The Motion Picture Sound Editors mentioned in the present day that Gwendolyn Yates Whittle will obtain its 2023 MPSE Profession Achievement Award through the group’s seventieth annual Golden Reel Awards in February.
Supervising sound editor Whittle is a two-time Oscar nominee for Avatar and Tron: Legacy and has gained six Golden Reels on 20 profession nominations spanning 1998-2022. She additionally scored an Emmy nom for WandaVision final 12 months.
“A very gifted sound artist, Gwen has lent her skills to an incredible variety of movies and tv exhibits,” MPSE President Mark Lanza mentioned. “She has been a real pioneer since her earliest days within the trade and has served as a mentor, function mannequin, and inspiration to numerous aspiring sound editors. The MPSE takes nice satisfaction in presenting her with our annual Profession Achievement Award.”
Based mostly at Skywalker Sound in Northern California for greater than 30 years, Whittle has labored on nicely greater than 120 movies — from small independents to blockbusters together with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Iron Man, Cloverfield and Jurassic World. Beginning as a PA within the artwork division on the Sundance movie Easy Discuss, she later made the leap to sound on The Insufferable Lightness of Being, specializing in manufacturing sound and ADR modifying. She has devoted a lot of 2022 to remaining mixing on Avatar 2: The Approach of Water in Wellington, New Zealand.
She additionally appeared within the documentary Making Waves: The Artwork of Cinematic Sound.
“This award jogs my memory of how fortunate and grateful I’m to have had the alternatives I’ve had,” mentioned Whittle. “I’ve large assist from my household and my colleagues that enables me to thrive in a really aggressive trade, nonetheless be within the thick of it, and work with probably the most inventive folks from all around the planet. Large because of all of the individuals who have mentored, supported and inspired me by the final 30-plus years. I’m wanting to see the place this takes me subsequent.”
The MPSE Profession Achievement Award acknowledges sound artists who’ve distinguished themselves by meritorious works as a person and fellow contributor to the artwork of sound for characteristic movie, TV and gaming and for setting an instance of excellence for others.
