Oscar / Best Sound Editing
With the Oscar for best sound editing are sound engineer honored a film. It is usually picked up by the film's chief sound engineer .
In the so-called "bake-off" on the last Tuesday in January, a pre-selection will be made by the audio department of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Excerpts from pre-nominated films are shown in a special cinema. Everyone can watch this screening , but only the academy's sound department can vote.
It also happened that during this "bake-off" not enough films achieved a sufficiently high rating to be nominated. Then a “Special Achievement Award” (not an Oscar) is given to the highest rated film.
From 1964 to 1968 this prize was awarded in the “Best Sound Effects” category.
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| Most frequently honored sound editor | Richard King (4 wins) |
| Most frequently nominated sound editor | Alan Robert Murray (10 nominations) |
| Most frequently nominated sound editor without a win | Wylie Stateman (6 nominations) |
In the table below, the winners are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.
1964-1970
| year | Award winners | for the movie | Nominations |
| 1964 | Walter Elliott | A totally, totally crazy world | Robert L. Bratton for The Commodore |
| 1965 | Norman Wanstall | Goldfinger | Robert L. Bratton for A Reckless Daredevil |
| 1966 | Treg Brown | The big race around the world | Walter Rossi for Colonel of Ryan's Express |
| 1967 | Gordon Daniel | Grand Prix | Walter Rossi for The Fantastic Journey |
| 1968 | John Poyner | The dirty dozen | James Richard for In the Heat of the Night |
| 1969 | Prize not awarded in this category | ||
| 1970 | |||
1971-1980
| Prize not awarded in this category | |||