# Gary Summers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Summers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Summers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Summers > Source revision: 1356942103 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American sound re-recording mixer}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Gary Summers | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [Sound engineer](/source/audio_engineering) | years_active = 1980–present }} '''Gary Summers''' is an American [re-recording mixer](/source/re-recording_mixer). He has done the sound re-recording on many blockbuster motion pictures including ''[Avatar](/source/Avatar_(2009_film))'', ''[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))'', ''[Terminator 2: Judgment Day](/source/Terminator_2%3A_Judgment_Day)'', ''[Saving Private Ryan](/source/Saving_Private_Ryan)'', ''[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen](/source/Transformers%3A_Revenge_of_the_Fallen)'' and ''[Jurassic Park](/source/Jurassic_Park_(film))''. Summers has won four [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award)s, an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award), two [BAFTA](/source/BAFTA) awards and three [C.A.S.](/source/C.A.S.) Awards.{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/news/headline/toddao-hires-garysummers-112906/|title=Article Categories - Mixonline|website=mixonline.com|access-date=2010-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141703/http://mixonline.com/news/headline/toddao-hires-garysummers-112906/|archive-date=2011-06-04|url-status=dead}} He got his start working on [The Empire Strikes Back](/source/The_Empire_Strikes_Back) and began twenty years working for the [Skywalker Sound](/source/Skywalker_Sound) division of [George Lucas](/source/George_Lucas)'s Lucasfilm in [Marin County](/source/Marin_County), California.{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFEE4668ECE8A2&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0110012910284413157&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2012/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=|title=The Press Democrat - 1999}} Summers formed Summers Sound Services, Inc. in 2002 and is currently self-employed. ==Academy Awards== Summers has won four Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for eight more: ;Wins * ''[Terminator 2: Judgment Day](/source/Terminator_2%3A_Judgment_Day)'' (1991){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992 |title=The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-22|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Jurassic Park](/source/Jurassic_Park_(film))'' (1993){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-22|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))'' (1997){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-19|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Saving Private Ryan](/source/Saving_Private_Ryan)'' (1998){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999 |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-19|work=oscars.org}} ;Nominated * ''[Return of the Jedi](/source/Return_of_the_Jedi)'' (1983){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |title=The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-09|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade](/source/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade)'' (1989){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-17|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Backdraft](/source/Backdraft_(film))'' (1991) * ''[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen](/source/Transformers%3A_Revenge_of_the_Fallen)'' (2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010 |title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-22|work=oscars.org}} * ''[Avatar](/source/Avatar_(2009_film))'' (2009) * ''[Transformers: Dark of the Moon](/source/Transformers%3A_Dark_of_the_Moon)'' (2011){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012 |title=The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees |access-date=2012-01-26|work=oscars.org}} * ''[13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi](/source/13_Hours%3A_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi)'' (2016){{Cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees|title = Oscar Nominations 2021: The Complete List | 93rd Academy Awards}} * ''[Avatar: The Way of Water](/source/Avatar%3A_The_Way_of_Water)'' (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023|title = Oscar Nominations 2023: The Complete List | 95th Academy Awards| date=19 March 2024 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|0838707}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Gary Summers |list = {{AcademyAwardBestSound 1981–2000}} {{BAFTA Award for Best Sound}} }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Gary}} Category:American audio engineers Category:Production sound mixers Category:Living people Category:Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Category:Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners Category:Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-audio-engineer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gary Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Summers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Summers?action=history)). 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