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Gary Roger Rydstrom (born June 29, 1959) is an American sound designer and film director. He has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards for his work in sound for movies, winning 7.

Life and career[]

Rydstrom was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981.[1] He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, he received the opportunity to work with his mentor, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt.

After gaining invaluable experience as a sound technician in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Rydstrom went on to do sound design for the comedy Spaceballs. The sound design for Backdraft, prepared from scratch, would become the precursor for his sound for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The original sound effects from Backdraft are constantly referenced and have been used for numerous other films including The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and Shrek.[citation needed]

He won an Academy Award for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, for which he pioneered techniques still used today for creating realistic sound effects. Rydstrom also worked with Terminator 2 director James Cameron on a new 5.1 surround sound mix for the original Terminator.

His sound work on Jurassic Park led to further innovations, as he and his team set out to create dinosaur sounds by mixing together numerous different animal vocalizations[2] to make the audience feel as though giant bellowing prehistoric beasts surrounded them. The Oscar-winning film was the first motion picture to be presented in DTS.[3] The T.RexrRoar created by Gary was later re-used for Dim in A Bug's Life, Thanator in Avatar and the Hydra in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

He subsequently went on to work on sound for numerous films including Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report and Finding Nemo. He won an MPSE lifetime achievement award, and regularly speaks at various sound design forums sharing his extensive knowledge and enthusiasm with aspiring sound design artists.

He made his directorial debut with the Pixar short Lifted, for which he received his fourteenth Academy Award nomination. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2006. His debut feature film for the studio, Newt, which was supposed to be about the adventure of two blue-footed newts, and their struggles to work together, was announced in 2008. It supposedly reached the early stages of production, until it was cancelled by Pixar in early 2011 due to story issues. He has also directed the Pixar short Hawaiian Vacation and the Lucasfilm animated feature Strange Magic.[4][5]

Rydstrom has also served as English language director on Tales From Earthsea, Arrietty, From Up on Poppy Hill, and The Wind Rises, all of which were produced by the Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli.

Awards and nominations[]

Gary Rydstrom has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards (7 wins), 12 Golden Reel Awards (5 wins), 5 C.A.S Awards (2 wins), 5 BAFTA Awards (2 wins), and 1 Grammy (1 win).

Academy Awards
Motion Picture Sound Editors - Golden Reel Award
  • 2005: - Career Achievement Award
  • 2004: Finding Nemo (Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Animated - Sound) - Nominated
  • 2003: Minority Report (Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Dialogue & ADR) - Nominated
  • 2003: Minority Report (Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley) - Nominated
  • 2002: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign) - Won
  • 2002: Monsters, Inc. (Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign) - Nominated
  • 2002: Artificial Intelligence: AI (Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR, Domestic Feature Film) - Nominated
  • 2002: Artificial Intelligence: AI (Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film) - Nominated
  • 2001: 'Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport' (Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR, Domestic Feature Film) - Nominated
  • 1999: A Bug's Life (Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature) - Won
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR) - Won
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley) - Won
  • 1998: Hercules (Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature) - Won
Cinema Audio Society - C.A.S Award
  • 2004: - Career Achievement Award
  • 2000: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film) - Nominated
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film) - Won
  • 1998: Titanic (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film) - Won
  • 1994: Jurassic Park (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film) - Nominated
BAFTA Award
  • 2000: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Best Sound) - Nominated
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Best Sound) - Won
  • 1998: Titanic (Best Sound) - Nominated
  • 1994: Jurassic Park (Best Sound) - Nominated
  • 1992: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Best Sound) - Won
Grammy Award
  • 2023: Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra (Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical) - Won[14]

Filmography[]

