Gregg Rudloff (November 2, 1955 – January 6, 2019) was an American
re-recording mixer
A re-recording mixer in North America, also known as a dubbing mixer in Europe, is a post-production audio engineer who mixes recorded dialogue, sound effects and music to create the final version of a soundtrack for a feature film, television p ...
. He won three
Academy Awards
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for
Best Sound and was nominated for four more in the same category. He worked on 150 films from 1983 onwards. His father,
Tex Rudloff
Walter Cecil "Tex" Rudloff (August 8, 1926 – October 10, 2015) was an American audio engineering, sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award in the category Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound for the ...
, was a sound engineer who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1978. On January 6, 2019, Rudloff died at the age of 63 from a reported suicide.
Selected filmography
Rudloff won three Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for four more:
;Won
* ''
Glory'' (1989)
* ''
The Matrix
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'' (1999)
* ''
Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015)
;Nominated
* ''
The Perfect Storm'' (2000)
* ''
Flags of Our Fathers
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'' (2006)
* ''
Argo'' (2012)
* ''
American Sniper
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'' (2014)
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1955 births
2019 deaths
American audio engineers
Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Best Sound BAFTA Award winners
People from Los Angeles
Emmy Award winners
Engineers from California
Suicides in California
Re-recording mixers
2019 suicides
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