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Gary Roger Rydstrom (born June 29, 1959) is an American and . He has been nominated for twenty for his work in sound for movies, and has won seven times.

Life and career
Rydstrom was born in Chicago, raised in Elmhurst, Illinois where he attended public school K-12, graduating in 1977 from York High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. Notable Alumni , USC School of Cinematic Arts, Accessed August 10, 2008. He began his career at , Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, he received the opportunity to work with his mentor, Star Wars'' sound designer .

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 . The sound design for Backdraft, prepared from scratch, would become the precursor for his sound for . 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 .

He won an 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 on a new 5.1 surround sound remix 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 to make the audience feel as though giant bellowing prehistoric beasts surrounded them. The Academy Award-winning film was the first motion picture to be presented in DTS. The T-Rex roar created by Gary was later re-used for Dim in A Bug's Life, Thanator in 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 . 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 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 animated feature Strange Magic.

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

Awards and nominations
Rydstrom has been nominated for 20 (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).

  • 2022: West Side Story (Best Sound) - Nominated
  • 2020: Ad Astra (Best Sound Mixing) - Nominated
  • 2016: Bridge of Spies (Best Sound Mixing) - Nominated
  • 2013: Lincoln (Best Sound Mixing) - Nominated
  • 2012: War Horse (Best Sound Mixing) - Nominated
  • 2012: War Horse (Best Sound Editing) - Nominated
  • 2007: Lifted (Best Animated Short Film) - Nominated
  • 2004: (Best Sound Editing) - Nominated
  • 2003: Minority Report (Best Sound Editing) - Nominated
  • 2002: Monsters, Inc. (Best Sound Editing) - Nominated
  • 2000: (Best Sound Mixing) - Nominated
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Best Sound Effects Editing) - Won
  • 1999: Saving Private Ryan (Best Sound) - Won
  • 1998: Titanic (Best Sound) - Won
  • 1994: Jurassic Park (Best Sound Effects Editing) - Won
  • 1994: Jurassic Park (Best Sound) - Won
  • 1992: ' (Best Sound Effects Editing) - Won'''
  • 1992: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Best Sound) - Won
  • 1992: Backdraft (Best Sound Effects Editing) - Nominated
  • 1992: Backdraft (Best Sound) - Nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors - Golden Reel Award
  • 2005: - Career Achievement Award
  • 2004: (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: ' (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

  • 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

  • 2023: : Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra (Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical) - Won

Filmography
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) audio technician
  • (1985) audio technician
  • (1985) foley artist
  • Luxo Jr. (1986) sound designer
  • Red's Dream (1987) sound designer
  • (1987) sound designer
  • Colors (1987) sound designer
  • (1987) sound designer
  • (1988) sound designer
  • Willow (1988) foley artist
  • Always (1989) re-recording mixer
  • (1989) sound designer
  • The Neon Empire (1989) re-recording mixer
  • Mars Navigator (1990) sound design/re-recording mixer (interactive video)
  • F/X2 The Deadly Art Of Illusion (1991) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • Backdraft (1991) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (1991) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Single White Female (1992) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Jurassic Park (1993) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Baby's Day Out (1994) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Casper (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Strange Days (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (1995) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (1995) sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • James and the Giant Peach (1996) sound designer
  • (1996) re-recording mixer
  • (1997) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Hercules (1997) sound designer
  • Titanic (1997) re-recording mixer
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • A Bug's Life (1998) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (1999) re-recording mixer
  • Toy Story 2 (1999) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • The Haunting (1999) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (1984, 2000s DVD release) sound designer consultant: sound restoration and re-mixing
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • (2001) sound supervisor
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (2002) re-recording mixer
  • Minority Report (2002) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • (2002) sound designer consultant/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Hulk (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Peter Pan (2003) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • (2004) special thanks
  • Lifted (2006) director/writer/sound
  • Tales from Earthsea (2010) director/ADR director (English-language version)
  • Hawaiian Vacation (2011) director, screenplay
  • Bully (2011) sound designer
  • Super 8 (2011) additional sound designer
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011) sound designer consultant
  • (2011) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • War Horse (2011) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Lincoln (2012) re-recording mixer
  • (2012) director (American English-language version)
  • Brave (2012) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (2012) sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • The Lone Ranger (2013) sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2013) director (English-language version)
  • The Wind Rises (2014) director (English-language version)
  • The Face of Love (2014) sound design consultant
  • Strange Magic (2015) director, screenplay
  • Tomorrowland (2015) re-recording mixer
  • (2015) sound designer consultant
  • Bridge of Spies (2015) re-recording mixer
  • (2015) re-recording mixer
  • The BFG (2016) re-recording mixer
  • The Post (2017) sound designer/re-recording mixer
  • Ready Player One (2018) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • (2018) sound designer consultant
  • Ad Astra (2019) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • (2020) re-recording mixer
  • West Side Story (2021) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • (2022) sound designer/re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor
  • Luck (2022) sound design consultant
  • Once Upon a Studio (2023) sound designer consultant (uncredited)

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