American sound engineer
Loren L. Ryder |
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Born | (1900-03-09)March 9, 1900
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Died | May 28, 1985(1985-05-28) (aged 85)
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Occupation | Sound engineer |
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Years active | 1932-1968 |
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Loren L. Ryder (March 9, 1900 – May 28, 1985) was an American sound engineer. He won five Academy Awards and was nominated for twelve more in the categories Best Sound Recording and Best Effects.[1]
After serving in World War I, Ryder studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1924.[1] He went to work at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph where he developed an improved technique for transmitting images over telephone lines, using light valves.[1] In 1928, Ryder joined Paramount Pictures where he worked in the emerging field of talking pictures.[1] From and 1936 until 1957 he served as the studio's chief engineer and sound director.[2] Some of his achievements included the development of the VistaVision wide-screen format and the production of the first full-length film using magnetic audio recording.[2] Ryder was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North.[3] During World War II, General George S. Patton called upon Ryder's audio expertise to help disguise the sounds of American tanks at the Battle of the Bulge.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Best Sound nominee
- Best Effects
- ^ a b c d "Loren L. Ryder; Winner of 5 Oscars for Movie Sound". Los Angeles Times. May 30, 1985. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Loren L. Ryder, an Engineer in Sound-recording for Film". New York Times. Associated Press. May 31, 1985. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ "Special Award - 11th Academy Awards". Academy Awards Database. Retrieved August 9, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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1928–1950 |
- Warner Bros. / Charlie Chaplin (1928)
- Walt Disney (1932)
- Shirley Temple (1934)
- D. W. Griffith (1935)
- The March of Time / W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson (1936)
- Edgar Bergen / W. Howard Greene / Museum of Modern Art Film Library / Mack Sennett (1937)
- J. Arthur Ball / Walt Disney / Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney / Gordon Jennings, Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith, Farciot Edouart, Loyal Griggs, Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills, Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst / Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey / Harry Warner (1938)
- Douglas Fairbanks / Judy Garland / William Cameron Menzies / Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Ralph Block, Conrad Nagel)/ Technicolor SA (1939)
- Bob Hope / Nathan Levinson (1940)
- Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company / Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott / British Ministry of Information (1941)
- Charles Boyer / Noël Coward / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)
- George Pal (1943)
- Bob Hope / Margaret O'Brien (1944)
- Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department / Walter Wanger / The House I Live In / Peggy Ann Garner (1945)
- Harold Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)
- James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George Kirke Spoor / Bill and Coo / Shoeshine (1947)
- Walter Wanger / Monsieur Vincent / Sid Grauman / Adolph Zukor (1948)
- Jean Hersholt / Fred Astaire / Cecil B. DeMille / The Bicycle Thief (1949)
- Louis B. Mayer / George Murphy / The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
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1951–1975 | |
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1976–2000 | |
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2001–present | |
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