Nia Hansen

Sound Designer

Projects

Wish
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Encanto
Raya And The Last Dragon
Blush
Strange World
Werewolf By Night
Black Widow
Onward
Avengers: Endgame
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
First Man
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Doctor Strange
Captain America: Civil War
The Good Dinosaur
Ant-Man
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Big Hero 6
Lucy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
47 Ronin
Thor: The Dark World
The Lone Ranger
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Brave
John Carter
War Horse
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
96 Minutes
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rio
The Beaver
Mars Needs Moms
On the Ice
How to Train Your Dragon
Percy Jackson and the Olympian: The Lightning Thief
A Christmas Carol
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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Awards

Golden Reel Award

Raya And The Last Dragon

2022
Golden Reel Award

Big Hero 6

2015

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Nia's Story

Nia began at Skywalker Sound in 2009, working on six films during her one-year internship with Randy Thom. She was later recruited by Gary Rydstrom when he returned to Skywalker for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, for which Nia utilized seven years of horse training experience. Her time with Rydstrom on two more films cemented her understanding of the power of sound design as an integral storytelling element.

She has worked on Disney and Pixar animations as well as visual effects-heavy science fiction and fantasy blockbusters, including editing and design on eight Marvel films such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Her favorite creative challenge is designing technology, magic, and creatures, bringing otherworldly settings to life, with a focus on detail, texture, and symbolism.

Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Nia has lived in beautiful Yosemite, Mount Shasta, and the Canadian Rocky Mountains, which fostered a love of the outdoors. She now resides in Marin County, California. You can find Nia chatting about audio on Twitter.