Gary Roger Rydstrom (Chicago , Illinois, June 29, 1959) is an American sound designer and film director who has won seven Academy Awards for his sound work on films, including Jurassic Park (1993), Titanic (1997), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). He began his career in sound at Sprocket Systems, the sound group at Lucasfilm. He has worked on a number of films, including Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Jurassic Park, Backdraft and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Through this work he has won 7 Academy Awards.
Production[]
Rydstrom did his first work for Pixar on the short film Luxo Jr.. Pixar wanted Ben Burtt, who had done the sound on The Adventures of André and Wally B.. However, Burtt was busy on another film, so Sprocket Systems offered Rydstrom the job instead. John Lasseter has said it was Rydstrom's work on Luxo Jr., such as creating the lamp's voice from the squeak of a lightbulb being screwed in, that taught him how sound can be a partner in the storytelling of a film.
Rydstrom continued his collaboration with Pixar, working on all of their short films and feature films through Finding Nemo. After a hiatus from motion pictures, Rydstrom returned to compose the sound for Brave. He join Pixar and made his directorial debut on the short film Lifted (which earned him his fourteenth Academy Award nomination). He was planning to make his feature film directorial debut on Newt, which was scheduled for release in the summer of 2012, but has since been cancelled. He directed the Toy Story short Hawaiian Vacation instead, which was released with Cars 2
Selected filmography[]
- Hercules - Sound Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Sound Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer and Sound Supervisor
- Wreck-It Ralph - Sound Designer
- Ralph Breaks the Internet - Sound Designer