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Katy Wood

Overview

Katy Wood is a supervising sound editor originally from New Zealand, whose career in film and television sound has spanned over two decades and encompassed work across the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. She holds a Master's degree in Film and Television specialising in sound from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She has shared her expertise by teaching sound post-production in Australia, Mexico, the U.S., and Chile.

Over her extensive career, Katy Wood has contributed to a wide array of major feature films. Early in her career, she worked as an assistant sound editor and foley editor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy—The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003). She later served as a dialogue or ADR editor on critically acclaimed and high-profile films such as Get Smart (2008), Gran Torino (2008), True Grit (2010), The Rum Diary (2011), Prisoners (2013), The Last Witch Hunter (2015), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018).

As her career advanced, Wood took on supervising sound editor roles in major studio productions, including Marvel and DC features. Her credits include A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Ant‑Man and the Wasp (2018), Just Mercy (2019), Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020), Finding 'Ohana (2021), Shang‑Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), The Art of Rebellion (2023), and The Marvels (2023).

Her work has earned industry recognition: she, along with Addison Teague, Tom Johnson, and Juan Peralta, received a nomination from the Hollywood Post Alliance for Outstanding Sound in a Feature Film for Ant‑Man and the Wasp (2018).

Known for

Production

2022 The Art of Rebellion Production Executive Producer N/A
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Sound

2025 Superman Sound Supervising Sound Editor 72
Good
2023 The Marvels Sound Supervising Sound Editor 59
Average
2022 The Art of Rebellion Sound Sound Editor N/A
N/A
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Sound Supervising Sound Editor 71
Good
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sound Supervising Sound Editor 74
Good
2020 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Sound Supervising Sound Editor 68
Fair
2019 Just Mercy Sound Supervising Sound Editor 75
Good
2018 Creed II Sound ADR Supervisor 69
Fair
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Sound Supervising Sound Editor 68
Fair
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Sound Dialogue Editor 68
Fair
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Sound Supervising ADR Editor 68
Fair
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Sound ADR Supervisor 66
Fair
2016 Sully Sound Supervising ADR Editor 71
Good
2016 Sully Sound Supervising Dialogue Editor 71
Good
2015 The Last Witch Hunter Sound Dialogue Editor 59
Average
2015 Knight of Cups Sound Dialogue Editor 57
Average
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Sound ADR Supervisor 72
Good
2014 American Sniper Sound Supervising ADR Editor 73
Good
2014 American Sniper Sound Supervising Dialogue Editor 73
Good
2014 Juanicas Sound Sound Designer 59
Average
2014 300: Rise of an Empire Sound Supervising ADR Editor 60
Fair
2013 At Middleton Sound Supervising Sound Editor 59
Average
2013 Prisoners Sound Dialogue Editor 80
Very good
2011 The Rum Diary Sound Dialogue Editor 58
Average
2010 True Grit Sound Dialogue Editor 71
Good
2008 Gran Torino Sound Dialogue Editor 78
Good
2008 Get Smart Sound Dialogue Editor 61
Fair
2005 King Kong Sound Sound Editor 68
Fair
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Sound Assistant Dialogue Editor 61
Fair
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sound Foley Editor 84
Very good
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sound Foley Editor 83
Very good
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Sound Assistant Sound Editor 83
Very good