Donald Sylvester

Donald Sylvester
Born	Moorestown, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Sound editor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Penelope Shaw Sylvester

Donald Sylvester is an American sound editor who has worked on over 100 films. He is best known for his work with James Mangold on the films Ford v Ferrari (2019), Logan (2017), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Walk the Line (2005).^[1] Sylvester won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 92nd Academy Awards for Ford v Ferrari^[2] and BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 59th British Academy Film Awards for Walk the Line.^[3] He has been a member of BAFTA since 2007.

Awards and nominations

2020: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing – Ford v Ferrari (won)^[2]
2020: BAFTA Award for Best Sound – Ford v Ferrari (nominated)^[4]
2020: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film – Ford v Ferrari (won)^[5]
2020: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film – Ford v Ferrari (nominated)^[5]
2020: Satellite Award for Best Sound – Ford v Ferrari (won)^[6]
2019: Hollywood Film Award for Sound of the Year – Ford v Ferrari (won)^[7]
2018: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film – Logan (nominated)^[8]
2008: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film – 3:10 to Yuma (nominated)^[9]
2006: BAFTA Award for Best Sound – Walk the Line (won)^[3]
2004: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (nominated)^[10]
2004: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film – X2: X-Men United (nominated)^[10]
2003: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film – Antwone Fisher (nominated)^[11]
2001: Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film – U-571 (nominated)

References

^ Macaulay, Scott (December 10, 2019). "Start Your Engines: The Sound Team of James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari on the Thrill of the Race". Filmmaker. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Giardina, Carolyn (February 9, 2020). "Oscars: 'Ford v Ferrari' Races to Sound Editing Award, '1917' Grabs Mixing Statuette". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Giardina, Carolyn (November 15, 2019). "'Ford v Ferrari' Sound Team Featured in THR's 'Behind the Screen' Show". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ THR Staff (February 2, 2020). "BAFTA Awards: '1917' Dominates, Including Wins for Best Film, Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Giardina, Carolyn (January 19, 2020). "'Ford v Ferrari,' '1917' Collect Wins at MPSE Golden Reel Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ "2019 Winners". International Press Academy. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ Abramovitch, Seth (November 1, 2019). "Rob Riggle Will Play Nice as Hollywood Film Awards Host: "It's Definitely Not a Roast"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (February 18, 2018). "Golden Reel Awards: Oscar Nominees 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'Dunkirk' Among Sound Editor Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ Giardina, Carolyn. "2008 Golden Reel Award Nominees: Feature Films". Jason Ryder. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Graser, Marc (January 19, 2004). "'Pirates' reels in most MPSE noms". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ Martin, Denise (February 7, 2003). "'Gangs,' 'Perdition' top Golden Reel nods". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

External links

Donald Sylvester at IMDb

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Sound Effects
1963–1967

Walter Elliott - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Norman Wanstall - Goldfinger (1964)
Treg Brown - The Great Race (1965)
Gordon Daniel - Grand Prix (1966)
John Poyner - The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Sound Effects Editing
1982–1999

Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jay Boekelheide - The Right Stuff (1983)
Kay Rose - The River (1984)
Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge - Back to the Future (1985)
Don Sharpe - Aliens (1986)
Stephen Hunter Flick and John Pospisil - RoboCop (1987)
Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Cecelia Hall and George Watters II - The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Gary Rydstrom and Gloria Borders - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Tom McCarthy and David E. Stone - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Jurassic Park (1993)
Stephen Hunter Flick - Speed (1994)
Lon Bender and Per Hallberg - Braveheart (1995)
Bruce Stambler - The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes - Titanic (1997)
Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Dane Davis - The Matrix (1999)

Sound Editing
2000–2019

Jon Johnson - U-571 (2000)
George Watters II and Christopher Boyes - Pearl Harbor (2001)
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Richard King - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom - The Incredibles (2004)
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - King Kong (2005)
Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray - Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Richard King - The Dark Knight (2008)
Paul N. J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker (2009)
Richard King - Inception (2010)
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton - Hugo (2011)
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers - Skyfall / Paul N. J. Ottosson - Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Glenn Freemantle - Gravity (2013)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - American Sniper (2014)
Mark Mangini and David White - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Sylvain Bellemare - Arrival (2016)
Richard King and Alex Gibson - Dunkirk (2017)
John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Donald Sylvester - Ford v Ferrari (2019)

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Sound
1968–1980	Winston Ryder (1968) Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969) Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970) Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971) David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972) Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973) Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974) William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975) Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976) Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977) Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978) Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979) Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
1981–2000	Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981) James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982) Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983) Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984) John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985) Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986) Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987) Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988) Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989) J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990) Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991) Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992) John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994) Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995) Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996) Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998) David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999) Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
2001–present	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002) Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003) Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004) Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005) Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007) Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008) Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009) Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010) Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012) Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014) Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015) Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017) John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018) Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021) Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022) Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Sound
1990s	Gary Alper, Skip Lievsay, and Frank Morrone (1999)
2000s	Frank E. Eulner (2000) Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick (2001) Larry Blake (2002) Doug Hemphill, Richard King, Paul Massey, and Art Rochester (2003) Elliott Koretz, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, and Lee Orloff (2004) Paul Brincat, Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, and Matthew Wood (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler, and Richard E. Yawn (2006) Kirk Francis, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, and Gary Rizzo (2008) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller, Rick Kline, Michael McGee, and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009)
2010s	Beau Borders, William B. Kaplan, Kevin O'Connell, and Mark Stoeckinger (2010) Lon Bender, Robert Eber, Victor Ray Ennis, Robert Fernandez, and Dave Paterson (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Lee Walpole, and John Warhurst (2012) Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Craig Mann, and Ben Wilkins (2014) Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor (2015) Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, and Andy Wright (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten (2017) Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, and Ethan Van der Ryn (2018) David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, and Donald Sylvester (2019)
2020s	Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc, and Carolina Santana (2020) Paul Hsu and Tod A. Maitland (2021) Al Nelson, James Mather, Mark Weingarten, and Bjorn Schroeder (2022) Richard King, Steven A. Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, and Dean A. Zupancic (2023)