Gary Summers

Known for
Sound

Biography

Gary Summers is an American sound rerecording mixer. He has done the sound re-recording on a number of blockbuster motion pictures, including Avatar, Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Saving Private Ryan, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Jurassic Park. Summers has won four Oscars, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA awards, and three C.A.S. Awards. He got his start working on The Empire Strikes Back and began a twenty-year stretch working for the Skywalker Sound division of George Lucas's Lucas Digital in Marin County, California. Summers formed Summers Sound Services, Inc. in 2002 and is currently self-employed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Summers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash poster

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2025
Jurassic World Rebirth poster

Jurassic World Rebirth

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2023
Peter Pan & Wendy poster

Peter Pan & Wendy

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2022
Avatar: The Way of Water poster

Avatar: The Way of Water

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2022
Top Gun: Maverick poster

Top Gun: Maverick

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2020
The Way Back poster

The Way Back

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp poster

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2018
Air Strike poster

Air Strike

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
The Accountant poster

The Accountant

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
Pete's Dragon poster

Pete's Dragon

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
Ice Age: Collision Course poster

Ice Age: Collision Course

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2015
Pixels poster

Pixels

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2014
A Most Violent Year poster

A Most Violent Year

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2014
Chef poster

Chef

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2013
Monsters University poster

Monsters University

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted poster

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2011
Dream House poster

Dream House

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2011
Rio poster

Rio

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon poster

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2011
Warrior poster

Warrior

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2010
6 Souls poster

6 Souls

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2009
Avatar poster

Avatar

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2009
Case 39 poster

Case 39

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2008
Untraceable poster

Untraceable

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2008
W. poster

W.

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor poster

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2007
The Bourne Ultimatum poster

The Bourne Ultimatum

Movie · Sound Mixer

2006
Cars poster

Cars

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow poster

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003
Finding Nemo poster

Finding Nemo

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003
Ghosts of the Abyss poster

Ghosts of the Abyss

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003
Mystic River poster

Mystic River

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life poster

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Movie · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2002
Hart's War poster

Hart's War

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2001
Monsters, Inc. poster

Monsters, Inc.

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance poster

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2000
Frequency poster

Frequency

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2000
Titan A.E. poster

Titan A.E.

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2000
102 Dalmatians poster

102 Dalmatians

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1999
Toy Story 2 poster

Toy Story 2

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1999
The Haunting poster

The Haunting

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1998
Saving Private Ryan poster

Saving Private Ryan

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1998
Stepmom poster

Stepmom

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1998
A Bug's Life poster

A Bug's Life

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1998
In God's Hands poster

In God's Hands

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1997
Volcano poster

Volcano

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park poster

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1997
Titanic poster

Titanic

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1996
James and the Giant Peach poster

James and the Giant Peach

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1995
Casper poster

Casper

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1995
Toy Story poster

Toy Story

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1994
Baby's Day Out poster

Baby's Day Out

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1994
Miracle on 34th Street poster

Miracle on 34th Street

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1993
Mrs. Doubtfire poster

Mrs. Doubtfire

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1993
Jurassic Park poster

Jurassic Park

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1991
Rush poster

Rush

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1991
Backdraft poster

Backdraft

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1991
F/X2 poster

F/X2

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1991
The Addams Family poster

The Addams Family

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1988
Cocoon: The Return poster

Cocoon: The Return

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1988
Powaqqatsi poster

Powaqqatsi

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer

1988
Alamo: The Price of Freedom poster

Alamo: The Price of Freedom

Movie · Recording Supervision

1988
Tom Waits: Big Time poster

Tom Waits: Big Time

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1988
Norway

Norway

Movie · Sound

1987
Spaceballs poster

Spaceballs

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1986
Howard the Duck poster

Howard the Duck

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1985
The Mean Season poster

The Mean Season

Movie · Sound Supervisor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1985
The Legend of Billie Jean poster

The Legend of Billie Jean

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1985
Cocoon poster

Cocoon

Movie · Sound Designer

1983
Return of the Jedi poster

Return of the Jedi

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga poster

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark poster

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Movie · Sound Effects

1980
The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

Movie · Sound Recordist