Editing The Matrix (section)

=== Accolades ===
{{anchor|Awards}}
{{Main|List of accolades received by the Matrix franchise}}
''The Matrix'' received [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], Best Sound Editing, [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] and [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rinaldi |first=Ray Mark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-crystal-has-a-si/124979015/ |title=Crystal has a sixth sense about keeping overhyped, drawn-out Oscar broadcast lively |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519205244/https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-crystal-has-a-si/124979015/ |date=March 27, 2000 |access-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |page=27 |work=Off the Post-Dispatch |publisher=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/oscars_2000/691746.stm |title=Oscar winners in full |date=March 27, 2000 |publisher=BBC |access-date=March 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329024535/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/oscars_2000/691746.stm|archive-date=March 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The filmmakers were competing against other films with established franchises, like ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'', yet they won all four of their nominations.<ref name="Oscars2000">{{cite web |title=The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/72nd-winners.html |access-date=November 19, 2011 |website=oscars.org |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111921/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/72nd-winners.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="oscars2">{{cite web |title=The Wachowski Brothers biography |url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/the-wachowski-brothers/10799/ |access-date=December 31, 2006 |website=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |publisher=Tribute Entertainment Media Group |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616025239/https://www.tribute.ca/people/the-wachowski-brothers/10799/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Matrix'' also received [[BAFTA]] awards for [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects]], in addition to nominations in the [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|cinematography]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|production design]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|editing]] categories.<ref name="baftas">{{cite web |title=BAFTA Film Winners 1990–1999 |url=http://www.bafta.org/site/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/import/Film_Winners_1990-1999.pdf |access-date=December 31, 2006 | publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts | website=bafta.org |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202074453/http://www.bafta.org/site/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/import/Film_Winners_1990-1999.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, it won [[Saturn Awards]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Direction]].<ref name="Saturn Award">{{cite web |title=Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#film |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=December 31, 2006 |publisher=SaturnAwards.org }}</ref> In February 2022, the film was named one of the five finalists for Oscars Cheer Moment as part of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]' "[[Oscars Fan Favorite]]" contest, for the "bullet time" scene, finishing in fifth place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscarsfanfavorite.com/cheer |title=Oscars Fan Favorite |publisher=Oscars Fan Favorite |date= |accessdate=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225214941/https://www.oscarsfanfavorite.com/cheer |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/zack-snyders-justice-league-oscars-cheer-moment-winner/ |title=Zack Snyder's Justice League Tops 'Oscars Cheer Moment' List |publisher=CBR |date=March 28, 2022 |accessdate=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401193531/https://www.cbr.com/zack-snyders-justice-league-oscars-cheer-moment-winner/ |url-status=live }}</ref>