Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing - Definition and Overview

This is a list of films that have won or been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects (1963-1967, 1975), Sound Effects Editing (1977, 1981-1999), or Sound Editing (1979, 2000-present).

• 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -- Walter G. Elliott
  • A Gathering of Eagles -- Robert L. Bratton
• 1964 Goldfinger -- Norman Wanstall
  • The Lively Set -- Robert L. Bratton
• 1965 The Great Race -- Tregoweth Brown
  • Von Ryan's Express -- Walter A. Rossi
• 1966 Grand Prix -- Gordon Daniel
  • Fantastic Voyage -- Walter Rossi
• 1967 The Dirty Dozen -- John Poyner
  • In the Heat of the Night -- James A. Richard
• 1968 none given
• 1969 none given
• 1970 none given
• 1971 none given
• 1972 none given
• 1973 none given
• 1974 none given
• 1975 The Hindenburg -- Peter Berkos (Special Achievement Award)
• 1976 none given
• 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Frank E. Warner (Special Achievement Award)
• 1978 none given
• 1979 The Black Stallion -- Alan Splet (Special Achievement Award)
• 1980 none given
• 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson (Special Achievement Award)
• 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
  • Das Boot -- Mike Le-Mare
  • Poltergeist -- Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
• 1983 The Right Stuff -- Jay Boekelheide
  • Return of the Jedi -- Ben Burtt
• 1984 The River -- Kay Rose (Special Achievement Award)
• 1985 Back to the Future -- Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
  • Ladyhawke -- Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II -- Frederick J. Brown
• 1986 Aliens -- Don Sharpe
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home -- Mark Mangini
  • Top Gun -- Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
• 1987 RoboCop -- Stephen Flick, John Pospisil (Special Achievement Award)
• 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann
  • Die Hard -- Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr
  • Willow -- Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
• 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -- Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
  • Black Rain -- Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
  • Lethal Weapon 2 -- Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
• 1990 The Hunt for Red October -- Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
  • Flatliners -- Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
  • Total Recall -- Stephen H. Flick
• 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders
  • Backdraft -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country -- George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
• 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone
  • Aladdin -- Mark Mangini
  • Under Siege -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
• 1993 Jurassic Park -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
  • Cliffhanger -- Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter
  • The Fugitive -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
• 1994 Speed -- Stephen Hunter Flick
  • Clear and Present Danger -- Bruce Stambler, John Leveque
  • Forrest Gump -- Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom
• 1995 Braveheart -- Lon Bender, Per Hallberg
  • Batman Forever -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
  • Crimson Tide -- George Watters II
• 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness -- Bruce Stambler
  • Daylight -- Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker
  • Eraser-- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
• 1997 Titanic -- Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
  • Face/Off -- Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
  • The Fifth Element -- Mark Mangini
• 1998 Saving Private Ryan -- Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
  • Armageddon -- George Watters II
  • The Mask of Zorro -- David McMoyler
• 1999 The Matrix -- Dane A. Davis
  • Fight Club -- Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort
• 2000 U-571 -- Jon Johnson
  • Space Cowboys -- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
• 2001 Pearl Harbor -- George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
  • Monsters, Inc. -- Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
• 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- Ethan Van der Ryn, Michael Hopkins
  • Minority Report -- Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
  • Road to Perdition -- Scott A. Hecker
• 2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- Richard King
  • Finding Nemo -- Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- Christopher Boyes, George Watters II