AACTA Award for Best Sound

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Sound is an award awarded yearly by the Australian Film Institute for excellence in sound editing, The award was first distributed in 1977 with the first winner being William Anderson for the film Don's Party.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Film	Subject
1970s
1977	Don's Party	William Anderson
	Oz	Les Luxford
	Raw Deal	Bruce Lamshed
	Storm Boy	Bob Cogger
1978	The Last Wave	Don Connolly, Greg Bell, Phil Judd
	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Bob Allen, William Anderson, Peter Burgess, Dean Gawen, Gerry Humphreys
	The Getting of Wisdom	Desmond Bone, Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Peter Fenton
	Newsfront	Tim Lloyd, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton
1979	Mad Max	Gary Wilkins, Byron Kennedy, Roger Savage, Ned Dawson
1980s
1980	Breaker Morant	Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Jeanine Chiavlo, Phil Judd
	The Chain Reaction	Lloyd Carrick, Tim Wellburn, Phil Judd
	Harlequin	Gary Wilkins, Adrian Carr, Peter Fenton
	Stir	Gary Wilkins, Andrew Steuart, Phil Judd
1981	Gallipoli	Don Connolly, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton
	Hoodwink	Gary Wilkins, Andrew Steuart, Peter Fenton
	The Survivor	Tim Lloyd, Bruce Longhead, Peter Fenton
	Winter of Our Dreams	Lloyd Carrick, Andrew Steuart, Phil Judd, Phil Hayward
1982	Mad Max 2	Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Byron Kennedy, Lloyd Carrick, Marc van Buuren, Penn Robinson, Andrew Steuart
	Heatwave	Julian Ellingworth, Grant Stuart, Lloyd Carrick, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton
	The Man from Snowy River	Terry Rodman, Gary Wilkins, Robert J. Litt
	Moving Out	G. White, Martin Jeffs
1983	Phar Lap	Peter Burgess, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Ron Purvis, Terry Rodman, Gary Wilkins
	Buddies	Peter Barker, Julian Ellingworth, Marc van Buuren
	Careful, He Might Hear You	Syd Butterfield, Julian Ellingworth, Roger Savage, Andrew Steuart
	The Year of Living Dangerously	Jeanine Chiavlo, Peter Fenton, Lee Smith, Andrew Steuart
1984	Street Hero	Gary Wilkins, Mark J. Wasiutak, Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Terry Rodman, David Harrison
	BMX Bandits	Andrew Steuart, John Patterson, Robin Judge, Phil Judd, Gethin Creagh
	Razorback	Tim Lloyd, Ron Purvis, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Greg Bell, Helen Brown, Ashley Grenville
	Strikebound	Dean Gawen, Gethin Creagh, Frank Lipson, Martin Oswin, Rex Watts
1985	Rebel	Mark Lewis, Penn Robinson, Julian Ellingworth, Jim Taig
	Bliss	Dean Gawen, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Gary Wilkins, Helen Brown, Ron Purvis
	The Coca-Cola Kid	Mark Lewis, Gethin Creagh, Martin Oswin, Dean Gawen, Helen Brown
	Frog Dreaming	Mark Lewis, Craig Carter, Ken Sallows, Tim Chau, Rex Watts, Roger Savage
1986	Malcolm	Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Dean Gawen, Paul Clark
	Burke & Wills	Syd Butterworth, Phil Heywood, Ron Punis, Lee Smith, Peter Fenton, Jeanine Chiavlo
	Playing Beatie Bow	Robert 'Gotch' Cutcher, Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham, James Currie, Peter D. Smith, David Harrison
	Young Einstein	Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Steve Burgess, Geoff Grist, Anne Breslin, Peter Fenton
1987	Ground Zero	Gary Wilkins, Mark J. Wasiutak, Livia Ruzic, Craig Carter, Roger Savage
	Belinda	Tim Lloyd, Martin Oswin, John Herron, David Hugged, Glenn Auchinachie, Dimity Gregson
	Echoes of Paradise	Tim Lloyd, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin Oswin
	High Tide	Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Ben Osmo, Geoff Krix, John Jordan, Anne Breslin, John Patterson, Martin Oswin
1988	The Lighthorsemen	Lloyd Carrick, Craig Carter, Peter Burgess, James Currie, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Wood
