James Mather (sound editor)

James H. Mather is a British supervising sound editor.^[1][2][3][4] He won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more for the films Belfast (2021), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). He was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards for his works on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

James Mather
Occupation	Supervising sound editor
Years active	1984–present

Selected filmography

• Belfast (2021; co-nominated with Denise Yarde, Simon Chase and Niv Adiri)^[5][6]
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022; co-won with Mark Weingarten, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)^[7]
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023; co-nominated with Chris Munro, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)^[8][9]

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	48th Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature	Chicken Run	Nominated
2003	50th Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Television Animation – Sound	Legend of the Lost Tribe	Nominated
2005	52nd Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature	King Arthur	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form – Sound Effects & Foley	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Nominated
	57th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special		Won
2006	53rd Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Animated Features	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Won
2008	55th Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Nominated
2009	56th Golden Reel Awards		The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	Nominated
2010	57th Golden Reel Awards		Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nominated
2011	58th Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Nominated
2012	65th British Academy Film Awards	Best Sound	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Nominated
2019	72nd British Academy Film Awards		Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Nominated
	66th Golden Reel Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film		Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film		Nominated
2022	69th Golden Reel Awards		Belfast	Nominated
	94th Academy Awards	Best Sound		Nominated
2023	76th British Academy Film Awards	Best Sound	Top Gun: Maverick	Nominated
	70th Golden Reel Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR for Feature Film		Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley for Feature Film		Won
	95th Academy Awards	Best Sound		Won
2024	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One		96th Academy Awards	Nominated

References

1. Hart, Hugh (2 March 2022). "How the soundscape of 'Belfast' puts the audience in the middle of a riot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
2. Walden, Jennifer (2 January 2022). "Sound Supervior James Mather On The Refined Sound Of Ridley Scott's 'House Of Gucci'". A Sound Effect. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
3. Tangcay, Jazz (24 January 2022). "How the 'Belfast' Sound Team Anchored Environment in Childhood, Memory and Nostalgia". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
4. McGovern, Joe (6 January 2022). "'Belfast': Why Sound Designers Used the Roar and Whistle of a Train to Depict a Violent Mob". TheWrap. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
5. Nordyke, Kimberly; Lewis, Hilary (8 February 2022). "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
6. Ordoña, Michael (8 February 2022). "Here is the full list of 2022 Oscar nominations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
7. "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
8. "The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
9. "Oscar Nominations 2024 List: Nominees by Category". ABC. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

External links

• James Mather at IMDb