Paul Hsu (sound designer)

Born

U.S.

Occupationssound designer, Re-recording mixer, Supervising sound editor

Yearsactive1995–present

Paul Hsu
Born	U.S.
Occupations	sound designer, Re-recording mixer, Supervising sound editor
Years active	1995–present

Paul Hsu is an American sound designer, re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor.^[1]^[2]^[3] He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from three nominations.^[4]

Paul was invited to become a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2016.^[5] He is a principal partner at c5 sound, inc. in New York City.^[6]^[7]

Selected filmography

2023 – Beau Is Afraid (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2022 – Jeen-Yuhs (re-recording mixer)
2022 – Nanny (sound designer)
2021 – Tick, Tick... Boom! (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2021 – Respect (re-recording mixer)
2021 – Stillwater (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2021 – Summer of Soul (re-recording mixer)
2020 – American Utopia (re-recording mixer)
2020 – Da 5 Bloods (re-recording mixer)
2019 – Motherless Brooklyn (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2017-2019 – She's Gotta Have It (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2018 – Ocean's 8 (supervising sound editor)
2017 – Lady Bird (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2017 – A Night at the Garden (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2017 – American Made (sound designer)
2017 – The Meyerowitz Stories (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2016 – Free State of Jones (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)

2015 – Chi-Raq (re-recording mixer)
2015 – Creative Control (re-recording mixer)
2014 – While We're Young (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2014 – Foxcatcher (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2013 – Cutie and the Boxer (supervising sound editor)
2012 – Frances Ha (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2011 – Win Win (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2010 – Salt (supervising sound editor)
2010 – Bill Cunningham New York (re-recording mixer)
2010 – Greenberg (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2009 – Away We Go (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2009 – Fighting (supervising sound editor)
2008 – Be Kind Rewind (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2006 – God Grew Tired of Us (supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer)
2005 – Street Fight (re-recording mixer)

As composer

2021 – Ruby
2016 – Modern Houses
2006 – Flannel Pajamas
2002 – Justice and the Generals
2001 – Limón: A Life Beyond Words

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	Satellite Awards	Best Sound	Tick, Tick... Boom!	Won	^[8]
	Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Documentary	Summer of Soul	Won	^[9]
	Cinema Eye Honors	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design	Summer of Soul	Nominated	^[10]
2021	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special	American Utopia	Won	^[11]
2013	News and Documentary Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music and Sound	In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution	Won	^[12]
2011	Motion Picture Sound Editors	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film	Salt	Nominated	^[13]
2006	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)	Baghdad ER	Nominated	^[14]
1999	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)	The Farm: Angola, USA	Nominated	^[15]

v t e Satellite Award for Best Sound
1990s	Gary Alper, Skip Lievsay, and Frank Morrone (1999)
2000s	Frank E. Eulner (2000) Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick (2001) Larry Blake (2002) Doug Hemphill, Richard King, Paul Massey, and Art Rochester (2003) Elliott Koretz, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, and Lee Orloff (2004) Paul Brincat, Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, and Matthew Wood (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler, and Richard E. Yawn (2006) Kirk Francis, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, and Gary Rizzo (2008) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller, Rick Kline, Michael McGee, and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009)
2010s	Beau Borders, William B. Kaplan, Kevin O'Connell, and Mark Stoeckinger (2010) Lon Bender, Robert Eber, Victor Ray Ennis, Robert Fernandez, and Dave Paterson (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Lee Walpole, and John Warhurst (2012) Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Craig Mann, and Ben Wilkins (2014) Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor (2015) Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, and Andy Wright (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten (2017) Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, and Ethan Van der Ryn (2018) David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, and Donald Sylvester (2019)
2020s	Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc, and Carolina Santana (2020) Paul Hsu and Tod A. Maitland (2021) Al Nelson, James Mather, Mark Weingarten, and Bjorn Schroeder (2022) Richard King, Steven A. Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, and Dean A. Zupancic (2023) Jack Dolman, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, and Nancy Nugent Title (2024)

Paul Hsu (sound designer)

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

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