	Dangerous Game	Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin Oswin
	The Man from Snowy River II	Terry Rodman, David Harrison, Ron Purvis, Tim Chau, Peter Burgess, Gary Wilkins
	Rikky and Pete	Roger Savage, Lloyd Carrick, Frank Lipson, Craig Carter, Chris Goldsmith, Ross Chambers
1989	Dead Calm	Ben Osmo, Lee Smith, Roger Savage
	Evil Angels	Craig Carter, Terry Rodman, Peter Fenton, Martin Oswin
	Georgia	John Phillips, Roger Savage, Frank Lipson, Ross Porter
	Ghosts… of the Civil Dead	Bronwyn Murphy, Rex Watts, Peter Clancy
1990s
1990	Blood Oath	Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh, Roger Savage
	The Big Steal	John Wilkinson, Dean Gawen
	Flirting	Antony Gray, Ross Linton, Phil Judd
	Golden Braid	James Currie
1991	Dingo	Henri Morelle, Ashley Grenville, James Currie
	Isabelle Eberhardt	Bernard Aubouy, Dean Gawen, Roger Savage
	Proof	Lloyd Carrick, Glenn Newnham, Roger Savage
	Till There Was You	Gary Wilkins, Tim Jordan, Phil Judd
1992	Romper Stomper	Steve Burgess, David Lee, Frank Lipson
	Black Robe	Phil Judd, Penn Robinson, Gary Wilkins
	Love in Limbo	Phil Judd, Guntis Sics, Karin Whittington
	Strictly Ballroom	Bruce Brown, Ben Osmo, Roger Savage
1993	The Piano	Lee Smith, Tony Johnson, Gethin Creagh, Peter Townend, Annabelle Sheehan
	Broken Highway	Penn Robinson, Jeanine Chiavlo, Paul 'Salty' Brincat
	Map of the Human Heart	Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh
	Shotgun Wedding	John Dennison, Tony Vaccher, John Patterson, Ross Linton, Nicholas Holmes
1994	Muriel's Wedding	David Lee, Glenn Newnham, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage
	Body Melt	Philip Brophy, Craig Carter
	Sirens	Dean Humphreys, David Lee, Susan Midgley
	The Sum of Us	John Dennison, John Patterson, Leo Sullivan, Tony Vaccher
1995	Metal Skin	Frank Lipson, David Lee, Steve Burgess, Peter Burgess, Glenn Newnham
	Hotel Sorrento	Roger Savage, Gareth Vanderhope, Glenn Newnham, James Harvey
	Mushrooms	John Dennison, Tony Vaccher, John Patterson, David Lee
	Vacant Possession	Tony Vaccher, John Dennison, Bronwyn Murphy, John Patterson
1996	Shine	Toivo Lember, Roger Savage, Livia Ruzic, Gareth Vanderhope
	Children of the Revolution	Guntis Sics, Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh
	Dead Heart	Ian McLoughlin, Tim Jordan, John Penders, Phil Tipene
	To Have & to Hold	Dean Gawen, Rex Watts, Paul Huntingford, Stephen Vaughan
1997	Kiss or Kill	Wayne Pashley, Toivo Lember, Gethin Creagh
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline	John Dennison, Tony Vaccher, John Patterson, Craig Butters, Chris Alderton
	Idiot Box	Liam Egan, Phil Judd, Alicia Slusarski, David White
	The Well	Anne Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Bronwyn Murphy
1998	Oscar and Lucinda	Andrew Plain, Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh
	The Boys	Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Phil Judd
	Head On	Lloyd Carrick, Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Livia Ruzic
	The Interview	Peter Palankay, Steve Witherow, John Wilkinson, Peter D. Smith
1999	In a Savage Land	Toivo Lember, Gethin Creagh, Peter D. Smith, Wayne Pashley
	Passion	Andrew Plain, Phil Judd, Guntis Sics, Anne Breslin, Jane Paterson
	Praise	Simon Leadley, Brent Burge, Andrew Plain, Antony Gray, Gethin Creagh, Phil Tipene
	Two Hands	Lee Smith, Ross Linton, Philip Heywood, Peter Townend, Tim Jordan, Nick Breslin
2000s
2000	Bootmen	David Lee, Laurence Maddy, Andrew Plain, Ian McLoughlin
	Chopper	Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham, Steve Burgess, John Schiefelbein
	The Magic Pudding	Phil Judd, Dave Eggins, Julius Chan, Liam Egan, Les Fiddess
	A Wreck A Tangle	Phil Judd, Bronwyn Murphy, Liam Egan, Julius Chan
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Andy Nelson, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
	The Bank	Phil Heywood, Sam Petty, Andrew Ramage
	Lantana	Syd Butterworth, Andrew Plain, Robert Sullivan
	La Spagnola	Peter Grace, Phil Judd, Andrew Plain
