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American sound engineer
Loren L. Ryder
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Born
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1900-03-09
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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
References
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edit
]
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Loren L. Ryder; Winner of 5 Oscars for Movie Sound"
.
Los Angeles Times
. May 30, 1985
. Retrieved
December 7,
2013
.
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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
.
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"Special Award - 11th Academy Awards"
.
Academy Awards Database
. Retrieved
August 9,
2015
.
[
permanent dead link
]
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"The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 10,
2011
.
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"The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 10,
2011
.
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a
b
"The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 11,
2011
.
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a
b
"The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners"
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oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 13,
2011
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"The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 13,
2011
.
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"The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 14,
2011
.
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"The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 14,
2011
.
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"The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 15,
2011
.
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"The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 19,
2011
.
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"The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners"
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oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 20,
2011
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"The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners"
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oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 20,
2011
.
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"The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners"
.
oscars.org
. Retrieved
August 21,
2011
.
External links
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1928?1950
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- 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
/
Noel 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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