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) audio technician
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) audio technician
  • Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) foley
  • Luxo Jr. (1986) sound designer
  • Red's Dream (1987) sound designer
  • Spaceballs (1987) sound designer
  • Colors (1987) sound designer
  • Captain EO (1987) sound designer
  • Tin Toy (1988) sound designer
  • Willow (1988) foley artist
  • Always (1989) re-recording mixer
  • Knick Knack (1989) sound designer
  • The Neon Empire (1989) re-recording mixer
  • Mars Navigator (1990) sound design/re-recording mixer (interactive video)[15]
  • F/X2 The Deadly Art Of Illusion (1991) sound design/re-recording mixer
  • Backdraft (1991) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Single White Female (1992) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • The Meteor Man (1993) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Jurassic Park (1993) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (with Gary Summers and Shawn Murphy)
  • Baby's Day Out (1994) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Casper (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Strange Days (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Toy Story (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Jumanji (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer (uncredited)/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • James and the Giant Peach (1996) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) sound designer (uncredited)/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (with Gary Summers and Shawn Murphy)
  • Hercules (1997) re-recording mixer/sound designer
  • Titanic (1997) sound designer (uncredited)/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • A Bug's Life (1998) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) sound designer (uncredited)/re-recording mixer
  • Toy Story 2 (1999) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • The Haunting (1999) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • The Terminator (1984, 2000s DVD release) sound designer: sound restoration and re-mixing
  • Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • 102 Dalmatians (2000) sound design consultant/re-recording mixer
  • X-Men (2000) sound design consultant
  • The Yards (2000) sound designer
  • The Mexican (2001) re-recording mixer
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones sound designer (uncredited)/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Minority Report (2002) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Scooby-Doo (2002) sound designer (uncredited)
  • Finding Nemo (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Hulk (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Peter Pan (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) sound designer (uncredited)
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) sound designer
  • Lifted (2006) director/writer/sound
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) sound designer (uncredited)
  • Hawaiian Vacation (2011) director, screenplay
  • Bully (2011) sound designer
  • Super 8 (2011) additional sound designer/additional re-recording mixer/additional supervising sound editor
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • War Horse (2011) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Brave (2012) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Wreck-it Ralph (2012) sound designer
  • Lincoln (2012) re-recording mixer
  • The Lone Ranger (2013) sound designer
  • All Is Lost (2013) sound designer consultant
  • Strange Magic (2015) director, screenplay[16]
  • Tomorrowland (2015) re-recording mixer
  • Jurassic World (2015) sound designer/re-recording mixer (uncredited)/supervising sound editor
  • Bridge of Spies (2015) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) sound designer (uncredited)/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • The BFG (2016) re-recording mixer/sound designer
  • The Great Wall (2016) additional sound design
  • The Post (2017) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • Ready Player One (2018) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) sound designer consultant
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) sound designer
  • Ad Astra (2019) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Captain Marvel (2019) additional sound design
  • Come Away (2020) re-recording mixer (uncredited)
  • West Side Story (2021) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) sound designer consultant
  • The Fabelmans (2022) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Luck (2022) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Once Upon a Studio (2023) sound designer (uncredited)

References[]

  1. ↑ Notable Alumni Script error: No such module "webarchive"., USC School of Cinematic Arts, Accessed August 10, 2008.
  2. ↑ Buchanan, Kyle (2015-06-09). "You'll Never Guess How the Dinosaur Sounds in Jurassic Park Were Made". vulture.com. https://www.vulture.com/2013/04/how-the-dino-sounds-in-jurassic-park-were-made.html.
  3. ↑ "When dinosaurs ruled the cinema: remembering "Jurassic Park" on its 25th anniversary". thedigitalbits.com. https://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy-showmanship/jurassic-park-25th.
  4. ↑ Desowitz, Bill (2015-01-23). "Immersed in Movies: Gary Rydstrom Talks 'Strange Magic' as Animated Rock Opera" (in en). https://www.indiewire.com/2015/01/immersed-in-movies-gary-rydstrom-talks-strange-magic-as-animated-rock-opera-123651/.
  5. ↑ Freer, Ian. "Before Finding Dory there was Newt: the Pixar movie that got away", The Telegraph, 2016-07-29. (in en-GB) 
  6. ↑ "Oscars 2016: Full list of nominees". Oscars. http://oscar.go.com/nominees/sound-mixing.
  7. ↑ "Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees", BBC News, 10 January 2013. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012.
  9. ↑ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999.
  11. ↑ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992.
  14. ↑ Times, The New York. "Grammys 2023: Winners List", The New York Times, 2023-02-05. (in en-US) 
  15. ↑ Wolff, Rob; Volotta, Tom (1991-07-01). "MARS NAVIGATOR: An interactive, multimedia exploration of the red planet". ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics 25 (3): 145–146. doi:10.1145/126640.126643. ISSN 0097-8930.
  16. ↑ Graser, Marc. "Disney Dates Lucasfilm's Animated 'Strange Magic' for January 2015", Variety, November 11, 2014. 

External links[]


Films directed by Gary Rydstrom
Films:

Strange Magic (2015) • Star Trek (2019)

Short films:
Lifted (2006) • Hawaiian Vacation (2011)

v - e - dAwards for Gary Rydstrom

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