Loren L. Ryder

Loren Lincoln Ryder ( born May 9, 1900 in California; † 28 May 1985 in Monterey, California ) was an American sound engineer and sound engineer, who was several times nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound as well as the Oscar for special effects and a honorary Oscar in both 1950 ( Technical Achievement Award ) and 1978 Medal of Commendation received.

Biography

Later he was involved in several films and made ​​his debut as a sound engineer in the film Iceland of Lost Souls 1932 by Erle C. Kenton. In 1938, he was first nominated for the Oscar for best sound in the sound Wells Fargo. His other Oscar nominations for Best Sound include the films If I Were King (1939 ), three-quarter time on Broadway (1940 ), The Scarlet Horseman ( 1941), Marriage Posse ( 1942), The Road to Morocco (1943 ), Riding High (1944 ), Double Indemnity (1945 ), the death lives next door (1946 ), War of the Worlds (1954 ) and the Ten Commandments (1957 )

Oscar nominations for special effects was Ryder, in 1948 his own studio Ryder Sound Services founded, for the Union Pacific Movies (1939 ) and Hell of the South Seas ( 1941). Inter alia His other film credits also included Rear Window (1954 ), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. While working as a sound engineer, he contributed to several innovations in the sound.

At the Academy Awards in 1950, he received an honorary Oscar for the first time in the form of Technical Achievement Award. He received a second honorary Oscar with the Medal of Commendation at the Academy Awards in 1979.