Every Oscars Best Sound Editing winner

21 ceremonies, 2000–2020. 18 different winners.

It was awarded for the last time in 2020.

It was called Best Sound Effects Editing at the 2000 ceremony. The 2013 award was a tie, and both winning teams are listed.

From 2021 the Oscars awarded Best Sound instead.

Richard King ×3Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.

Dane A. Davis'00

Jon Johnson'01

George Watters II & Christopher Boyes'02

Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins'03

Richard King'04

Randy Thom & Michael Silvers'05

Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn'06

Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman'07

Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg'08

Richard King'09

Paul N. J. Ottosson'10

Richard King'11

Philip Stockton & Eugene Gearty'12

Per Hallberg & Karen Baker Landers'13

Glenn Freemantle'14

Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman'15

Mark Mangini & David White'16

Sylvain Bellemare'17

Richard King & Alex Gibson'18

John Warhurst & Nina Hartstone'19

Donald Sylvester'20

Wins by distributor

Warner Bros.943%
20th Century314%
Universal314%
Disney210%
Paramount210%
Sony15%
Other15%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2020.

Most nominated, never won

Wylie Stateman6 noms
Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan2 noms
Alan Robert Murray2 noms
Christopher Boyes & George Watters II2 noms
Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl2 noms
Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers2 noms

Most losses

Wylie Stateman6L · 0W
Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan2L · 0W
Alan Robert Murray2L · 0W
Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman2L · 2W
Christopher Boyes & George Watters II2L · 0W
Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Distributor
2020	Donald Sylvester (Ford v Ferrari) beat 4 others Alan Robert Murray (Joker) Oliver Tarney & Rachael Tate (1917) Wylie Stateman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) Matthew Wood & David Acord (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)	20th Century Fox
2019	John Warhurst & Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody) beat 4 others Steve Boeddeker & Benjamin A. Burtt (Black Panther) Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan (First Man) Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl (A Quiet Place) Skip Lievsay & Sergio Díaz (Roma)	20th Century Fox
2018	Richard King & Alex Gibson (Dunkirk) beat 4 others Julian Slater (Baby Driver) Mark Mangini & Theo Green (Blade Runner 2049) Nathan Robitaille & Nelson Ferreira (The Shape of Water) Ren Klyce & Matthew Wood (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)	Warner Bros.
2017	Sylvain Bellemare (Arrival) beat 4 others Wylie Stateman & Renée Tondelli (Deepwater Horizon) Robert Mackenzie & Andy Wright (Hacksaw Ridge) Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan (La La Land) Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman (Sully)	Paramount Pictures
2016	Mark Mangini & David White (Mad Max: Fury Road) beat 4 others Oliver Tarney (The Martian) Lon Bender & Martin Hernández (The Revenant) Alan Robert Murray (Sicario) David Acord & Matthew Wood (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)	Warner Bros.
2015	Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman (American Sniper) beat 4 others Martin Hernández & Aaron Glascock (Birdman) Brent Burge & Jason Canovas (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) Richard King (Interstellar) Becky Sullivan & Andrew DeCristofaro (Unbroken)	Warner Bros.
2014	Glenn Freemantle (Gravity) beat 4 others Steve Boeddeker & Richard Hymns (All Is Lost) Brent Burge & Chris Ward (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) Oliver Tarney (Captain Phillips) Wylie Stateman (Lone Survivor)	Warner Bros.
2013	Per Hallberg & Karen Baker Landers (Skyfall)tiePaul N. J. Ottosson (Zero Dark Thirty)unverified beat 3 others Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn (Argo) Wylie Stateman (Django Unchained) Eugene Gearty & Philip Stockton (Life of Pi)	Columbia Pictures
2012	Philip Stockton & Eugene Gearty (Hugo) beat 4 others Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns (War Horse) Ren Klyce (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) Lon Bender & Victor Ray Ennis (Drive)	Paramount Pictures
2011	Richard King (Inception) beat 4 others Tom Myers & Michael Silvers (Toy Story 3) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle & Addison Teague (Tron: Legacy) Skip Lievsay & Craig Berkey (True Grit) Mark P. Stoeckinger (Unstoppable)	Warner Bros.
2010	Paul N. J. Ottosson (The Hurt Locker) beat 4 others Christopher Boyes & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (Avatar) Tom Myers & Michael Silvers (Up) Mark P. Stoeckinger & Alan Rankin (Star Trek) Wylie Stateman (Inglourious Basterds)	Summit Entertainment
2009	Richard King (The Dark Knight) beat 4 others Christopher Boyes & Frank E. Eulner (Iron Man) Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood (WALL-E) Glenn Freemantle & Tom Sayers (Slumdog Millionaire) Wylie Stateman (Wanted)	Warner Bros.
2008	Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg (The Bourne Ultimatum) beat 4 others Skip Lievsay (No Country for Old Men) Randy Thom & Michael Silvers (Ratatouille) Christopher Scarabosio & Matthew Wood (There Will Be Blood) Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins (Transformers)	Universal Pictures
2007	Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman (Letters from Iwo Jima) beat 4 others Sean McCormack & Kami Asgar (Apocalypto) Lon Bender (Blood Diamond) Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman (Flags of Our Fathers) Christopher Boyes & George Watters II (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)	Warner Bros.
2006	Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn (King Kong) beat 2 others Richard King (War of the Worlds) Wylie Stateman (Memoirs of a Geisha)	Universal Pictures
2005	Randy Thom & Michael Silvers (The Incredibles) beat 2 others Randy Thom & Dennis Leonard (The Polar Express) Paul N. J. Ottosson (Spider-Man 2)	Walt Disney Pictures
2004	Richard King (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) beat 2 others Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers (Finding Nemo) Christopher Boyes & George Watters II (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)	20th Century Fox
2003	Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) beat 2 others Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns (Minority Report) Scott A. Hecker (Road to Perdition)	New Line Cinema
2002	George Watters II & Christopher Boyes (Pearl Harbor) beat 1 other Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers (Monsters, Inc.)	Touchstone Pictures
2001	Jon Johnson (U-571) beat 1 other Bub Asman & Alan Robert Murray (Space Cowboys)	Universal Pictures
2000	Dane A. Davis (The Matrix) beat 2 others Ren Klyce & Richard Hymns (Fight Club) Ben Burtt & Tom Bellfort (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace)	Warner Bros.

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