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Gary Roger Rydstrom (born June 29, 1959) is an American sound designer and director. He has won seven Academy Awards for his work in sound for movies. ==Life and career== Rydstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. 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 Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, Gary received the opportunity to work with his mentor, ''Star Wars'' sound designer Ben Burtt. After gaining invaluable experience as a sound technician in ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', he went on to do sound design for the comedy ''Spaceballs''. The sound design for ''Backdraft'', prepared from scratch, would become the precursor for his sound for ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. The original sound effects from ''Backdraft'' are constantly referenced and have been used for numerous other films including the ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy and ''Shrek''. Gary won an Academy Award 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 James Cameron on a new 5.1 surround mix for the original ''Terminator.'' Gary's 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 Oscar-winning film was the first motion picture to be presented in DTS. He subsequently went on to work on sound for numerous films including ''Titanic'', ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Minority Report'' and ''Finding Nemo''. 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 Pixar 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'', has been put on indefinite hold. He has also directed the Pixar short ''Hawaiian Vacation'' and the Lucasfilm animated feature ''Strange Magic''. Rydstrom has also served as English language director on ''Tales From Earthsea'', ''Arrietty'', ''From Up on Poppy Hill'', and ''The Wind Rises'', all four films were produced by Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Rydstrom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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