
* ''From The Top
(Supervising Sound Editor: Etienne Kompis)''
* ''Gossip
(Supervising Sound Editor: Itzel Gonzalez Estrada)''
* ''Heimen
(Supervising Sound Editor: Eran Brinkman, Sound Effects Editor: Sam Titshof)''
* ''The Tornado Outside
(Supervising Sound Editor: Marios Themistokleous)''
* ''Tree of Many Faces
(Supervising Sound Editor: Siim Skepast)''
References
Golden Reel Awards
Film editing awards
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