Ron Judkins (born 1953) is an American

production sound mixer A production sound mixer, location sound recordist, location sound engineer, or simply sound mixer is the member of a film crew or television crew responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking or television production u ...

and writer-director. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three in the same category. He is also the winner of the

BAFTA Award for Best Sound This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Sound, which is presented to sound designers, sound editors, sound engineers, and sound mixers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1969. Winners ...

for ''

Schindler's List ''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film fo ...

'' in 1996. Judkins directed his first feature film, ''The Hi-Line'' in 1998, and the project premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 1999

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

. Judkins is also the writer-director of the comedic drama, ''Finding Neighbors'', a feature film, which had its world premiere in the Narrative Competition at the Austin Film Festival in 2013. He also directed the 2013 documentary ''24 Peaces'' which includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Marianne Williamson, and Deepak Chopra.

Selected filmography

Judkins has worked on more than 50 films as a production sound mixer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three: ;Won * ''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...

'' (1993) * ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depictio ...

'' (1998) ;Nominated * ''

'' (1993) * ''

War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2012)

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* 1953 births Living people American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners {{US-audio-engineer-stub