Richard King(I)

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Richard King was born in Tampa, Florida and attended the University of South Florida graduating with a BFA in painting and film.

Since 1985 he has worked in film sound design. Richard has been fortunate to work with such directors as Nicolas Roeg, M. Night Shyamalan, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, William Friedkin, Peter Weir, Steven Spielberg,Christopher Nolan, Patty Jenkins and Jeymes Samuel. He is the recipient of four Academy Awards, three Bafta Awards, and four MPSE awards for Best Sound Editing as well as the MPSE Career Achievement Award.

Richard lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

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Won 4 Oscars
- 31 wins & 52 nominations total

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Winning the category Achievement in sound editing for work on "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King poses backstage for the press room with the Oscar® at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Richard King for work on "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) accepts the Oscar® for Achievement in sound editing, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Alex Gibson and Richard King at an event for Dunkirk (2017)

Alex Gibson and Richard King at an event for The Oscars (2018)

Richard King at an event for The Oscars (2015)

Richard King at an event for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)

Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, and Richard King at an event for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)

John Travolta and Richard King at an event for The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)

Known for

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

Inception

8.8

Sound Department

2010

Dunkirk

7.8

Sound Department

2017

War of the Worlds

6.5

Sound Department

2005

Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy, and Chin Han in The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight

9.0

Sound Department

2008

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