Gary Rydstrom
American sound designer, re-recording mixer and director (born 1959)
Gary Rydstrom
Born Gary Roger Rydstrom
(1959-06-29 ) June 29, 1959 (age 64) Occupation(s) Sound designer Re-recording mixer Supervising sound editor Film director Years active 1984–present
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, and has won 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
Filmography
References
^ Notable Alumni Archived February 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , USC School of Cinematic Arts, Accessed August 10, 2008.
^ Buchanan, Kyle (2015-06-09). "You'll Never Guess How the Dinosaur Sounds in Jurassic Park Were Made" . vulture.com . Retrieved 2021-08-25 .
^ "When dinosaurs ruled the cinema: remembering "Jurassic Park" on its 25th anniversary" . thedigitalbits.com . Retrieved 2019-04-19 .
^ Desowitz, Bill (2015-01-23). "Immersed in Movies: Gary Rydstrom Talks 'Strange Magic' as Animated Rock Opera" . IndieWire . Retrieved 2019-09-28 .
^ Freer, Ian (2016-07-29). "Before Finding Dory there was Newt: the Pixar movie that got away" . The Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 2019-09-28 .
^ "Oscars 2016: Full list of nominees" . Oscars . Retrieved 2016-01-23 .
^ "Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees" . BBC News . 10 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-10 .
^ a b "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2012-01-26 .
^ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2011-11-19 .
^ a b "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2011-11-19 .
^ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2011-11-19 .
^ a b "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2011-10-22 .
^ a b c d "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Retrieved 2011-10-22 .
^ Times, The New York (2023-02-05). "Grammys 2023: Winners List" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-02-06 .
^ 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 . S2CID 17197378 .
^ Graser, Marc (November 11, 2014). "Disney Dates Lucasfilm's Animated 'Strange Magic' for January 2015" . Variety . Retrieved November 11, 2014 .
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Awards for Gary Rydstrom
Sound Effects 1963–1967 Sound Effects Editing 1982–1999 Sound Editing 2000–2019
1929–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000
Arthur Piantadosi , Les Fresholtz , Dick Alexander , and Jim Webb (1976)
Don MacDougall , Ray West , Bob Minkler , and Derek Ball (1977)
Richard Portman , William McCaughey , Aaron Rochin , and Darin Knight (1978)
Walter Murch , Mark Berger , Richard Beggs , and Nat Boxer (1979)
Bill Varney , Steve Maslow , Gregg Landaker , and Peter Sutton (1980)
Bill Varney , Steve Maslow , Gregg Landaker , and Roy Charman (1981)
Robert Knudson , Robert Glass , Don Digirolamo , and Gene Cantamessa (1982)
Mark Berger , Tom Scott , Randy Thom , and David MacMillan (1983)
Mark Berger , Tom Scott , Todd Boekelheide , and Chris Newman (1984)
Chris Jenkins , Gary Alexander , Larry Stensvold , and Peter Handford (1985)
John Wilkinson , Richard Rogers , Charles Grenzbach , and Simon Kaye (1986)
Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock (1987)
Les Fresholtz , Dick Alexander , Vern Poore , and Willie D. Burton (1988)
Donald O. Mitchell , Gregg Rudloff , Elliot Tyson , and Russell Williams II (1989)
Jeffrey Perkins , Bill W. Benton , Gregory H. Watkins , and Russell Williams II (1990)
Tom Johnson , Gary Rydstrom , Gary Summers , and Lee Orloff (1991)
Chris Jenkins , Doug Hemphill , Mark Smith , and Simon Kaye (1992)
Gary Summers , Gary Rydstrom , Shawn Murphy , and Ron Judkins (1993)
Gregg Landaker , Steve Maslow , Bob Beemer , and David MacMillan (1994)
Rick Dior , Steve Pederson , Scott Millan , and David MacMillan (1995)
Walter Murch , Mark Berger , David Parker , and Chris Newman (1996)
Gary Rydstrom , Tom Johnson , Gary Summers , and Mark Ulano (1997)
Gary Rydstrom , Gary Summers , Andy Nelson , and Ron Judkins (1998)
John T. Reitz , Gregg Rudloff , David E. Campbell , and David Lee (1999)
Bob Beemer , Scott Millan , and Ken Weston (2000)
2001–present
Michael Minkler , Chris Munro , and Myron Nettinga (2001)
David Lee , Michael Minkler , and Dominick Tavella (2002)
Christopher Boyes , Michael Hedges , Hammond Peek , and Michael Semanick (2003)
Scott Millan , Greg Orloff , Bob Beemer , and Steve Cantamessa (2004)
Christopher Boyes , Michael Semanick , Michael Hedges , and Hammond Peek (2005)
Bob Beemer , Willie D. Burton , and Michael Minkler (2006)
Kirk Francis , Scott Millan , and David Parker (2007)
Resul Pookutty , Richard Pryke , and Ian Tapp (2008)
Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett (2009)
Lora Hirschberg , Gary Rizzo , and Ed Novick (2010)
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011)
Andy Nelson , Mark Paterson , and Simon Hayes (2012)
Skip Lievsay , Niv Adiri , Christopher Benstead , and Chris Munro (2013)
Craig Mann , Ben Wilkins , and Thomas Curley (2014)
Chris Jenkins , Gregg Rudloff , and Ben Osmo (2015)
Kevin O'Connell , Andy Wright , Robert Mackenzie , and Peter Grace (2016)
Mark Weingarten , Gregg Landaker , and Gary Rizzo (2017)
Paul Massey , Tim Cavagin , and John Casali (2018)
Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019)
Jaime Baksht , Nicolas Becker , Phillip Bladh , Carlos Cortés Navarrete , and Michelle Couttolenc (2020)
Mac Ruth , Mark Mangini , Theo Green , Doug Hemphill , and Ron Bartlett (2021)
