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 Americansound engineer. He won fiveAcademy Awards and was nominated for twelve more in the categoriesBest Sound Recording andBest Effects.[1]
After serving inWorld War I, Ryder studied physics and mathematics at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1924.[1] He went to work atPacific Telephone & Telegraph where he developed an improved technique for transmitting images over telephone lines, usinglight valves.[1] In 1928, Ryder joinedParamount Pictures where he worked in the emerging field oftalking 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 theVistaVision 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 anAcademy Honorary Award at the11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount filmSpawn of the North.[3] DuringWorld War II, GeneralGeorge S. Patton called upon Ryder's audio expertise to help disguise the sounds of American tanks at theBattle of the Bulge.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Best Sound nominee
- Best Effects
- ^abcd"Loren L. Ryder; Winner of 5 Oscars for Movie Sound".Los Angeles Times. May 30, 1985. RetrievedDecember 7, 2013.
- ^abc"Loren L. Ryder, an Engineer in Sound-recording for Film".New York Times. Associated Press. May 31, 1985. RetrievedDecember 7, 2013.
- ^"Special Award - 11th Academy Awards".Academy Awards Database. RetrievedAugust 9, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^"The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 10, 2011.
- ^"The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 10, 2011.
- ^ab"The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 11, 2011.
- ^ab"The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 13, 2011.
- ^"The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 13, 2011.
- ^"The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 14, 2011.
- ^"The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 14, 2011.
- ^"The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 15, 2011.
- ^"The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 19, 2011.
- ^"The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 20, 2011.
- ^"The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 20, 2011.
- ^"The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org. RetrievedAugust 21, 2011.
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| 1928–1975 | - Warner Bros. /Charlie Chaplin (1928)
- Walt Disney (1932)
- Shirley Temple (1934)
- D. W. Griffith (1935)
- The March of Time /W. Howard Greene andHarold Rosson (1936)
- Edgar Bergen /W. Howard Greene /Museum of Modern Art Film Library /Mack Sennett (1937)
- J. Arthur Ball /Walt Disney /Deanna Durbin andMickey 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 theRCA 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, andGeorge 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)
- Gene Kelly /Rashomon (1951)
- Merian C. Cooper /Bob Hope /Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell /Joseph M. Schenck /Forbidden Games (1952)
- 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation /Bell & Howell Company /Joseph Breen /Pete Smith (1953)
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Company /Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver /Greta Garbo /Jon Whiteley /Vincent Winter /Gate of Hell (1954)
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)
- Eddie Cantor (1956)
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers /Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson /Charles Brackett /B. B. Kahane (1957)
- Maurice Chevalier (1958)
- Buster Keaton /Lee de Forest (1959)
- Gary Cooper /Stan Laurel /Hayley Mills (1960)
- William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler /Jerome Robbins (1961)
- William J. Tuttle (1964)
- Bob Hope (1965)
- Yakima Canutt /Y. Frank Freeman (1966)
- Arthur Freed (1967)
- John Chambers /Onna White (1968)
- Cary Grant (1969)
- Lillian Gish /Orson Welles (1970)
- Charlie Chaplin (1971)
- Charles S. Boren /Edward G. Robinson (1972)
- Henri Langlois /Groucho Marx (1973)
- Howard Hawks /Jean Renoir (1974)
- Mary Pickford (1975)
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