Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing was a former Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the creation and editing of sound effects for motion pictures.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing	63
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing canonical	16
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (for Mad Max: Fury Road, as production company)	1
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing nomination	1
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects	1
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects (won)	1
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing (Saving Private Ryan)	1
Best Sound Effects Editing	1
Oscar for Best Sound Effects Editing	1
Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing	1
Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T712978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
Context triple: [Willow, nominatedFor, Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing]

A. Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
B. Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the editing of feature films.
C. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
D. Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
The Saturn Award for Best Special Effects is an annual honor presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recognizing outstanding visual and special effects work in genre films.
E. Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding original music composed specifically for a motion picture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing was a former Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the creation and editing of sound effects for motion pictures.

A. Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
B. Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the editing of feature films.
C. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
D. Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
The Saturn Award for Best Special Effects is an annual honor presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recognizing outstanding visual and special effects work in genre films.
E. Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding original music composed specifically for a motion picture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
awardCategoryDomain	sound in film ⓘ
awardFor	achievement in sound editing ⓘ achievement in sound effects ⓘ sound effects editing in motion pictures ⓘ
awardingOrganizationType	professional film organization ⓘ
categoryType	technical award ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage	English ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinued	2002 ⓘ
firstPresentedAsCompetitiveCategory	1981 ⓘ
focus	creation of sound effects ⓘ editing of sound effects ⓘ
genreOfWorkRecognized	narrative feature film ⓘ
hasAwardedProfession	sound designer ⓘ sound editor ⓘ supervising sound editor ⓘ
hasMedium	film ⓘ
hasOfficialNameLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	1963 ⓘ
inceptionAsSpecialAchievement	1963 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
isFormerCategoryOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
lastYearAwarded	2002 ⓘ
partOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
presentedAtEvent	annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
region	Hollywood ⓘ
replacedBy	Academy Award for Best Sound Editing ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (later Best Sound) ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Sound
scope	feature films ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
shortName	Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ
status	retired award ⓘ

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