About
Richard King
Overview
Richard King is an American film sound designer and editor who has worked on over 70 films. A native of Tampa, Florida, he graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in painting and film. He has won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for the films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), and Dunkirk (2017). He was also nominated for War of the Worlds (2005), Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023) and Maestro (2023). He has won Bafta awards for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Inception (2010), and Dunkirk (2017) and eight MPSE awards for Best Sound Editing & Design, as well as the MPSE Career Achievement Award (2016).
Known for
Acting |
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| 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Ending the Knight | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Sound |
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| 2024 | Juror #2 | Sound | Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 79 Good |
| 2023 | Maestro | Sound | Sound Designer | 61 Fair |
| 2023 | Maestro | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Sound | Sound Designer | 79 Good |
| 2022 | The Sea Beast | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 70 Good |
| 2022 | The Sea Beast | Sound | Sound Designer | 70 Good |
| 2021 | King Richard | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 73 Good |
| 2021 | King Richard | Sound | Sound Designer | 73 Good |
| 2021 | Eric Clapton - The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions | Sound | Recording Supervision | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Eric Clapton - The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions | Sound | Music Arranger | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 64 Fair |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Sound | Sound Designer | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | Tenet | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Tenet | Sound | Sound Designer | 71 Good |
| 2019 | Dark Phoenix | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 74 Good |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Sound | Sound Designer | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Stealing Cars | Sound | Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The 5th Wave | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2016 | The 5th Wave | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 83 Very good |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Sound | Sound Designer | 65 Fair |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Sound | Sound Designer | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 72 Good |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 77 Good |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Sound | Sound Designer | 77 Good |
| 2012 | Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos | Sound | Sound Designer | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Sound | Sound Designer | 64 Fair |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 64 Fair |
| 2011 | In Time | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | Thor | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 67 Fair |
| 2011 | Thor | Sound | Sound Designer | 67 Fair |
| 2011 | Arthur | Sound | Sound Designer | 56 Average |
| 2010 | The Way Back | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 67 Fair |
| 2010 | The Way Back | Sound | Sound Designer | 67 Fair |
| 2010 | Inception | Sound | Sound Designer | 83 Very good |
| 2010 | Brooklyn's Finest | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost | Sound | Sound Designer | 55 Average |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 55 Average |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 84 Very good |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Sound | Sound Designer | 84 Very good |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 57 Average |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Sound | Sound Designer | 57 Average |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Sound | Sound Designer | 68 Fair |
| 2006 | The Prestige | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 81 Very good |
| 2006 | The Prestige | Sound | Sound Designer | 81 Very good |
| 2006 | Firewall | Sound | Sound Designer | 58 Average |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 64 Fair |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Sound | Sound Designer | 64 Fair |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Sound | Sound Designer | 67 Fair |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 67 Fair |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Sound | Sound Designer | 62 Fair |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 62 Fair |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Sound | Sound Designer | 70 Good |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Signs | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 66 Fair |
| 2002 | Signs | Sound | Sound Designer | 66 Fair |
| 2002 | Bloody Sunday | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 64 Fair |
| 2000 | Unbreakable | Sound | Sound Designer | 70 Good |
| 2000 | Appalachian Journey Live In Concert | Sound | Sound Engineer | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 74 Good |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Sound | Sound Designer | 74 Good |
| 1998 | Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Sound | Sound Designer | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 74 Good |
| 1997 | Hard Eight | Sound | Sound Designer | 65 Fair |
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 66 Fair |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 1995 | Money Train | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Waterworld | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 61 Fair |
| 1995 | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Blue Sky | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 59 Average |
| 1994 | The Shadow | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Wolf | Sound | Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | My Life | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 1993 | Malice | Sound | Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1991 | Doc Hollywood | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 1991 | Sleeping with the Enemy | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 62 Fair |
| 1990 | Captain America | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 52 Average |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Love at Large | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Far North | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 1988 | A Time of Destiny | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1988 | I, Alison... | Sound | Sound | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Ishtar | Sound | Assistant Sound Editor | 55 Average |
| 1986 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 54 Average |
| 1986 | Murphy's Law | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 59 Average |
| 1986 | P.O.W. The Escape | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 58 Average |
| 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Moonlighting | Sound | ADR Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 1981 | Quartet | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Exchange and Divide | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Simply Metric | Sound | Sound | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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| 2015 | Quay | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |