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.
Academy Awards
Best Sound Editing
Known For
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Supervising Sound Editor
Oppenheimer
(2023)
Sound Designer
Tenet
(2020)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Inception
(2010)
Sound Designer
Interstellar
(2014)
Supervising Sound Editor
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Supervising Sound Editor
Thor
(2011)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
The Dark Knight
(2008)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
The Prestige
(2006)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Dunkirk
(2017)
Supervising Sound Editor
Gattaca
(1997)
Supervising Sound Editor
In Time
(2011)
Supervising Sound Editor
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Unbreakable
(2000)
Sound Designer
Suicide Squad
(2016)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Full Filmography
Sound
Simply Metric
(1973)
Sound
Exchange and Divide
(1980)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Moonlighting
(1982)
ADR Mixer
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
(1984)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Delta Force
(1986)
Sound Effects Editor
Murphy's Law
(1986)
Sound Effects Editor
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(1986)
Supervising Sound Editor
Far North
(1988)
Supervising Sound Editor
A Time of Destiny
(1988)
Supervising Sound Editor
Blue Steel
(1990)
Supervising Sound Editor
Love at Large
(1990)
Supervising Sound Editor
Sleeping with the Enemy
(1991)
Sound Effects Editor
Doc Hollywood
(1991)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Good Son
(1993)
Sound Effects Editor
My Life
(1993)
Supervising Sound Editor
Wolf
(1994)
Sound Editor
The Shadow
(1994)
Sound Effects Editor
Blue Sky
(1994)
Sound Effects Editor
Waterworld
(1995)
Sound Effects Editor
Money Train
(1995)
Sound Effects Editor
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
(1995)
Sound Effects Editor
The People vs. Larry Flynt
(1996)
Sound Effects Editor
That Thing You Do!
(1996)
Supervising Sound Editor
Gattaca
(1997)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Jackal
(1997)
Supervising Sound Editor
Hard Eight
(1997)
Sound Designer
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
(1998)
Sound Designer
The Gingerbread Man
(1998)
Sound Designer
Magnolia
(1999)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Unbreakable
(2000)
Sound Designer
Appalachian Journey Live In Concert
(2000)
Sound Engineer
S1m0ne
(2002)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Signs
(2002)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Bloody Sunday
(2002)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(2003)
Sound Designer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Walking Tall
(2004)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
The Prestige
(2006)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Firewall
(2006)
Sound Designer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
The Dark Knight
(2008)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Fool's Gold
(2008)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Land of the Lost
(2009)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Brooklyn's Finest
(2010)
Sound Effects Editor
The Way Back
(2010)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Inception
(2010)
Sound Designer
Puss in Boots
(2011)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Thor
(2011)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Arthur
(2011)
Sound Designer
In Time
(2011)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Rise of the Guardians
(2012)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
(2012)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Interstellar
(2014)
Supervising Sound Editor
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
(2014)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
The 5th Wave
(2016)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stealing Cars
(2016)
Sound Editor
Suicide Squad
(2016)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Dunkirk
(2017)
Supervising Sound Editor
Dark Phoenix
(2019)
Supervising Sound Editor
Tenet
(2020)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
The Harder They Fall
(2021)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
King Richard
(2021)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Eric Clapton - The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions
(2021)
Recording Supervision and Music Arranger
Oppenheimer
(2023)
Sound Designer
Maestro
(2023)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Dune: Part Two
(2024)
Supervising Sound Editor
Acting
Crew