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56 I 70 TH A N N UA L M PS E GO L D E N R E E L AWA R DS Career Achievement Award Gwendolyn Yates Whittle "This award reminds me of how lucky and grateful I am to have had the opportunities I've had. I have huge support from my family and my colleagues, which allows me to thrive in a very competitive industry, still be in the thick of it, and work with the most creative people from all over the planet. Huge thanks to all the people who have mentored, supported, and encouraged me through the last 30-plus years. I am eager to see where this takes me next." - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle MPSE Supervising sound editor Gwendolyn Yates Whittle is a three-time Oscar nominee for Avatar, Tron: Legacy, and Avatar: The Way of Water, and has won six Golden Reels on 20 career nominations spanning 1998-2022. She also scored an Emmy nomination for WandaVision last year. Based at Skywalker Sound in Northern California for more than 30 years, Whittle has worked on more than 120 films—from small independents to blockbusters, including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Iron Man, Cloverfield and Jurassic World. Starting as a PA in the art department on the