Chris Munro, Glenn Freemantle and Skip Lievsay have won the inaugural AMPS Award for Excellence in the Craft of Sound for a Feature Film for their work on the feature film Gravity.
The award programme was created to mark the Association of Motion Picture Sound’s 25th anniversary, with plans to expand it to include a broader selection of creative sound technicians, as well as to take in TV and games sound.
For the inaugural awards, the AMPS Awards Committee selected five films that from 2013, from which the three leading sound crew members (Production Sound, Sound Editing and Re-Recording) were nominated for an award. A further ballot among all AMPS voting members selected the winning film.
Long-time AMPS Sustaining Member Dolby Europe was the headline sponsor for this year's award: ‘We collaborated with the AMPS Awards to bring together the very best talent in cinema,’ says Guy Hawley, Senior Director, Cinema Sales & Services. ‘This celebrates all of the nominees’ outstanding achievements and is a world-class showcase of their dedication to making entertainment sound its best. The competitive entries this year have set the bar high for years to come, and congratulations to the entire Gravity sound team for creating a ground-breaking Dolby Atmos mix.’
‘What an honour to be awarded the first AMPS Award for Excellence in the Craft of Sound for a Feature Film,’ says Glenn Freemantle. ‘This was a great film to work on and with both Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, knowing the importance of sound and making it a priority, it allowed us the creativity and also the time to get Gravity sounding as it did. I have a great sound crew and this award is for all of us."
The Awards will be presented to the winners at an AMPS 25th Anniversary Celebration event in September. AMPS’ Members who have creatively contributed to the winning soundtrack will each receive Certificates of Merit.
‘As a founding member of AMPS, I remember awards being an agenda item at our first meeting,’ says Graham Hartstone from the AMPS Awards Group. ‘Now, 25 years later, we have realised this ambition. I look forward to AMPS Awards growing in scope and prestige in future years. We are honoured and privileged to welcome Dolby as our major sponsor.’
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