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

2026
Rock Springs poster

Rock Springs

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Pizza Movie poster

Pizza Movie

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2026
The Plastic Detox poster

The Plastic Detox

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2026
This Is Private poster

This Is Private

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Buddy poster

Buddy

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps poster

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2025
In Your Dreams poster

In Your Dreams

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man poster

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

TV · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer · 10 eps

2024
Snow Bear poster

Snow Bear

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2024
Brim Broome Boulevard poster

Brim Broome Boulevard

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2024
Apartman 202 poster

Apartman 202

Movie · Boom Operator

2023
Songs About Fucking poster

Songs About Fucking

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Haunted Mansion poster

Haunted Mansion

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2023
65 poster

65

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
There Are No Saints poster

There Are No Saints

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2022
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm poster

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2022
Minions & More Volume 1 poster

Minions & More Volume 1

Movie · Sound Editor

2022
Soul of a Man poster

Soul of a Man

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2022
Moon Knight poster

Moon Knight

TV · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor · 6 eps

2022
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law poster

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

TV · Supervising Sound Editor · 9 eps

2021
Nine Days poster

Nine Days

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2021
Cyan Eyed poster

Cyan Eyed

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2021
Extinct poster

Extinct

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer · 26 eps

2020
Come Away poster

Come Away

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2020
The Croods: A New Age poster

The Croods: A New Age

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2020
Minions: Holiday Special poster

Minions: Holiday Special

Movie · Sound Editor

2020
All Day and a Night poster

All Day and a Night

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2020
Uncorked poster

Uncorked

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Supervisor

2020
Lost & Crowned poster

Lost & Crowned

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2019
Haunt poster

Haunt

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2019
IO poster

IO

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2019
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly poster

Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Juanita poster

Juanita

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Inventing Tomorrow poster

Inventing Tomorrow

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2019
The Game Changers poster

The Game Changers

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Diane poster

Diane

Movie · Music Editor

2018
Howard poster

Howard

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2018
In Search of Greatness poster

In Search of Greatness

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2018
Ghost Fleet poster

Ghost Fleet

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2018
The Final Year poster

The Final Year

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2017
Columbus poster

Columbus

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
Despicable Me 3 poster

Despicable Me 3

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2017
The Dreaming Man poster

The Dreaming Man

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2017
Little Evil poster

Little Evil

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2017
Burning Sands poster

Burning Sands

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2016
Men Go to Battle poster

Men Go to Battle

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2016
Sing poster

Sing

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2016
Touched with Fire poster

Touched with Fire

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2016
Transpecos poster

Transpecos

Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

2016
The Birth of a Nation poster

The Birth of a Nation

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2016
The Secret Life of Pets poster

The Secret Life of Pets

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2016
Learning To See poster

Learning To See

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2015
The Walk poster

The Walk

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2015
Crimson Peak poster

Crimson Peak

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2015
The Peanuts Movie poster

The Peanuts Movie

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2015
The Boat Builder poster

The Boat Builder

Movie · Foley Editor

2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes poster

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2014
Rio 2 poster

Rio 2

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2 poster

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2013
Despicable Me 2 poster

Despicable Me 2

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2013
The Croods poster

The Croods

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2013
Panic in the Mailroom poster

Panic in the Mailroom

Movie · Sound Editor

2013
Free Birds poster

Free Birds

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2013
The Pardon poster

The Pardon

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2012
Reincarnated poster

Reincarnated

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2012
The Right to Love: An American Family poster

The Right to Love: An American Family

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted poster

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2012
John Carter poster

John Carter

Movie · Foley Supervisor

2011
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas poster

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2011
Cars 2 poster

Cars 2

Movie · Other

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · Other

2010
TRON: Legacy poster

TRON: Legacy

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2010
Impulse poster

Impulse

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer

2010
Toy Story 3 poster

Toy Story 3

Movie · Other

2010
Jeffie Was Here poster

Jeffie Was Here

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief poster

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

2009
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2009
Lightheaded poster

Lightheaded

Movie · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2009
Up poster

Up

Movie · Other

2008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa poster

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno poster

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Movie · Other

2008
Ponyo poster

Ponyo

Movie · Dialogue Editor

2008
Horton Hears a Who! poster

Horton Hears a Who!

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2007
Beowulf poster

Beowulf

Movie · Other

2007
Enchanted poster

Enchanted

Movie · Other

2007
The Simpsons Movie poster

The Simpsons Movie

Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

2006
The Wild poster

The Wild

Movie · First Assistant Sound Editor

2006
Eragon poster

Eragon

Movie · Other

2006
Clerks II poster

Clerks II

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2005
Hoodwinked! poster

Hoodwinked!

Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio poster

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Movie · Other

2004
Witches in Exile poster

Witches in Exile

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2004
Double Dare poster

Double Dare

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2004
November poster

November

Movie · Assistant Sound Designer

2003
Testosterone poster

Testosterone

Movie · Sound Editor

2003
Girls Will Be Girls poster

Girls Will Be Girls

Movie · Assistant Sound Editor

2001
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace poster

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2000
Cast Away poster

Cast Away

Movie · Apprentice Sound Editor

1999
Independent Lens poster

Independent Lens

TV · Sound Effects Editor, Sound Editor · 1 ep