Andrew Twite loves his job.

And he is good at what he does.

Twite, a Vienna native, is one of the sound effects editors nominated for a 2018 Golden Reel Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors for their work on the “Pickle Rick” episode of the “Rick and Morty” sitcom on the Adult Swim network.

The MPSE is having its 65th awards ceremony Sunday night at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles.

“Pickle Rick” was nominated in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Animation Short Film.

“Rick and Morty,” which has finished its third season, is an adult animated science-fiction series that follows the adventures of scientist Rick and his grandson Morty. The sitcom is popular among young adults.

“Most of the editorial and design I do for ‘Rick and Morty’ is pretty intense,” Twite, 37, a 1998 graduate of Parkersburg High School, said in an email. “Lasers, explosions, etc.”

Twite said he and co-worker Kailand Reily edited sound in “Pickle Rick” from picking up small objects, using silverware and writing to big action sequences with guns, lasers, fighting and explosions.

Twite described “Rick and Morty” as hysterical. “Pickle Rick is an excellent episode. I loved it,” he said. “The producers want to make people laugh.”

Twite expects “Rick and Morty” to continue for another season because of its success, but he does not have confirmation on that. He has worked on 20 episodes of the series from 2015-2017 in his 11-year professional career.

Twite works in sound editorial/sound design for Margarita Mix studio in Hollywood, Calif. The company does work for commercials, reality television shows and animation, with Twite concentrating on animation.

For animations, the dialogue is the first thing recorded, Twite said. “Once they have recorded the dialogue and chosen the takes they are going to use, then the animation is started.”

This allows the animators to create the best image and time the image to the dialogue, which is “king in television,” Twite said.

Once Twite and others finish the design and editorial, one of the mixers balances the music, dialogue and sound effects, he said, describing his work as an “artistic craft.”

Twite was part of a sound team that was nominated for a Golden Reel Award last year for the “Fish Out of Water” episode in “BoJack Horseman,” an adult animated series, but it did not win.

Twite and other members of the sound department won a Golden Reel Award in 2008 for Best Sound Editing — Direct to Video for “Return to House on Haunted Hill.” This was when Twite was starting out in the business and not getting paid for some of his work, he said.

Twite is working on four shows now, including doing sound work for “Final Space,” an animated science fiction series that debuts on TBS on Feb. 26.

Twite said he and his sister Sarah Anthony support each other in the filmmaking business and “talk shop.” They live near each other in Los Angeles.

Twite was excited that Anthony was one of the producers for “Kailash,” which won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 27.

On Jan. 28 Anthony was one of the producers on “The Defiant Ones,” which won a Grammy in the Best Music Film category at the Grammy Awards in New York City.

“Her success was long overdue,” Twite said.

Twite graduated from Ohio State University in 2003 with a degree in communications and from the Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design in 2006. He said he got a great education and practical, hands-on training at Savannah.

For those wanting to work in sound design, Twite suggests attending a trade or art school, which has practical, technology training, for at least two years.

And you must be willing to work and hone your craft — even when the pay isn’t the greatest, he said.

Twite said he loves watching cartoons and movies and reading books. He watched cartoons while growing up in Vienna.

Contact Paul LaPann at plapann@newsandsentinel.com