Founded in 1953, Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.) is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound editors, show the artistic merit of the soundtracks, 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 Frank Morrone.
The names of active members of the MPSE will generally appear in film credits with the post-nominal letters "MPSE".
The following are required for the membership application:
A three-year list of credits as one (or more) of the following:Sound editorSound designerDialogue editorADR editorSound effects editorFoley artistMusic editorTwo active MPSE member sponsorsOne letter of a sponsoring active MPSE memberThe MPSE currently presents awards annually to sound editors in the several categories for feature films.
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film1989: Oliver & Company1990: The Little Mermaid1991: The Rescuers Down Under1992: Beauty and the Beast1993: Aladdin1994: Once Upon a Forest1995: The Lion King1996: Toy Story1997: The Hunchback of Notre Dame1998: Hercules1999: A Bug's Life2000: The Iron Giant2001: Titan A.E.2002: Atlantis: The Lost Empire2003: Treasure Planet2004: Finding Nemo2005: The Incredibles*2006: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit2007: Cars2008: Ratatouille2009: WALL-E2010: Up2011: How to Train Your Dragon2012: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn2013: Wreck-It Ralph2014: Epic2015: Big Hero 62016: Inside Out2017: MoanaBest Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary2013: Last Call at the Oasis2014: Dirty Wars2015: Warsaw Uprising2016: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck2017: The Music of Strangers : Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road EnsembleBest Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Foreign Language Film2013: Rust and Bone2014: The Grandmaster and The Past2015: The Liberator2016: Son of Saul2017: The King's ChoiceBest Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film1995: The Lion King1997: The English Patient1998: Titanic*1999: The Butcher Boy2000: American Beauty2001: High Fidelity2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2003: The Mothman Prophecies2004: Cold Mountain2005: The Passion of the Christ2006: Casanova2007: Apocalypto2008: Into the Wild2009: The Dark Knight*2010: Avatar2011: Inception*2012: Hugo*2013: Life of Pi2014: The Great Gatsby2015: Birdman2016: Star Wars: The Force Awakens2017: WarcraftBest Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film2013: Les Misérables2014: Frozen2015: Get on Up2016: Love & Mercy2017: La La LandBest Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film1988: Lethal Weapon1989: Who Framed Roger Rabbit*1990: Born on the Fourth of July1991: The Hunt for Red October* and Total Recall1992: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves1993: Alien 31994: Schindler's List1995: Forrest Gump1996: Crimson Tide1997: Jerry Maguire1998: Titanic*1999: Saving Private Ryan*2000: American Beauty2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2002: A Beautiful Mind2003: Gangs of New York2004: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2005: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2006: Memoirs of a Geisha2007: Letters from Iwo Jima*2008: The Bourne Ultimatum*2009: Slumdog Millionaire2010: Inglourious Basterds2011: The Social Network2012: Super 82013: Life of Pi2014: Captain Phillips2015: Unbroken2016: Bridge of Spies2017: Hacksaw RidgeBest Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film1988: Predator1989: Die Hard1990: The Abyss and Born on the Fourth of July1991: Total Recall1992: Barton Fink1993: Under Siege1994: Jurassic Park*1995: Speed*1996: Braveheart* and Crimson Tide1997: Daylight1998: Titanic*1999: Saving Private Ryan*2000: The Matrix*2001: Gladiator2002: Black Hawk Down2003: Road to Perdition2004: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*2005: The Aviator2006: War of the Worlds2007: Letters from Iwo Jima*2008: The Bourne Ultimatum*2009: The Dark Knight*2010: Avatar2011: Inception*2012: War Horse2013: Skyfall*2014: Gravity*2015: American Sniper*2016: Mad Max: Fury Road* and The Revenant2017: Hacksaw RidgeAn * denotes a film that also won an Academy Award for Sound Editing.
There are also "other" categories that include Sound Editing in Computer Entertainment, the Career Achievement Award, and the Inaugural Filmmaker's Award. The MPSE also sponsors the Verna Fields Award for Sound Editing in a Student Film and the Ethel Crutcher Scholarship. The award statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards.
