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Richard King

Sound

Born January 1, 2000 · Tampa, Florida, USA

Biography

Richard King is an American film sound designer and editor who has worked on over 70 films. A native of Tampa, Florida, he graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in painting and film. He has won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for the films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Dark Knight(2008), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and the Academy Award for  Best Sound for Dune: Part Two (2024). He was also nominated for War of the Worlds (2005),  Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023), and Maestro (2023). He has won BAFTA awards for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017), and Dune: Part Two (2024). He has won eight MPSE awards for Best Sound Editing & Design and the MPSE Career Achievement Award (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard King (sound designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2018
  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2011
  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2009
  • Academy AwardBest Sound · 2024 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2015 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2011 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2009 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Sound Editing · 2006 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Sound · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Eric Clapton, the Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions

2021Music Arranger, Recording Supervision

Interstellar

2014Supervising Sound Editor

The Dark Knight

2008Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Inception

2010Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Prestige

2006Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Dune: Part Two

2024Supervising Sound Editor

Oppenheimer

2023Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Dark Knight Rises

2012Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Magnolia

1999Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

King Richard

2021Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Gattaca

1997Supervising Sound Editor

Dunkirk

2017Supervising Sound Editor

Rise of the Guardians

2012Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Sea Beast

2022Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Tenet

2020Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003Sound Designer

Bloody Sunday

2002Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Unbreakable

2000Sound Designer

In Time

2011Supervising Sound Editor

The Way Back

2010Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996Sound Effects Editor

Moonlighting

1982ADR Mixer

Juror #2

2024Sound Editor

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019as Self

That Thing You Do!

1996Supervising Sound Editor

Thor

2011Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Hard Eight

1996Sound Designer

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Signs

2002Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

My Life

1993Supervising Sound Editor

The Harder They Fall

2021Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Puss in Boots

2011Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos

2012Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

War of the Worlds

2005Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Sleeping with the Enemy

1991Sound Effects Editor

Far North

1988Supervising Sound Editor

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

1998Sound Designer

The Jackal

1997Supervising Sound Editor

Doc Hollywood

1991Supervising Sound Editor

Maestro

2023Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Brooklyn's Finest

2009Sound Effects Editor

Walking Tall

2004Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

1995Sound Effects Editor

Malice

1993Sound Editor

The Bride!

2026Supervising Sound Editor

Stealing Cars

2015Sound Editor

Waterworld

1995Sound Effects Editor

Blue Sky

1994Sound Effects Editor