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Randy Thom

Audio Engineer | * 01/01/1951 (73) | Shreveport, Louisiana (United States of America (USA))
David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951) is an American sound designer and the current director of sound design at Skywalker Sound. ()

Randy has been nominated for fifteen Oscars, an Emmy and a Grammy. He has received two Oscars: one for The Right Stuff, and one for The Incredibles. Randy was honored with the C.A.S. Career Achievement Award in 2010 and the MPSE Career Achievement Award in 2014. His career in radio and music recording made the transition to film industry in 1975, when he was hired on Apocalypse Now (1979) as a sound effects recordist.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Adventure | Kids & Family | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Randy Thom

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Sound 4x Academy Award for Best Sound Editing 11x Academy Award for Best Sound
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Movies with Randy Thom as Actor(9)

as Confetti Cannon (voice)2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Various Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice)2019 Spies in Disguise
as Various Voices (voice)2015 The Peanuts Movie
as Logging Foreman (voice)2014 Rio 2
as Toothless (voice)2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Additional Voices (voice)2013 Epic
as Sandy Crood (voice)2013 The Croods
as Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice)2012 Flight

Movies with Randy Thom as Crew(132)

Sound/Sound Designer2025 Elio
Sound/Sound Designer2024 The Garfield Movie
Sound/Sound Designer2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Sound/Sound Designer2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Sound/Sound Designer2022 Pinocchio
Sound/Sound Designer2022 Wendell & Wild
Sound/Sound Designer2021 Vivo
Sound/Sound Designer2020 Roald Dahl's The Witches
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2020 Roald Dahl's The Witches
Sound/Sound Designer2020 The Croods: A New Age
Sound/Sound Designer2019 Spies in Disguise
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2019 Spies in Disguise
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2019 The Wolf's Call
Sound/Sound Designer2019 The Wolf's Call
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2018 Welcome to Marwen
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2018 Welcome to Marwen
Sound/Sound Designer2018 Welcome to Marwen
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2017 Ferdinand
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2017 Ferdinand
Sound/Sound Designer2017 Ferdinand
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2017 Despicable Me 3
Sound/Sound Designer2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2016 Allied
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2016 Allied
Sound/Sound Designer2015 Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015 Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015 The Walk
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2015 The Revenant
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015 The Revenant
Sound/Sound Designer2015 Crimson Peak
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2015 Crimson Peak
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2015 The Peanuts Movie
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015 The Peanuts Movie
Sound/Sound Designer2015 The Peanuts Movie
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2014 Rio 2
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2
Sound/Sound Designer2013 After Earth
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2013 Epic
Sound/Sound Designer2013 The Croods
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2013 The Croods
Sound/Sound Designer2012 Flight
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sound/Sound Designer2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sound/Sound Designer2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2011 Rio
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2010 How to Train Your Dragon
Sound/Sound Designer2010 How to Train Your Dragon
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2010 How to Train Your Dragon
Sound/Sound Designer2010 The Last Airbender
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2010 The Last Airbender
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2010 The Last Airbender
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Sound/Sound Designer2009 Coraline
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2009 Coraline
Sound/Sound Designer2009 A Christmas Carol
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2009 A Christmas Carol
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2008 Bolt
Sound/Sound Designer2008 Bolt
Sound/Sound Designer2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Sound/Sound Designer2008 Horton Hears a Who!
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2008 Horton Hears a Who!
Sound/Sound Designer2007 Bee Movie
Sound/Sound Designer2007 Enchanted
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2007 Enchanted
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2007 Enchanted
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2007 Ratatouille
Sound/Sound Designer2007 Ratatouille
Sound/Sound Designer2007 Beowulf
Sound/Sound Designer2006 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Sound/Sound Mixer2006 Over the Hedge
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sound/Sound Designer2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sound/Sound Mixer2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sound/Sound Designer2005 War of the Worlds
Sound/Sound Designer2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sound/Sound Designer2004 The Incredibles
Sound/Supervising Sound Editor2004 The Incredibles
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2004 The Incredibles
Sound/Sound Designer2004 Shrek 2
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2004 The Polar Express
Sound/Sound Designer2004 The Polar Express
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2003 Darkness Falls
Sound/Sound Designer2003 Darkness Falls
Sound/Sound Designer2003 The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2002 Windtalkers
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sound/Sound Designer2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sound/Sound Designer2001 Osmosis Jones
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2000 Cast Away
Sound/Sound Designer2000 Reindeer Games
Sound/Sound Designer2000 What Lies Beneath
Sound/Sound Designer1999 The Iron Giant
Sound/Sound Designer1999 Arlington Road
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1999 Arlington Road
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1998 Stepmom
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1997 Contact
Sound/Sound Designer1997 Contact
Sound/Sound Designer1997 Starship Troopers
Sound/Sound Designer1996 Chain Reaction
Sound/Sound Designer1996 The Frighteners
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1996 Mars Attacks!
Sound/Sound Designer1996 Mars Attacks!
Sound/Sound Designer1995 Nine Months
Sound/Sound Designer1995 Jumanji
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1994 Forrest Gump
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1994 Disclosure
Sound/Sound Mixer1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1991 Backdraft
Sound/Sound Effects1991 A Brief History of Time
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1991 A Brief History of Time
Sound/Sound Designer1990 Wild at Heart
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1990 Wild at Heart
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1990 Cry-Baby
Sound/Sound Designer1988 Colors
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1988 Colors
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Sound/Sound Designer1987 Spaceballs
Sound/Sound Designer1986 Howard the Duck
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1986 Howard the Duck
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1985 The Mean Season
Sound/Sound Recordist1983 Rumble Fish
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1983 The Right Stuff
Sound/Sound Effects1982 Koyaanisqatsi

TV Shows/Series with Randy Thom as Crew(1)

Sound/Sound Designer2020 Zenimation

Additional Information

Full Name: Randy Thom
Born: Monday, 01/01 1951 (January) in Shreveport, Louisiana (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 73 years + 88 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: Bolton High School
Other names for Randy Thom (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"David Randall Thoms"
"David Randall Thom"
"Randall Thom"
"兰迪·汤姆"
Randy Thom frequently works together with these people:
Robert Zemeckis (35x, Crew)
Dennie Thorpe (31x, Crew)
Jana Vance (26x, Crew)
Leff Lefferts (24x, Crew)
Alan Silvestri (21x, Crew)
Dennis Leonard (20x, Crew)
Steve Starkey (18x, Crew)
Sue Fox (17x, Crew)
Jeremy Bowker (16x, Crew)
Jason Fricchione (16x, Actor)
Lora Hirschberg (16x, Crew)
David Bess (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:308855, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024