Renée Tondelli is an Oscar nominated Hollywood supervising sound editor. She began her career in Chicago as a sound engineer at WLS Radio while going to Columbia College before moving to LA. Her film career has spanned over 30 years, working with top Hollywood directors, actors and producers. She is best known for her work on The Little Mermaid (2023), The Color Purple (2023), The Trial of the Chicago 7, Borat, Mary Poppins Returns, Deepwater Horizon, American Hustle, The Passion of the Christ, Django Unchained, Meet the Parents and many others.  

She was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for Best Sound on Deep Water Horizon. Her passion for sound started in radio where she learned to tell stories through imagination and sound.  She currently lives in Los Angeles with her screenwriter husband and their GoldenDoodle, Cooper.

Awards and nominations:

2021: CinEuphoria Award. Best Sound/Sound Effects

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Nominated)

2021: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Won)

2019: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

Mary Poppins Returns (Nominated)

2017: Oscar, Academy Award. Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Deepwater Horizon (Nominated)

2017: BAFTA Award. Best Sound

Deepwater Horizon (Nominated)

2015: AMPS, Excellence in Sound

Into the Woods (Nominated)

2014: Satellite Award. Best Sound     

Into the Woods (Won)

2014: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

American Hustle (Nominated)

2014: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

Lone Survivor  (Nominated)

2007: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

World Trade Center (Nominated)

2006: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing

              Memoirs of a Geisha (Won)

2005: MPSE, Golden Reel Award. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing              

The Passion of the Christ (Nominated)