Directory Profile

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.

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.  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. 

Costin worked her way up to editing sound on action adventure films at a time when very few women were cutting Fx in Hollywood (a situation which unfortunately has not changed significantly).  She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a past Board member of the MPSE, and a long-standing member of the Editors Guild.

Costin is a former world champion surf kayaker and an avid hiker & sailor.