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Richard Hymns

Supervising Sound Editor

Projects

  • Ready Player One
  • The Post
  • The BFG
  • Bridge of Spies
  • A Most Violent Year
  • All is Lost
  • Lincoln
  • The Company You Keep
  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
  • War Horse
  • The Conspirator
  • The Last Airbender
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Touching Home
  • Lions for Lambs
  • Zodiac
  • Charlotte's Web
  • Munich
  • Rent
  • War of the Worlds
  • The Matador
  • Catwoman
  • Peter Pan
  • Hulk
  • Minority Report
  • Panic Room
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance
  • Fight Club
  • Dogma
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Horse Whisperer
  • The Game
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Jumanji
  • Casper
  • Quiz Show
  • Baby's Day Out
  • The Meteor Man
  • Jurassic Park
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Rush
  • Backdraft
  • The Five Heartbeats
  • Wild at Heart
  • Always
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Cocoon: The Return
  • Willow
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Awards

  • BAFTA Nomination
    Bridge of Spies
    2015
  • Academy Award Nomination
    All is Lost
    2014
  • Academy Award Nomination
    War Horse
    2012
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Minority Report
    2003
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Fight Club
    2000
  • Academy Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • Academy Award
    Jurassic Park
    1994
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Backdraft
    1992
  • Academy Award
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1990
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Willow
    1989
  • BAFTA Nomination
    All is Lost
    2014
  • BAFTA Nomination
    War Horse
    2012
  • BAFTA Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Jurassic Park
    1994
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Wild at Heart
    1991
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1990
  • Golden Reel Award
    War Horse
    2012
  • Golden Reel Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
  • Golden Reel Award
    Saving Private Ryan
    1999
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Richard's Story

Richard Hymns has journeyed from film studio tea-boy to Academy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor. He got his start as a 16-year-old at Elstree Studios in London running tea service to film editing crew members on their breaks, becoming an apprentice editor soon after.

He rose through the ranks and found his niche in motion picture sound editing, primarily at Skywalker Sound in Northern California. As Supervising Sound Editor of such films as Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Backdraft, A River Runs Through It, Jumanji, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, War Horse, Lincoln and All is Lost among others, Hymns established and continues a formidable career predicated on building authenticity and subtlety of sound in service of a director’s storytelling vision. From the roar of weaponry to the quiet splash of a fly-fishing lure upon rushing water, a commitment to creative quality is a hallmark of his work.

Hymns has worked with directors Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, David Fincher, Ang Lee, David Lynch, Tim Burton, Roman Polanski, Ron Howard, George Lucas, Chris Columbus, J.C. Chandor, Robert Townsend, Tony Richardson, Alan Parker, Joe Johnston, Brad Silberling, Philip Kaufman and Kevin Smith among others.

He has won three Academy Awards from a total of nine nominations, four Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards and a BAFTA Award.