2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Bronwyn Murphy, Craig Carter, Ricky Edwards, John Penders
	Australian Rules	Phil Judd, Julius Chan, Liam Egan, Jenny T. Ward
	Garage Days	Peter Grace, Tony Vaccher, Phil Winters, Simon Leadley
	Walking on Water	Liam Egan, Robert Sullivan, Delia McCarthy, Jenny T. Ward
2003	Japanese Story	Livia Ruzic, Peter Grace, Peter D. Smith
	Alexandra's Project	James Currie, Andrew Plain, Nada Mikas, Rory McGregor
	Gettin' Square	John Schiefelbein, Antony Gray, Ian McLoughlin
	Ned Kelly	Gary Wilkins, Colin Miller, Adrian Rhodes
2004	Somersault	Mark Blackwell, Peter D. Smith, Sam Petty
	One Perfect Day	Glenn Newnham, Jack McKerrow, Paul Pirola
	Thunderstruck	Peter D. Smith, Peter Townend, Wayne Pashley
	Tom White	James Currie, Mike Bakaloff, Peter Walker, Tristan Meredith
2005	Little Fish	Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Robert Sullivan, Yulia Akerholt
	Look Both Ways	Andrew Plain, Peter D. Smith, Toivo Lember
	The Proposition	Craig Walmsley, Paul Davies, Richard Davey, Ian Morgan
	Wolf Creek	Des Kenneally, Peter D. Smith, Pete Best, Tom Heuzenroeder
2006	Ten Canoes	James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Mike Bakaloff, Rory McGregor
	Jindabyne	Andrew Plain, Peter Grace, Nada Mikas, Peter Miller, Linda Murdoch, Robert Sullivan
	Macbeth	Frank Lipson, John Wilkinson
	Suburban Mayhem	Liam Egan, Phil Judd, Stephen Vaughan
2007	Noise	Emma Bortignon, Doron Kipen, Philippe Decrausaz
	Clubland	Andrew Neil, Ian McLoughlin, Liam Egan, Stephen Vaughan
	The Home Song Stories	Craig Carter, James Harvey, Andrew Neil, John Wilkinson
	Romulus, My Father	Sam Petty, Gary Wilkins, Phil Heywood
2008	Unfinished Sky	Andrew Plain, Anne Breslin, William Ward
	The Black Balloon	Ben Osmo, Paul Pirola
	Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger	Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Phil Judd, Des Kenneally
	The Tender Hook	Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Phil Judd, Gary Wilkins
2009	Samson and Delilah	Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Robert Sullivan, Yulia Akerholt, Les Fiddess
	Australia	Wayne Pashley, Guntis Sics
	Balibo	Sam Petty, Emma Bortignon, Phil Heywood, Ann Aucote
	Mao's Last Dancer	David Lee, Andrew Neil, Yulia Akerholt, Mark Franken, Roger Savage
2010s
2010	Tomorrow, When the War Began	Andrew Plain, David Lee, Gethin Creagh, Robert Sullivan
	Animal Kingdom	Sam Petty, Robert Mackenzie, Philippe Decrausaz, Leah Katz, Brooke Trezise, Richard Pain
	Beneath Hill 60	Liam Egan, Alicia Slusarski, Mark Cornish, Tony Murtagh, Robert Sullivan, Mario Vaccaro
	Bran Nue Dae	Andrew Neil, Steve Burgess, Peter Mills, Mario Vaccaro, Blair Slater, David Bridie, Scott Montgomery
AACTA Awards
2011 (1st)	Snowtown	Frank Lipson, Andrew McGrath, Des Kenneally, Michael Carden, John Simpson, Erin McKimm
	The Hunter	Sam Petty, David Lee, Robert Mackenzie, Les Fiddess, Tony Murtagh, Tom Heuzenroeder
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Wayne Pashley, Derryn Pasquill, Polly McKinnon, Fabian Sanjurjo, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Smith
	Mad Bastards	Phil Judd, Nick Emond, Johanna Emond, Les Fiddess, Jennifer Sochackyj, Beth Tredray
2012 (2nd)	The Sapphires	Andrew Plain, Bry Jones, Peter D. Smith, Ben Osmo, John Simpson
	Burning Man	David Lee, Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh
	Lore	Sam Petty, Michael Busch, Robert Mackenzie, Antony Gray, Yulia Akerholt, Brooke Trezise
	Swerve	Peter D. Smith, John Simpson, Martyn Zub, Des Kenneally
2013 (3rd)	The Great Gatsby	Wayne Pashley, Jenny T. Ward, Fabian Sanjurjo, Steve Maslow, Phil Heywood, Guntis Sics
	Mystery Road	Lawrence Horne, Nick Emond, Zheng 'Joe' Huang, Phil Judd, Les Fiddess, Greg P. Fitzgerald
	The Rocket	Sam Petty, Brooke Trezise, Nick Emond, Sam Hayward, Yulia Akerholt
	Satellite Boy	Phil Judd, Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Glenn Butler, Les Fiddess, Jennifer Sochackyj
2014 (4th)	The Rover	Sam Petty, Des Kenneally, Justine Angus, Brooke Trezise, Francis Ward Lindsay, Robert Mackenzie
	Charlie's Country	James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder
	Felony	William Ward, Andrew Plain, Grant Shepherd, Robert Mackenzie
	The Railway Man	Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh, Craig Walmsley, Colin Nicolson
2015 (5th)	Mad Max: Fury Road	Ben Osmo, David White, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Wayne Pashley, Mark A. Mangini
	The Dressmaker	Andrew Ramage, Glenn Newnham, Chris Goodes, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis
	Paper Planes	Chris Goodes, James Ashton, Emma Bortignon, Trevor Hope
	Partisan	Robert Mackenzie, Dane Cody
2016 (6th)	Hacksaw Ridge	Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Peter Grace
	The Daughter	Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Tony Murtagh, James Andrews, Yulia Akerholt, Robert Sullivan
	Gods of Egypt	Wayne Pashley, Peter Grace, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo, Greg P. Fitzgerald, Peter Purcell
	Tanna	Emma Bortignon, James Ashton, Martin Butler
2017 (7th)	Lion	James Ashton, Nakul Kamte, Robert Mackenzie, Glenn Newnham, Andrew Ramage, Mario Vaccaro
	Jasper Jones	Yulia Akerholt, James Andrews, Liam Egan, Les Fiddess, Trevor Hope, Robert Sullivan
	Killing Ground	Francis Byrne, Cate Cahill, Serge Lacroix
	The Lego Batman Movie	Gregg Landaker, Rick Lisle, Wayne Pashley, Fabian Sanjurgo, Michael Semanick
2018 (8th)	Breath	Jed Dodge, Trevor Hope, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb
	Cargo	Liam Egan, Leah Katz, Des Kenneally, Robert Sullivan
	Sweet Country	Sam Gain-Emery, Thom Kellar, Will Sheridan, David Tranter
	Upgrade	Will Files, P.K. Hooker, Andrew Ramage
2019 (9th)	Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan	Liam Egan, Craig Walmsley, Alicia Slusarski, Robert Sullivan, Tony Murtagh, Les Fiddess
	Hotel Mumbai	Sam Petty, Pete Smith, Nakul Kamte, James Currie, Peter Ristic
	The King	Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty, Gareth John, Leah Katz, Mario Vacarro, Tara Webb
	The Nightingale	Robert Mackenzie, Dean Ryan, Leah Katz, Pete Smith
2020s
2020 (10th)	The Invisible Man	P.K Hooker, Will Files, Paul "Salty" Brincat
	Babyteeth	Sam Hayward, Angus Robertson, Rick Lisle, Nick Emond
	I Am Woman	Robert Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, Pete Smith, Tara Webb
	Relic	Robert Mackenzie, John Wilkinson, Steve Burgess, Glenn Newnham
	True History of the Kelly Gang	Frank Lipson, Steve Single, Andrew Neil, Andrew Ramage
2021 (11th)	Mortal Kombat	Robert Mackenzie, Steve Burgess, Phil Heywood
	Ascendant	Angus Robertson & Peter Purcell
	The Dry	Chris Goodes
	Nitram	Steve Single, Dean Ryan & James Ashton
	Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	Kevin O'Connell, Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright & Ben Osmo
2022 (12th)	Elvis	David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, Michael Keller
	Bosch & Rockit	Angus Robertson, Sam Hayward, Scott Mulready, Leah Katz, Cameron Grant, Les Fiddess
	The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson	Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Leah Katz, Robert Sullivan, Tom Heuzenroeder, Les Fiddess
	The Stranger	Andy Wright, Will Sheridan, Beth Bezzina, Chris Goodes
	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Robert Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, Yulia Akerholt, James Ashton
2023 (13th)	Talk to me	Emma Bortignon, Pete Smith, Nick Steele
	Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism	Benni Knop
	Scarygirl	Stuart Morton, Cameron Grant, Diego Ruiz
	Seriously Red	Angus Robertson, Sam Hayward, Guntis Sics, Danielle Wiessner
	Three Chords and the Truth	Anthony Marsh

References

1. "AFI AWARD WINNERS FEATURE CATEGORIES 1958-2009". afi.org.au. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2010.