Mac Smith
- Known for
- Sound
- Birthplace
- Omaha, Nebraska
Biography
Mac Smith is a Sound Effects Editor at Skywalker Sound. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Smith studied film at the University of Iowa and USC, blending his lifelong passions for music and cinema. His musical abilities led him on tour across the U.S. before he shifted focus to sound editing. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to more than 100 films and earned 16 Golden Reel Award nominations. In 2022, he received a Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for his work on Marvel’s Moon Knight. Smith has collaborated with acclaimed directors including Robert Zemeckis, Gore Verbinski, and Guillermo del Toro. His diverse filmography features titles such as Up, Enchanted, Tron: Legacy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Nine Days. In addition to his work in sound, he is an award-winning documentary producer and director. Smith has been a key member of Skywalker Sound since August 2000.
Known For
Filmography

Rock Springs
Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Pizza Movie
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

The Plastic Detox
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

This Is Private
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Buddy
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

In Your Dreams
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
TV · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer · 10 eps

Snow Bear
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Brim Broome Boulevard
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Apartman 202
Movie · Boom Operator

Songs About Fucking
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Haunted Mansion
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

65
Movie · Sound Designer

There Are No Saints
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Minions & More Volume 1
Movie · Sound Editor

Soul of a Man
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Moon Knight
TV · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor · 6 eps

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
TV · Supervising Sound Editor · 9 eps

Nine Days
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Cyan Eyed
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Extinct
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

What If...?
TV · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer · 26 eps

Come Away
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

The Croods: A New Age
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Minions: Holiday Special
Movie · Sound Editor

All Day and a Night
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Uncorked
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Supervisor

Lost & Crowned
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Haunt
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

IO
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
Movie · Sound Designer

Juanita
Movie · Sound Designer

Inventing Tomorrow
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Game Changers
Movie · Sound Designer

Diane
Movie · Music Editor

Howard
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

In Search of Greatness
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Ghost Fleet
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

The Final Year
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Columbus
Movie · Sound Designer

Despicable Me 3
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Dreaming Man
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Little Evil
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Burning Sands
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Men Go to Battle
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Sing
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Touched with Fire
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Transpecos
Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Birth of a Nation
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

The Secret Life of Pets
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Learning To See
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

The Walk
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Crimson Peak
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Peanuts Movie
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Boat Builder
Movie · Foley Editor

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Rio 2
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Despicable Me 2
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Croods
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Panic in the Mailroom
Movie · Sound Editor

Free Birds
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Pardon
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Reincarnated
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

The Right to Love: An American Family
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

John Carter
Movie · Foley Supervisor

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Cars 2
Movie · Other

Rango
Movie · Other

TRON: Legacy
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Impulse
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

Toy Story 3
Movie · Other

Jeffie Was Here
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

A Christmas Carol
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Lightheaded
Movie · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Up
Movie · Other

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Movie · Other

Ponyo
Movie · Dialogue Editor

Horton Hears a Who!
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Beowulf
Movie · Other

Enchanted
Movie · Other

The Simpsons Movie
Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

The Wild
Movie · First Assistant Sound Editor

Eragon
Movie · Other

Clerks II
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Hoodwinked!
Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Movie · Other

Witches in Exile
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Double Dare
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

November
Movie · Assistant Sound Designer

Testosterone
Movie · Sound Editor

Girls Will Be Girls
Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace
Movie · Sound Effects Editor

Cast Away
Movie · Apprentice Sound Editor

Independent Lens
TV · Sound Effects Editor, Sound Editor · 1 ep