James Mather

James H. Mather is a British sound editor. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more in the category Best Sound for the films Belfast, Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.

Selected filmography Belfast (2021; co-nominated with Denise Yarde, Simon Chase and Niv Adiri) Top Gun: Maverick (2022; co-won with Mark Weingarten, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023; co-nominated with Chris Munro, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)

Awards and nominations Major associations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2001 48th Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Chicken Run 2003 50th Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Television Animation – Sound Legend of the Lost Tribe 2005 52nd Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature King Arthur Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form – Sound Effects & Foley The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 57th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special 2006 53rd Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Animated Features Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2008 55th Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2009 56th Golden Reel Awards The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2010 57th Golden Reel Awards Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2011 58th Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2012 65th British Academy Film Awards Best Sound Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2019 72nd British Academy Film Awards Mission: Impossible – Fallout 66th Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film 2022 69th Golden Reel Awards Belfast 94th Academy Awards Best Sound 2023 76th British Academy Film Awards Best Sound Top Gun: Maverick 70th Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR for Feature Film Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley for Feature Film 95th Academy Awards Best Sound 2024 96th Academy Awards Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One