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PRESENTED BY THE MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS KEVIN COSTNER to be honored with the MPSE FILMMAKER AWARD GREG HEDGEPATH to receive the MPSE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD About Greg Hedgepath Supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath has worked in film and TV sound for more than two decades. He is a two-time Golden Reel Award winner whose career highlights also include sound designing the tornadoes in Twister (1996) and the giant bug-like aliens in Starship Troopers (1997). Among his many other credits are The Incredible Hulk (2008), Footloose (2011), Selma (2014), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Queen & Slim (2019), and Coming 2 America (2020). Greg majored in communication at the University of Maryland and minored in electronics. He also studied sound recording at the Eastman School of Music. After college, he worked at National Public Radio as a live music broadcast mixer. He got his start in film via Lucasfilm in Northern California and later worked as a sound editor, sound designer, and supervising sound editor at Sony, Soundelux, Formosa Group, and Warner Bros. MPSE's 72nd Annual Golden Reel Awards is slated for Sunday, February 23, 2025 Motion Picture Sound Editors, the premier organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, will present Oscar ® -winning filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner with the 2025 MPSE Filmmaker Award, bestowed annually to a filmmaker of distinction, and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath will receive the Career Achievement Award for his prolific career in sound editing. Both awards will be presented during MPSE's 72nd Annual Golden Reel Awards gala on February 23, 2025, at the Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The MPSE Filmmaker Award is bestowed upon an individual outside the sound community whose career has demonstrated a great appreciation and understanding of the impact of sound editing. The MPSE Career Achievement Award is presented to a person whose career has made a significant impact on the sound community through exemplary work, service, or leadership. About Kevin Costner Throughout his career, Costner has varied his choices with comedy, action, and drama roles. He has appeared in such popular box- office hits as Silverado, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard, and Wyatt Earp. Costner's exceptional filmmaking abilities were showcased in Dances with Wolves, which he produced, directed, and starred in, and which won seven Academy Awards, including "Best Picture" and "Best Director." In addition to appearing in memorable roles in JFK, The Untouchables, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, he re-teamed with his Bull Durham director Ron Shelton for the hit feature Tin Cup. Currently, Costner is directing, producing, and starring in Horizon: An American Saga, a multi-faceted, years-long span of post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements to the interactions with the Native American people who lived on the land and the determination and at many times, ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it. Through his Territory Pictures, he also serves as executive producer of the Civil War spy drama The Gray House, a six-hour limited series for Paramount +. Costner also produced and co-authored The New York Times bestselling adventure novel The Explorers Guild. When Costner is not working on films, he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar in his band, Modern West, and can be seen playing venues across the country. The band recently recorded a collection of songs from and inspired by Yellowstone entitled Tales From Yellowstone, the follow-up to their Hatfields & McCoys-inspired album Famous for Killing Each Other. The band's song "The Angels Came Down" from their album Turn It On, was adopted by the Gold Star Moms and Gold Star Wives organizations, which support the mothers, wives, and families of fallen soldiers. M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 23 PHOTO: COOPER BATES Kevin Costner Greg Hedgepath