Mark Weingarten , James H. Mather , Al Nelson , Chris Burdon , and Mark Taylor (2022)
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (2023)
1968–1980
Winston Ryder (1968)
Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969)
Don Hall , David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970)
Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971)
David Hildyard , Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972)
Les Wiggins , Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973)
Art Rochester , Nat Boxer , Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974)
William A. Sawyer, James Webb , Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975)
Les Wiggins , Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976)
Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys , Simon Kaye , Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977)
Sam Shaw , Robert Rutledge , Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball , Don MacDougall , Bob Minkler , Ray West , Michael Minkler , Les Fresholtz , Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978)
Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979)
Christopher Newman , Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
1981–2000
Don Sharpe , Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981)
James Guthrie , Eddy Joseph , Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982)
Willie D. Burton , Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983)
Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984)
John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985)
Tom McCarthy Jr. , Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986)
Jonathan Bates , Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987)
Charles L. Campbell , Louis Edemann , Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988)
Bill Phillips , Danny Michael , Robert J. Litt , Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989)
J. Paul Huntsman , Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins , Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990)
Lee Orloff , Tom Johnson , Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991)
Tod A. Maitland , Wylie Stateman , Michael D. Wilhoit , Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992)
John Leveque , Bruce Stambler , Becky Sullivan , Scott D. Smith , Donald O. Mitchell , Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993)
Stephen Hunter Flick , Gregg Landaker , Steve Maslow , Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994)
Per Hallberg , Lon Bender , Brian Simmons , Andy Nelson , Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995)
Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996)
Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis , Andy Nelson , Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997)
Gary Rydstrom , Ron Judkins , Gary Summers , Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998)
David Lee , John T. Reitz , Gregg Rudloff , David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999)
Jeff Wexler , Doug Hemphill , Rick Kline , Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
2001–present
Andy Nelson , Anna Behlmer , Roger Savage , Guntis Sics , Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001)
Michael Minkler , Dominick Tavella , David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002)
Richard King , Doug Hemphill , Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003)
Karen Baker Landers , Per Hallberg , Steve Cantamessa , Scott Millan , Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004)
Paul Massey , Doug Hemphill , Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005)
Chris Munro , Eddy Joseph , Mike Prestwood Smith , Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006)
Kirk Francis , Scott Millan , Dave Parker , Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007)
Glenn Freemantle , Resul Pookutty , Richard Pryke , Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008)
Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009)
Richard King , Lora Hirschberg , Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010)
Philip Stockton , Eugene Gearty , Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011)
Simon Hayes , Andy Nelson , Mark Paterson , Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012)
Glenn Freemantle , Skip Lievsay , Christopher Benstead , Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013)
Thomas Curley , Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014)
Lon Bender , Chris Duesterdiek , Martin Hernández , Frank A. Montaño , Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015)
Claude La Haye , Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016)
Alex Gibson , Richard King , Gregg Landaker , Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017)
John Casali , Tim Cavagin , Nina Hartstone , Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018)
Scott Millan , Oliver Tarney , Rachael Tate , Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019)
Jaime Baksht , Nicolas Becker , Phillip Bladh , Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020)
Ron Bartlett , Theo Green , Doug Hemphill , Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021)
Lars Ginzel , Frank Kruse , Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022)
Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)
International National Artists People