Gary Rydstrom

Gary Rydstrom 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). Aside from his work on Star Wars, Rydstrom worked on various other Lucasfilm productions; He served as audio technician for Indiana Jones and the Template of Doom (1984), sound designer for Captain EO (1986) and Willow (1988), and director for Strange Magic (2015). Rydstrom also worked on the Star Wars spoof Spaceballs.

He is also one of the members of the Intellectual Property Development Group.

Star Wars bibliography

Title	Role	Date
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	sound technician	1985
Star Tours	sound designer	1987
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace	re-recording sound mixer	1999
The Beginning: Making Episode I	appears	2001
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones	re-recording sound mixer	2002
Films Are Not Released, They Escape	appears
Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens	re-recording sound mixer	2015

Sources

• Master Filmmaking Team Announced for Star Wars: Episode VII on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!)
• "Launch Pad" – Star Wars Insider 146
• Saga Chronicles: Skywalker Sound's Danielle Dupre and Jon Borland on their Obi-Wan Kenobi Journey on StarWars.com (backup link not verified!)

External links

• Gary Rydstrom on Wikipedia
• Gary Rydstrom at the Internet Movie Database