- Midge Costin was a feature film sound editor in Hollywood, having collaborated on the soundtracks for filmmakers such as John Waters (Crybaby), Kenneth Branagh (Dead Again), Tony Scott (Crimson Tide) and Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock). Two of the films, Crimson Tide and Armageddon, for which she edited effects and dialogue, received Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing.
Several of the films Costin worked on received nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel Award with Crimson Tide winning for Best Feature Film Sound Editing.
She is a past Board member of the MPSE and is a long-standing member of the Editors Guild.
In 2005 she earned a spot on the U.S. Surf Kayaking Team, winning the World Championship in Costa Rica. In 2007, the team took fifth place in Spain.
Costin is the Kay Rose Professor in the Art of Dialogue & Sound Editing. She is the first to hold this endowed chair, which was given by George Lucas in 2005 and has been Head of Sound at SCA since 2000.- IMDb Mini Biography By: BPN - Midge Costin produced and directed the award-winning feature documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound which had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and its international premiere at Cannes Film Festival in 2019. She was nominated for Best First Time Director by Critics Choice Awards. The film & its crew received multiple awards and nominations including ACE (American Cinema Editors), MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors), Cinema Eye, and won the CAS (Cinema Audio Society) for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. She is a tenured professor & initial holder of the Kay Rose Endowed Chair in the Art of Sound Editing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Costin has been a feature film sound editor in Hollywood, having worked at every major studio. She has collaborated on the soundtracks for filmmakers such as Tony Scott (Crimson Tide), Michael Bay (The Rock), Kenneth Branagh (Dead Again), John Waters (Crybaby), and David Wolper (Imagine: John Lennon). Crimson Tide and Armageddon - for which she edited effects and dialogue - received Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing (SupSndEditors George Watters, & Cece Hall). Several of the films Costin has sound edited have received nominations for the MPSE Golden Reel Award. Crimson Tide won for Best Feature Film Sound Editing.
She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a past Board member of the MPSE, and was a long-standing member of the Editors Guild.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mac
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