Gary Rydstrom

Sound Department
Additional Crew
Director

Gary Rydstrom, Director of Creative Operations/Sound Designer and Mixer, joined Skywalker Sound in 1983 as an operator in the machine room. Since then, he has contributed his talents to many projects as a sound designer, re-recording mixer, effects mixer and foley mixer. In 1998, Rydstrom was appointed Director of Creative Operations for Skywalker Sound, overseeing the creative and technological direction for the facility. Apart from his feature film and commercials work, Rydstrom has completed several television projects, rides and attraction films. Rydstrom holds a graduate degree from the USC School of Cinema and Television. He is the recipient of 7 Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing for his work on Saving Private Ryan (1998), Titanic (1997), Jurassic Park (1993), and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

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Won 7 Oscars
- 33 wins & 75 nominations total

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Known for

Minority Report

7.6

Sound Department

2002

Ad Astra

6.5

Sound Department

2019

Jurassic Park

8.2

Sound Department(uncredited)

1993

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

8.6

Sound Department(uncredited)

1991

Credits

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Sound Department

Disclosure Day
6.4
- re-recording mixer
- sound designer
- supervising sound editor
- 2026
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
5.9
- supervising and sound designer
- 2025
In Your Dreams
6.5
- sound design consultant
- 2025
Jurassic World: Rebirth
5.8
- additional sound designer
- sound design consultant: Skywalker Sound (uncredited)
- 2025
Make a Circle
- sound design consultant
- 2024
Y2K
4.7
- sound editor
- 2024
The Inventor
5.8
- sound consultant
- sound design consultant (uncredited)
- 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6.5
- supervising sound editor
- re-recording mixer
- sound designer (uncredited, uncredited)
- 2023
Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Short
- re-recording mixer
- sound designer
- 2022
Werewolf by Night
7.1
TV Movie
- sound design consultant
- 2022
The Fabelmans
7.5
- re-recording mixer
- sound designer
- supervising sound editor
- 2022
Luck
6.5
- sound design consultant
- 2022
Jurassic World: Dominion
5.6
- sound design consultant
- consulting sound designer (uncredited)
- 2022
Top Gun: Maverick
8.2
- sound design consultant
- 2022
West Side Story
7.1
- re-recording mixer
- sound designer
- supervising sound editor
- 2021

Additional Crew

The Inventor
5.8
- story trust
- 2023
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - Episode III
7.8
Video Game
- voice-over director
- 2019
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - Episode II
7.5
Video Game
- voice-over director
- 2019
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - Episode I
7.8
Video Game
- voice-over director
- 2019
From Up on Poppy Hill
7.4
- voice director
- 2011
Cars 2
6.2
- senior creative team: Pixar
- 2011
Atomic Mom
6.6
- individual donor
- 2010
The Secret World of Arrietty
7.6
- director: English dub
- 2010
Toy Story 3
8.3
- senior creative team: Pixar
- 2010
Up
8.3
- senior creative team: Pixar
- 2009
WALL·E
8.4
- senior creative team: Pixar
- 2008
The Pixar Story
7.7
- end credits wireframe montage created by
- 2007
Ratatouille
8.1
- crew member: Pixar Productions
- 2007
Manassas: End of Innocence
7.8
Short
- voice talent
- 2002
Smokey
Short
- teaching assistance
- 1983

Director

Personal details

Official sites
- Skywalker Sound
- Skywalker Sound (pre-May 2015, via archive.org)
Alternative names
- Gary Ridestrom
Born
- June 29, 1959
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Spouse
- Cindy
Other works
THX Trailer "TEX" - Sound Designer

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Trivia
As of 2017, he had involvement in eight film that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Quiz Show (1994), Titanic (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012) and Bridge of Spies (2015). Of those, Titanic (1997) is a winner in the category.

Quotes
I'll always love sound, but sound comes at the end of the process. And I went to film school, I wanted to make films, and I was yearning to get involved at the beginning of the process. Sound is great, but there's so much that happens before then. So it's really just due to having a lucky break and an opportunity that Pixar gave me at an opportune time in my life. I was very lucky.

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