Ethan Van der Ryn
Alameda, California, USA

Ethan Van der Ryn (born October 21, 1962) is an American sound editor and sound designer.

He won 2 Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and King Kong. He earned further Academy Awards nominations for Transformers (2007), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Argo (2012), and A Quiet Place (2018). He is an alumnus of San Francisco State University.

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Shrek 5 (2026)
Sound Designer | Supervising Sound Editor
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
The Gorge (2025)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Carry-On (2024)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
IF (2024)
Supervising Sound Editor
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Sound Designer
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
The Creator (2023)
Sound Designer
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Sound Designer | Supervising Sound Editor
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Ambulance (2022)
Sound Designer
Finch (2021)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Sound Designer | Supervising Sound Editor
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Supervising Sound Editor
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Love and Monsters (2020)
Supervising Sound Editor
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
6 Underground (2019)
Sound Designer
Abominable (2019)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Sound Designer
Pet Sematary (2019)
Supervising Sound Editor
A Quiet Place (2018)
Supervising Sound Editor
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
Sound Designer
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Supervising Sound Editor
Trolls (2016)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Sound Designer
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Supervising Sound Editor
Goosebumps (2015)
Supervising Sound Editor
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Supervising Sound Editor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Supervising Sound Editor
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Sound Designer | Supervising Sound Editor
Godzilla (2014)
Supervising Sound Editor
World War Z (2013)
Supervising Sound Editor
Pain & Gain (2013)
Sound Designer | Supervising Sound Editor
Argo (2012)
Sound Designer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Supervising Sound Editor
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Supervising Sound Editor
Megamind (2010)
Supervising Sound Editor
Shrek Forever After (2010)
Supervising Sound Editor
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Supervising Sound Editor
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
Supervising Sound Editor
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Supervising Sound Editor | Sound Designer
Transformers (2007)
Supervising Sound Editor
King Kong (2005)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Ring Two (2005)
Sound Designer
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Supervising Sound Editor
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Sound Designer
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Sound Editor
Dogma (1999)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Haunting (1999)
Supervising Sound Editor
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Sound Effects Editor
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Sound Effects Editor
Titanic (1997)
Sound Effects Editor
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Sound Editor
The Arrival (1996)
Sound Effects Editor
Jumanji (1995)
Sound Effects Editor
Nine Months (1995)
Sound Effects Editor
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Sound Effects Editor
Single White Female (1992)
Sound Editor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Sound Effects Editor | Supervising Sound Editor
Fletch Lives (1989)
Assistant Sound Editor