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Loren L. Ryder

{{short description|American sound engineer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}

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| name = Loren L. Ryder

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|3|9}}

| birth_place = California, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|5|28|1900|3|9}}

| death_place = Monterey, California, United States

| occupation = Sound engineer

| yearsactive = 1932-1968

}}

Loren L. Ryder (March 9, 1900 – May 28, 1985) was an American sound engineer. He won five Academy Awards and was nominated for twelve more in the categories Best Sound Recording and Best Effects.{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-30-mn-4954-story.html | title=Loren L. Ryder; Winner of 5 Oscars for Movie Sound | work=Los Angeles Times | date=May 30, 1985 | access-date=December 7, 2013}}

After serving in World War I, Ryder studied physics and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1924. He went to work at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph where he developed an improved technique for transmitting images over telephone lines, using light valves. In 1928, Ryder joined Paramount Pictures where he worked in the emerging field of talking pictures. From and 1936 until 1957 he served as the studio's chief engineer and sound director.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/31/arts/loren-l-ryder-an-engineer-in-sound-recording-for-film.html | title=Loren L. Ryder, an Engineer in Sound-recording for Film | work=New York Times | date=May 31, 1985 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=December 7, 2013}} Some of his achievements included the development of the VistaVision wide-screen format and the production of the first full-length film using magnetic audio recording. Ryder was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North.{{cite web|title=Special Award - 11th Academy Awards|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1438983872963|work=Academy Awards Database|access-date=August 9, 2015}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} During World War II, General George S. Patton called upon Ryder's audio expertise to help disguise the sounds of American tanks at the Battle of the Bulge.

Selected filmography

;Best Sound nominee

  • Wells Fargo (1937){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938 |title=The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 10, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • If I Were King (1938){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939 |title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 10, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • The Great Victor Herbert (1939){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940 |title=The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 11, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • North West Mounted Police (1940){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941 |title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 13, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • Skylark (1941){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 13, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • Road to Morocco (1942){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 14, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • Melody Inn (1943){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 |title=The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 14, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • Double Indemnity (1944){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945 |title=The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 15, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • The Unseen (1945){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946 |title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 19, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • The War of the Worlds (1953){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954 |title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 20, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • Rear Window (1954){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955 |title=The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 20, 2011|work=oscars.org}}
  • The Ten Commandments (1956){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957 |title=The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 21, 2011|work=oscars.org}}

;Best Effects

References

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External links

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Category:1900 births

Category:1985 deaths

Category:Academy Honorary Award recipients

Category:American audio engineers

Category:American special effects people

Category:Engineers from California

Category:UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni

Category:Recipients of the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

Category:20th-century American engineers

Category:Recipients of the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit

Category:Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners