Transformers was a television show.
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing . This is a list of films that have won or been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects ( 1963 -- 67 , 1975 ) , Sound Effects Editing ( 1977 , 1981 -- 99 ) , or Sound Editing ( 1979 , 2000 -- present ) . Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on the toy line of the same name created by Hasbro . The film won four awards from the Visual Effects Society and was nominated for three Academy Awards , for Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , and Best Visual Effects .