Gary Summers is an American

re-recording mixer A re-recording mixer in North America, also known as a dubbing mixer in Europe, is a post-production audio engineer who mixes recorded dialogue, sound effects and music to create the final version of a soundtrack for a feature film, television pr ...

. He has done the sound re-recording on many blockbuster motion pictures including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks) ...

'', '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''

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''. Summers has won four

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s, an

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, two

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awards and three C.A.S. Awards. He got his start working on

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and began twenty years working for the

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division of

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's Lucasfilm in

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, California. Summers formed Summers Sound Services, Inc. in 2002 and is currently self-employed.

Academy Awards

Summers has won four Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for eight more: ;Wins * '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991) * ''

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

'' (1998) ;Nominated * ''

Return of the Jedi ''Return of the Jedi'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas. The sequel to '' The Empire ...

'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011) * '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' (2016) * '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022)

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* American audio engineers Production sound mixers Living people Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-audio-engineer-stub