Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today that all Oscar
®-nominated films in the Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Sound Mixing categories were released with Dolby® audio technologies. This marks the 33rd consecutive year that films released with Dolby audio technologies have earned Academy Award® nominations for outstanding sound quality.
“For four decades Dolby has worked alongside the masters of audio to deliver the necessary tools to create an immersing moviegoing experience for the audience,” said David Gray, Vice President, Worldwide Production Services, Dolby Laboratories. “Once again, Dolby congratulates the nominees and expresses its sincere appreciation for its continued partnership as we strive to establish future audio innovations to enrich the cinematic landscape.”
Recognized as the de facto standard for high-quality audio in cinema, Dolby’s audio technologies— including Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Surround EX™, and the newly released Dolby Surround 7.1 format—have dramatically enhanced the moviegoing experience.
The 83rd annual Academy Awards program is scheduled to be televised live from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre in high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 by ABC on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET.
Nominees for
Achievement in Sound Editing include:
Inception (Warner Bros.)
Richard King
Dolby Digital
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios)
Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Surround EX, and Dolby Surround 7.1
Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures)
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround 7.1
True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Dolby Digital
Unstoppable (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Dolby Digital
Nominees for Achievement in Sound Mixing include:
Inception (Warner Bros.)
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
Dolby Digital
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
Dolby Digital
Salt (Columbia Pictures)
Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
Dolby Digital
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
Dolby Digital
True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
Dolby Digital