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Al Nelson

Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Projects

  • Origin
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Peter Pan & Wendy
  • Jurassic World:Dominion
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
  • Knives Out
  • The Apollo
  • Dolittle
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor?
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • Only the Brave
  • Kong: Skull Island
  • The Book of Henry
  • The Music of Strangers
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass
  • Jurassic World
  • Life, Animated
  • Keith Richards: Under the Influence
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Home
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Oblivion
  • The Croods
  • House of Cards: Season 2
  • House of Cards: Season 1
  • 20 Feet from Stardom
  • Paranorman
  • Safety Not Guaranteed
  • Bully
  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • SP
  • Racing Dreams
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Up
  • Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
  • The Eye
  • Cars
  • Brothers Three: An American Gothic
  • The Incredibles
  • November
  • Hulk
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Awards

  • Academy Award
    Top Gun: Maverick
    2023
  • Golden Reel Award
    Top Gun: Maverick
    2023
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Top Gun: Maverick
    2023
  • News & Documentary Emmy Award
    The Music of Strangers
    2018
  • Golden Reel Award
    The Music of Strangers
    2017
  • Golden Reel Award
    How to Train Your Dragon
    2011
  • Golden Reel Award
    Up
    2010
  • Golden Reel Award
    WALL*E
    2009
  • Golden Reel Award
    Ratatouille
    2008
  • Golden Reel Award
    The Incredibles
    2005
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Al's Story

After graduating with a degree in music composition and film music studies from Florida State University, Al Nelson moved to Northern California to pursue a career in “New Media”. A job in film straight out of college seemed far-fetched and Los Angeles didn’t quite resonate. A great friend and fellow composer convinced Al that San Francisco was the place to be. After a brief internship and some work on commercials, games and multi media education, Al found himself interviewing for a machine room job at Skywalker Sound. Barely two years after his arrival to San Francisco, Al was holding the original source recordings for Star Wars and working among legends of sound design. This unexpected journey has taken him from machine rooms and mag to aircraft carriers and wild animal preserves.

 

After over twenty-five years into his career at Skywalker, Al has been fortunate to work with some of the best talent in the film industry and for some of the best filmmakers of our time.