Gregg Rudloff
Gregg Charles Rudloff (born November 2, 1955 in Los Angeles - † January 6, 2019 in Westwood , Los Angeles) was an American sound engineer and sound technician who won three Oscar for best sound , the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA Film Award) for the best sound , the Cinema Audio Society Prize (CAS Award), the Emmy and the Golden Reel Award of the Motion Picture Sound Editors for outstanding performance in sound editing.
Life
Rudloff, son of the 1979 Oscar-nominated sound engineer Tex Rudloff , began his career as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry in 1982 for Clint Eastwood's film Honkytonk Man and worked on over 150 film productions .
At the Academy Awards in 1990 , Rudloff, who had already received an Emmy in 1986 for the television film An Early Frost (1985), won his first Oscar for best sound, along with Donald O. Mitchell , Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II for Glory .
He had his most successful film with Matrix (1999), for which he won the Oscar, the BAFTA Film Award, the CAS Award and the Golden Reel Award for best sound in 2000 with John T. Reitz , David E. Campbell and David Lee .
Together with Reitz, Campbell and Keith A. Wester , he was nominated for another Oscar for best tone in 2001 for Der Sturm and also received a nomination for the CAS Award with these and Wylie Stateman and Kelly Cabral also a nomination for the BAFTA Film Award.
For Flags of Our Fathers (2006) he was at the 2007 Oscars with Reitz, Campbell and Walt Martin for the Oscar for the best sound as well as for the CAS Award and together with them as well as Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for a Satellite Award nominated for the best sound editing. Most recently Rudloff received a nomination for the BAFTA Film Award with Martin, Murray and Reitz for The Stranger Son (2008). He received his third Oscar in 2016 for Mad Max: Fury Road .
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: This Is Spinal Tap
- 1985: What a Genius (Real Genius)
- 1986: Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer (Stand by Me)
- 1987: The Princess Bride (The Princess Bride)
- 1990: Glory
- 1992: Honey , Now We Have a Giant Baby (Honey, I Blew Up the Kid)
- 1999: Matrix (The Matrix)
- 1999: The Bone Collector (The Bone Collector)
- 2000: The principle of happiness (Pay It Forward)
- 2003: Matrix Reloaded (The Matrix Reloaded)
- 2004: Taking Lives (Taking Lives)
- 2005: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- 2006: Letters from Iwo Jima
- 2008: The Stranger's Son (Changeling)
- 2008: Gran Torino
- 2000: The Storm (The Perfect Storm)
- 2011: Green Lantern
- 2012: Argo
- 2013: Pacific Rim
- 2013: Prisoners
- 2013: Captain Phillips
- 2014: American Sniper
- 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
- 2015: James Bond 007: Specter (Specter)
- 2016: Girl on the Train (The Girl on the Train)
Awards (selection)
- 1990 : Oscar in the Best Sound category for Glory
- 2000 : Oscar for Best Sound for Matrix
- 2001 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Der Sturm
- 2007 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Flags of Our Fathers
- 2013 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Argo
- 1990 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for American Sniper
- 2016 : Oscar for Best Sound for Mad Max: Fury Road
BAFTA Film Award
- 2000: BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category for Matrix
- 2001: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for Der Sturm
- 2009: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for The Stranger Son
- 2015: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Sound for American Sniper
- 2016: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for Mad Max: Fury Road
Web links
- Gregg Rudloff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudloff, Gregg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudloff, Gregg Charles (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and sound technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2019 |
| Place of death | Westwood (Los Angeles) |