Ron Judkins (born 1953) is an American
production sound mixer and writer-director. He has won two
Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three in the same category. He is also the winner of the
BAFTA Award for Best Sound for ''
Schindler's List'' in 1996. Judkins directed his first feature film, ''The Hi-Line'' in 1998, and the project premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 1999
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 ...
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Judkins is also the writer-director of the comedic drama, ''Finding Neighbors'', a feature film, which had its world premiere in the Narrative Competition at the Austin Film Festival in 2013. He also directed the 2013 documentary ''24 Peaces'' which includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Marianne Williamson, and Deepak Chopra.
Selected filmography
Judkins has worked on more than 50 films as a production sound mixer. He has won two
Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three:
;Won
* ''
Jurassic Park
''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...
'' (1993)
* ''
Saving Private Ryan'' (1998)
;Nominated
* ''
Schindler's List'' (1993)
* ''
War of the Worlds'' (2005)
* ''
Lincoln'' (2012)
References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
American audio engineers
Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Best Sound BAFTA Award winners
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