Kyrsten Mate

Sound Designer

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Projects

X-Men '97
I Am Groot Season Two
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
I Am Groot Season One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mulan
Come Away
Loki - Season One
The Midnight Sky
Captain Marvel
Unicorn Store
Ready Player One
The Great Wall
Bridge of Spies
Tomorrowland
McFarland, USA
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Maleficent
Epic
The Avengers
House of Cards: Season 1
Brave
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TRON: Legacy
Percy Jackson and the Olympian: The Lightning Thief
Iron Man 2
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Horton Hears a Who!
The Flyboys
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
Happily N'Ever After
Monster House
Sea of Dreams
Jarhead
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
xXx: State of the Union
The Incredibles
Peter Pan
Hulk
Darkness Falls
Minority Report
K-19: The Widowmaker
Hart's War
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
The Yards
The Faculty
54
Great Expectations

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Awards

Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmy® Awards

I Am Groot Season One

2023
Golden Reel Award

Epic

2014
Golden Reel Award

War Horse

2012
Golden Reel Award

Ratatouille

2008
Golden Reel Award

The Incredibles

2005

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Kyrsten's Story

Kyrsten Mate is celebrating over 20 years in the film industry, with a career spanning everything from animated Pixar classics and sci-fi superhero blockbusters to gritty, cerebral dramas by David Fincher. She graduated from the Communication Arts department of SFSU with work in sound design for theater and immediately entered film post production. From her early days at The Saul Zaentz Film Center and Coppola’s American Zoetrope, she has gained comprehensive experience in all facets of audio post-production: sound design, effects recording, sound editing, and mixing. Over the course of her long career, she has collaborated with a wide range of visionary directors, including Anthony Minghella, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Brad Bird, Walter Murch, and John Waters. For Kyrsten, working in sound effects is a labor of joy. She truly believes in the transformative power of carefully crafted audio to shape perception and drive storytelling. Working with Steven Spielberg on numerous projects has been a true highlight, thanks to his openness to using creative and purposeful sound to elevate storytelling. She has worked on over 100 features, is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has won several Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild and Emmy awards. Kyrsten is currently a sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound in Marin, California.