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Gary Rydstrom

Sound Designer, Re-recording Mixer

Projects

  • The Fabelmans
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
  • West Side Story
  • Ad Astra
  • Come Away
  • Werewolf By Night
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Ready Player One
  • The Post
  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
  • Bridge of Spies
  • The BFG
  • Jurassic World
  • Tomorrowland
  • Strange Magic
  • The Wind Rises (English Version)
  • The Lone Ranger
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (English Version)
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • Lincoln
  • Brave
  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
  • War Horse
  • Super 8
  • Peter Pan
  • Hulk
  • Finding Nemo
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Minority Report
  • Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones
  • Monsters, Inc.
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • The Mexican
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance
  • Toy Story 2
  • The Haunting
  • Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
  • A Bug's Life
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Horse Whisperer
  • Titanic
  • Hercules
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Sleepers
  • James and the Giant Peach
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Jumanji
  • Toy Story
  • Strange Days
  • Casper
  • Baby's Day Out
  • Quiz Show
  • Mrs. Doubtfire
  • Jurassic Park
  • The Meteor Man
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Single White Female
  • Rush
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Backdraft
  • F/X 2
  • Always
  • Romero
  • Cocoon: The Return
  • Willow
  • Colors
  • Spaceballs
  • Cocoon
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Awards

  • Grammy®
    Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
    2023
  • Academy Award Nomination
    West Side Story
    2021
  • BAFTA Nomination
    West Side Story
    2021
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Ad Astra
    2020
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Bridge of Spies
    2016
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Bridge of Spies
    2015
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Lincoln
    2013
  • Golden Reel Award
    Wreck-It Ralph
    2013
  • Academy Award Nomination
    War Horse
    2012
  • Academy Award Nomination
    War Horse
    2012
  • BAFTA Nomination
    War Horse
    2012
  • Golden Reel Award
    War Horse
    2012
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Finding Nemo
    2004
  • Golden Reel Award
    Gary Rydstrom MPSE Career Achievement Award
    2004
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Minority Report
    2003
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Monsters, Inc.
    2002
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
    2000
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
    2000
  • Academy Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • Academy Award
    Titanic
    1998
  • Academy Award
    Jurassic Park
    1994
  • Academy Award
    Jurassic Park
    1994
  • Academy Award
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    1992
  • Academy Award
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    1992
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Backdraft
    1992
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Backdraft
    1992
  • BAFTA Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Titanic
    1998
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Jurassic Park
    1994
  • BAFTA Award
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    1992
  • C.A.S. Award
    Brave
    2011
  • C.A.S. Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • C.A.S. Award
    Titanic
    1998
  • Golden Reel Award
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire
    2002
  • Golden Reel Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • Golden Reel Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • Golden Reel Award
    A Bug's Life
    1999
  • Golden Reel Award
    Hercules
    1998
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Gary's Story

Gary Rydstrom is a film director and sound designer.  For Pixar Animation Studios, he directed two shorts: the Oscar-nominated Lifted, and Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation.  For Disney and Studio Ghibli, he directed the English-language versions of The Secret World of Arrietty, From Up on Poppy Hill, and The Wind Rises.  At Skywalker Sound, he has designed and mixed many films, including Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, A River Runs Through It, Toy Story, Quiz Show, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode I, Punch-Drunk Love, Finding Nemo, War Horse, and Bridge of Spies.  He also wrote and directed the feature film, Strange Magic. He has won seven Academy Awards for Sound and Sound Editing, and Career Achievement Awards from both the Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound Editors.  He is currently working on sound design for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Gary is a native of Elmhurst, Illinois, and a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema.