Loren L. Ryder

Date of Birth	09-March-1900
Place of Birth	California (United States of America, Contiguous United States)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Loren Ryder, Loren Lincoln Ryder
Profession	Audio Engineer
Loren L. Ryder 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. 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. 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. 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.

Awards by Loren L. Ryder

Check all the awards nominated and won by Loren L. Ryder.

1978

John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation	(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	The Ten Commandments Paramount Studio Sound Department

1955

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement	(for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios)

1954

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

(For developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.)

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Rear Window Paramount Studio Sound Department

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	The War of the Worlds Paramount Studio Sound Department

1950

Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)	(For the first studio-wide application of magnetic sound recording to motion picture production.)

1949

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement	(for the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system)

1945

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

(and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design, construction and use of the first dial controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit)

Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	The Unseen Paramount Studio Sound Department

1944

Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Double Indemnity Paramount Studio Sound Department

1943

Nominations 1943 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Riding High Paramount Studio Sound Department

1942

Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Road to Morocco Paramount Studio Sound Department

1941

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

(for pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in studio production.)

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Skylark Paramount Studio Sound Department

1940

Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	North West Mounted Police Paramount Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Typhoon

1939

Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	The Great Victor Herbert Paramount Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects	Union Pacific

1938

Academy Honorary Award

Honored for : Spawn of the North

(for outstanding achievement in creating Special Photographic and Sound Effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North)

Nominations 1938 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	If I Were King Paramount Studio Sound Department

1937

Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing	Wells Fargo Paramount Studio Sound Department