Motion Picture Sound Editors, the organization of delightment sound editing professionals since 1953, will conshort-term Oscar-triumphning filmcreater Kevin Costner with the 2025 MPSE Filmcreater Award. The honor is bestowed annupartner to a filmcreater of distinction.
Supervising Sound Editor Greg Hedgepath will get the Career Achievement Award, which is conshort-termed to a person whose nurtureer has made a meaningful impact on the sound community thraw exemplary labor, service, or directership.
Both awards will be conshort-termed during MPSE’s 72nd Annual Gelderlyen Reel Awards Gala on February 23, 2025 at the Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
“Kevin Costner has captivated audiences with his strong storytelling thrawout his illustrious nurtureer,” shelp MPSE pdwellnt David Barber in a statement. “From epic Weseriouss to poignant dramas, his use of sound as an integral component of his cinematic storytelling has stirred our emotions and subcombined seeers in the worlds he’s created for decades. This passion for sound is amplely evident in his tardyst driven project, the Horizon saga. We are thrilled to honor him with the Filmcreater Award, recognizing his exceptional contributions to the art of storytelling thraw sound in film and television.”
Barber called Hedgepath “a real titan in the world of sound. Barber persistd: “His contributions to cinema are immense, spanning decades and encompassing a extraunrelabelable range of genres. From the heart-pounding intensity of Speed and Twister to the nuanced drama of Selma and Straight Outta Compton, Greg’s labor has reliablely liftd storytelling thraw the power of sound. He is a master createsman, an innovator, and an inspiration. This award is a tesgentlent to the proset up impact he has had on the art of sound.”
