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Home/People/Ethan Van der Ryn
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Born
Oct 21, 1962
Age 63
Place of Birth
Alameda, California, USA
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

2
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
Ethan Van Der Ryn
IMDb Profile

Ethan Van der Ryn

Sound

Biography
Ethan Van der Ryn (born October 21, 1962) is an American sound editor and sound designer. He won 2 Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and King Kong. He earned further Academy Awards nominations for Transformers (2007), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Argo (2012), and A Quiet Place (2018). He is an alumnus of San Francisco State University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethan Van der Ryn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Soundscapes of Middle-earth poster

The Soundscapes of Middle-earth

as Self
2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality poster

The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality

as Self
2002