Richard King

Richard King

Known for
Sound
Birthplace
Tampa, Florida, USA

Biography

Richard King is an American film sound designer and editor who has worked on over 70 films. A native of Tampa, Florida, he graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in painting and film. He has won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for the films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Dark Knight(2008), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and the Academy Award for  Best Sound for Dune: Part Two (2024). He was also nominated for War of the Worlds (2005),  Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023), and Maestro (2023). He has won BAFTA awards for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017), and Dune: Part Two (2024). He has won eight MPSE awards for Best Sound Editing & Design and the MPSE Career Achievement Award (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard King (sound designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Dune: Part Three poster

Dune: Part Three

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2026
The Bride! poster

The Bride!

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Digger poster

Digger

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
Dune: Part Two poster

Dune: Part Two

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
Juror #2 poster

Juror #2

Movie · Sound Editor

2023
Maestro poster

Maestro

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Oppenheimer poster

Oppenheimer

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2022
The Sea Beast poster

The Sea Beast

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2021
Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions poster

Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions

Movie · Recording Supervision, Music Arranger

2021
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2021
King Richard poster

King Richard

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2020
Tenet poster

Tenet

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2019
Dark Phoenix poster

Dark Phoenix

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2017
Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2016
The 5th Wave poster

The 5th Wave

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
Stealing Cars poster

Stealing Cars

Movie · Sound Editor

2016
Suicide Squad poster

Suicide Squad

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2014
Interstellar poster

Interstellar

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman poster

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2012
The Dark Knight Rises poster

The Dark Knight Rises

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2012
Rise of the Guardians poster

Rise of the Guardians

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2012
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos poster

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2011
Arthur poster

Arthur

Movie · Sound Designer

2011
In Time poster

In Time

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2011
Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2011
Thor poster

Thor

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2010
The Way Back poster

The Way Back

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2010
Brooklyn's Finest poster

Brooklyn's Finest

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2010
Inception poster

Inception

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2009
Land of the Lost poster

Land of the Lost

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2008
The Dark Knight poster

The Dark Knight

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2008
Fool's Gold poster

Fool's Gold

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford poster

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2006
The Prestige poster

The Prestige

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2006
Firewall poster

Firewall

Movie · Sound Designer

2006
United 93: The Families and the Film poster

United 93: The Families and the Film

Movie · Sound Mixer

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2004
Walking Tall poster

Walking Tall

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World poster

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Movie · Sound Designer

2002
S1m0ne poster

S1m0ne

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2002
Signs poster

Signs

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2002
Bloody Sunday poster

Bloody Sunday

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2000
Appalachian Journey Live In Concert poster

Appalachian Journey Live In Concert

Movie · Sound Engineer

2000
Unbreakable poster

Unbreakable

Movie · Sound Designer

1999
Magnolia poster

Magnolia

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love poster

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Movie · Sound Designer

1998
The Gingerbread Man poster

The Gingerbread Man

Movie · Sound Designer

1998
In God's Hands poster

In God's Hands

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1998
Pishadoo

Pishadoo

Movie · Sound Designer

1998
Finding North poster

Finding North

Movie · Dialogue Editor

1997
Gattaca poster

Gattaca

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1997
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1997
Hard Eight poster

Hard Eight

Movie · Sound Designer

1996
That Thing You Do! poster

That Thing You Do!

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt poster

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1995
Waterworld poster

Waterworld

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1995
Money Train poster

Money Train

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1995
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain poster

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1994
Wolf poster

Wolf

Movie · Sound Editor

1994
The Shadow poster

The Shadow

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1994
Blue Sky poster

Blue Sky

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1993
My Life poster

My Life

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1993
Malice poster

Malice

Movie · Sound Editor

1992
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)

Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)

Movie · Sound Post Production Coordinator

1991
Doc Hollywood poster

Doc Hollywood

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1991
Sleeping with the Enemy poster

Sleeping with the Enemy

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1991
Mortal Thoughts poster

Mortal Thoughts

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1990
Love at Large poster

Love at Large

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1990
Captain America poster

Captain America

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1990
Blue Steel poster

Blue Steel

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1988
A Time of Destiny poster

A Time of Destiny

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1988
Far North poster

Far North

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1988
I, Alison... poster

I, Alison...

Movie · Sound

1988
Checking Out poster

Checking Out

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1987
Ishtar poster

Ishtar

Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

1986
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold poster

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1986
The Delta Force poster

The Delta Force

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1986
P.O.W. The Escape poster

P.O.W. The Escape

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel poster

The Rosebud Beach Hotel

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

1982
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

Movie · ADR Mixer

1981
Quartet poster

Quartet

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1980
Exchange and Divide poster

Exchange and Divide

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1980
The Boy Who Never Was poster

The Boy Who Never Was

Movie · Sound

1973
Simply Metric poster

Simply Metric

Movie · Sound