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Richard Pryke

Richard Pryke
Forenames(s): Richard
Family name: Pryke
Work area/Craft/Role: Sound
Interview no: 605
Interview date(s): 15 July 2010
Interviewer(s): Joe Naud
Production Media: video

Key Achievements

  • He won the Academy Award for Best Sound for Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Wikipedia+1
  • Other major film credits include Bird Box (2018), First They Killed My Father (2017), 127 Hours (2010), V for Vendetta (2005), Die Another Day (2002), Bridget Jones’s Diary and more. Wikipedia+2Broadcast Now+2

Career Path & Recent Role

  • Pryke worked for many years at Pinewood Studios, rising through from maintenance engineer to one of their main re-recording mixers. Broadcast Now+1
  • In 2022, he joined Molinare (a post-production audio facility in London) as a full time re-recording mixer. postmagazine.com+1
  • In addition to film, he has also worked in high-end TV, and video games. For example, he mixed The Division 2 and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (game). Broadcast Now
  • He has over 80 film credits since 1993. Wikipedia
  • He is (or was) director of York Scarlet Sound Services Limited as per company director listings. Company Director Check

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