The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Sound is awarded yearly by the Australian Film Institute

Australian Film Institute

The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...

 for excellence in sound editing. The award was first distributed in 1977 with the first winner being William Anderson for the film Don's Party

Don's Party

Don's Party is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The film based on the play was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...

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1970s

1977: Don's Party

Don's Party

Don's Party is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The film based on the play was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...

 – William Anderson

1978: The Last Wave

The Last Wave

The Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white Australian lawyer whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case for Aborigine defendants...

 – Don Connelly, Greg Bell, Phil Judd

Phil Judd

Philip Judd is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for being one of the founders of the bands Split Enz and The Swingers.-Split Enz:...

1979: Mad Max

Mad Max

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who was unknown at the time. Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story...

 – Gary Wilkins, Bryon Kennedy, Roger Savage, Ned Dawson

1980s

1980: Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, soldier and convicted war criminal whose skill with horses earned him the nickname "The Breaker"...

 – Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Jeanine Chialvo, Phil Judd

1981: Gallipoli

Gallipoli

The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...

 – Don Connelly, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton

1982: Mad Max 2 – Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Byron Kennedy

Byron Kennedy

Byron Eric Kennedy Born Melbourne was an Australian film producer best known for the Mad Max series of films....

, Lloyd Carrick, Mark van Buuren, P. Robinson, Andrew Stewart

1983: Phar Lap

Phar Lap

Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...

 – Peter Burgess, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood

Phil Heywood

Phil Heywood is an American fingerstyle acoustic guitar player, singer and composer.- Biography:Raised in Iowa, Heywood has been based in the Minneapolis area since the mid 1980's....

, Ron Purvis, Terry Rodman, Gary Wilkins

1984: Streethero – Gary Wilkins, Mark Wasiutak, Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Terry Rodman, David Harrison

1985 Rebel – Mark Lewis, Penn Robinson, Julian Ellingworth
Jim Taig

1986 Malcolm

Malcolm (film)

Malcolm is a 1986 Australian cult film, written by David Parker and directed by Nadia Tass. The film stars Colin Friels as the titular tram enthusiast who becomes involved with petty crime. The film won the 1986 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.At the start of the film Malcolm is...

 – Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Dean Gawen
Paul Clark

1987 Ground Zero

Ground Zero (1987 film)

Ground Zero is an Australian drama-thriller about a cinematographer who, prompted by curiosity about some old film footage taken by his father, embarks on a quest to find out the truth about British nuclear tests at Maralinga...

 – Gary Wilkins, Mark Wasiutak, Roger Savage
Livia Ruzic, Craig Carter

1988 The Lighthorsemen

The Lighthorsemen (film)

The Lighthorsemen is a 1987 Australian feature film about the men of a World War I light horse unit involved in the 1917 Battle of Beersheeba...

 – Lloyd Carrick, Craig Carter, Peter Burgess
James Currie, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Wood

1989 Dead Calm

Dead Calm (film)

Dead Calm is a 1989 thriller film starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. It was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Williams...

 – Ben Osmo, Lee Smith, Roger Savage

1990s

1990: Blood Oath

Blood Oath (film)

Blood Oath is a 1990 Australian feature film, known in some countries as Prisoners of the Sun. The film is based on the real-life trial of Japanese soldiers for war crimes committed against Allied prisoners of war on the island of Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies , such as the Laha massacre of...

 – Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh,Roger Savage

1991: Dingo

Dingo (film)

Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. It traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson , an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross...

 – Henri Morelle, Ashley Grenville, James Currie

1992: Romper Stomper

Romper Stomper

-Awards:The film was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards. It won Best Achievement in Sound, Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Original Music Score.-Box office and Reception:Romper Stomper grossed $3,165,034 at the box office in Australia,...

 – Steve Burgess, David Lee, Frank Lipson

1993: The Piano

The Piano

The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin...

 – Lee Smith, Tony Johnson, Gethin Creagh
Peter Townsend, Annabelle Sheehan

1994: Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding is a 1994 Australian-French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film, which stars actresses Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve...

 – David Lee, Glenn Newnham, Livia Ruzic
Roger Savage

1995: Metal Skin – Frank Lipson, David Lee, Steve Burgess
Peter Burgess, Glenn Newnham

1996: Shine

Shine (film)

Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris...

 – Toivo Lember, Roger Savage
Livia Ruzic, Gareth Vanderhope

1997: Kiss or Kill – Gethin Creagh, Toivo Lember
Wayne Pashley

1998: Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda (film)

Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 romantic drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey.-Plot:...

 – Andrew Plain, Ben Osmo
Gethin Creagh

1999: In a Savage Land – Toivo Lember, Gethin Creagh
Peter Smith, Wayne Pashley

2000s

2000: Bootmen

Bootmen

Bootmen is a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film, directed by Dein Perry. It was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in Canada and USA and 20th Century Fox Distribution in Australia and funded by the Australian Film Finance Corporation...

 – David Lee, Laurence Maddy,
Andrew Plain, Ian McLaughlin

2001: Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...

 – Andy Nelson, Roger Savage
Guntis Sics

2002: Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)

Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara...

 – Bronwyn Murphy, Craig Carter
Ian McLoughlin, John Penders

2003: Japanese Story

Japanese Story

Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

 – Livia Ruzic, Peter Grace
Peter Smith

2004: Somersault

Somersault (film)

Somersault is an Australian independent film, written and directed by Cate Shortland and released in September 2004. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival...

 – Mark Blackwell, Peter Smith
Sam Petty

2005: Little Fish

Little Fish (film)

Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield...

 – Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Robert Sullivan,
Yulia Akerholt

2006: Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes is a 2006 film. It was directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starred Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling across the Arafura Swamp, taken by anthropologist Donald Thomson in...

 – James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Michael Bakaloff,
Rory McGregor

2007: Noise – Emma Bortignon, Doron Kipen & Philippe Decrausaz

2008: Unfinished Sky

Unfinished Sky

Unfinished Sky is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. It is based on the 1998 Dutch film De Poolse bruid.- Plot :...

 – Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin & Will Ward

2009: Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah (2009 film)

Samson and Delilah is a 2009 Australian film and was directed by Warwick Thornton. It stars Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, both young first time actors. It was filmed in and around Alice Springs...

 – Liam Egan, David Tranter, Robert Sullivan,
Tony Murtagh, Yulia Akerholt & Les Fiddess

2010s

2010: Tomorrow, When the War Began – Andrew Plain, David Lee, Gethin Greagh, Robert Sulivan