Gary A. Rizzo

Gary A. Rizzo (born January 31, 1972 in New Jersey , USA ) (also Gary Rizzo ) is an American sound engineer who, at the 2011 Academy Awards, together with Lora Hirschberg and Ed Novick, won the Oscar in the category Best for his work at Inception Tonschnitt was awarded. He received his second Oscar in 2018 for Dunkirk together with Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten . He was nominated for three other Oscars in the same category in 2005, 2009 and 2015. With Inception , Rizzo, Hirschberg and Novick also won a British Academy Film Award in the Best Sound category in 2011 together with Richard King . Rizzo grew up in New Jersey and studied audio engineering at Full Sail University in Winter Park , Florida . In 1995 he started working for George Lucas' sound engineering company Skywalker Sound and has since been involved in over 150 film projects.

Filmography (selection)

• 1994 The Mask ( The Mask )
• 1995: Strange Days
• 1996: The Arrival - The arrival ( The Arrival )
• 1996: James and the Giant Peach ( James and the Giant Peach )
• 1996: Days like this ... ( One Fine Day )
• 1996: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet ( William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet )
• 1997: Star Wars (Special Version, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope )
• 1997: The Empire Strikes Back (Special version, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back )
• 1997: Return of the Jedi (Special version, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi )
• 1997: Titanic
• 1997: The Game
• 1997: Contact
• 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park ( The Lost World: Jurassic Park )
• 1998: Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )
• 1998: A Bug's Life ( A Bug's Life )
• 1998: Studio 54 ( 54 )
• 1998: Halloween H20 ( Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later )
• 1998: The Newton Boys ( The Newton Boys )
• 1999: Anywhere but Here ( Anywhere But Here )
• 1999: Lake Placid
• 1999: Dogma
• 1999: Everything Routine ( Office Space )
• 1999: The Hi-Line
• 2000: Wes Craven Presents Dracula ( Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 )
• 2000: The Legend of Bagger Vance ( The Legend of Bagger Vance )
• 2000: Frequency
• 2000: God's Army III - The Decision ( The Prophecy 3: The Ascent , Video / DVD)
• 2000: The Exorcist (Special version, The Exorcist )
• 2001: Black Hawk Down
• 2001: The Gray Zone ( The Gray Zone )
• 2001: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ( Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back )
• 2001: Mimic 2 ( Mimic 2: Hardshell , Video / DVD)
• 2001: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ( Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within )
• 2001: O - trust, seduction, betrayal ( O )
• 2002: Husband to give up because of circumstances or divorce is sweet ( Serving Sara )
• 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ( Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones )
• 2002: 40 Days and 40 Nights ( 40 Days and 40 Nights )
• 2003: Party Alert - Stay Away From My Daughter ( My Boss's Daughter )
• 2003: The Daddy Kindergarten ( Daddy Day Care )
• 2003: The Curse of Darkness Falls ( Darkness Falls )
• 2004: The Incredibles ( The Incredibles )
• 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary)
• 2004: Envy ( Envy )
• 2004: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation ( Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation , Video / DVD)
• 2004: Hellboy
• 2004: Jersey Girl
• 2005: Munich ( Munich )
• 2005: The Little Red Riding Hood Conspiracy ( Hoodwinked! )
• 2005: Rent
• 2005: Batman Begins
• 2005: Murder and Margaritas ( The Matador )
• 2006: It was never in wonderland ( Happily N'Ever After )
• 2006: Eragon - Legacy of the Dragon Riders ( Eragon )
• 2006: Prestige - The Masters of Magic ( The Prestige )
• 2006: Monster House
• 2006: Clerks II
• 2006: Over the Hedge ( Over the Hedge )
• 2007: The Legend of Beowulf ( Beowulf )
• 2007: Enchanted ( Enchanted )
• 2007: Heavy Metal in Baghdad (documentary)
• 2007: Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night ( We Own the Night )
• 2007: Sicko (documentary)
• 2008: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
• 2008: The Dark Knight
• 2008: Horton hears a who! ( Horton Hears a Who! )
• 2008: Sky Busters - Die Himmelsstürmer ( The Flyboys )
• 2009: Our Oceans ( Océans , documentary)
• 2009: Leaves of Grass
• 2009: Capitalism: A Love Story ( Capitalism: A Love Story , Documentary)
• 2009: # 9 ( 9 )
• 2009: I Love You, Beth Cooper
• 2009: Brüno
• 2009: My Bloody Valentine 3D
• 2010: The Prankster
• 2010: Tron: Legacy
• 2010: Inception
• : 2010 to Train Your Dragon ( How to Train Your Dragon )
• 2010: Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus ( Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief )
• 2011: Rio
• 2012: Ralph Enough ( Wreck-It Ralph )
• 2012: The Dark Knight Rises
• 2012: Time to Live ( People Like Us )
• 2012: The Lorax ( Dr. Seuss' The Lorax )
• 2013: Thor - The Dark Kingdom ( Thor: The Dark World )
• 2013: Free Birds - Eat Us Another Day ( Free Birds )
• 2013: I - Despicable 2 ( Despicable Me 2 )
• 2013: Oblivion
• 2013: The Croods ( The Croods )
• 2013: Don Jon
• 2014: Interstellar
• 2014: Maleficent - The Dark Fairy ( Maleficent )
• 2015: Minions
• 2015: A World Beyond ( Tomorrowland )
• 2015: Kind 44 ( Child 44 )
• 2015: Home - A smectacular trip ( Home )
• 2015: Minions
• 2016: The Destiny - Allegiant ( Allegiant )
• 2016: Angry Birds - The film ( The Angry Birds Movie )
• 2016: Warcraft: The Beginning ( Warcraft )
• 2016: Pets ( The Secret Life of Pets )
• 2016: Elliot the Dragon ( Pete's Dragon )
• 2016: Suicide Squad
• 2016: Sing
• 2017: Voice from the Stone - Ruf aus dem Jenseits ( Voice from the Stone )
• 2017: Dunkirk
• 2017: Bright

Awards (selection)

• 2005 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Sound Editing for The Incredibles - The Incredibles (together with Randy Thom and Doc Kane )
• 2009 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Sound Editing for The Dark Knight (together with Lora Hirschberg and Ed Novick )
• 2009: Nomination for a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Sound for The Dark Knight (together with Lora Hirschberg , Richard King and Ed Novick )
• 2011 : Oscar in the category Best Sound Editing for Inception (together with Lora Hirschberg and Ed Novick )
• 2011: British Academy Film Award in the category Best Sound for Inception (together with Lora Hirschberg , Ed Novick and Richard King )
• 2015 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Sound Editing for Interstellar (together with Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten )
• 2018 : Oscar in the category Best Sound Editing for Dunkirk (together with Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten )

Web links

• Gary A. Rizzo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.skysound.com/people/gary-rizzo/
2. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1452156061241  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1452155694855  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/film/sound
5. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1452044843702  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/film/sound
7. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1452155987214  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ All winners of the 2018 Academy Awards at a glance. In: Welt.de . March 5, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .