Ethan Van der Ryn
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Ethan Van der Ryn

Ethan Van der Ryn

Date of birth
Age
64
Place of birth
Alameda, California, USA
Citizenship
United States
Occupations
audio engineer

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.

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Education

  • San Francisco State University
  • Cinema Department at San Francisco State University

Awards

  • Academy Award for Best Sound Editing2006 King Kong

Nominations

  • Academy Award for Best Sound Editing2006 King Kong
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Editing2008 Transformers
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Editing2012 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  • Academy Award for Best Sound Editing2013 Argo
  • Academy Award for Best Sound2024 The Creator
  • Academy Award for Best Sound2019 A Quiet Place

Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-24

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