| Christopher Boyes | |
|---|---|
 Boyes at the 78th Academy Awards | |
| 15 Nominations / 4 Wins | |
| Role | Sound |
| Born | 1972 |
| UK | |
Christopher Boyes is an Academy Award-winning American sound designer, mixer and editor of Lucasfilm's Skywalker Sound. He has won four Academy Awards and has been nominated for another nine. He has worked on over 70 films since 1991 including Iron Man, King Kong, Avatar and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and the rest of the LOTR trilogy. In addition to feature film work, he has done extensive field recording all around the world. Mr. Boyes has also created special sound EFX for multiple applications like high-end commercials and radio tags for European radio stations. Mr. Boyes also designed applications for audio outboard gear such as reverb processing devices.
Wins[]
- 70th Academy Awards, 1997
- Best Sound Effects Editing — Titanic (shared with Tom Bellfort)
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Sound Editing — Pearl Harbor (shared with George Watters II)
- 76th Academy Awards, 2003
- Best Sound Mixing — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
- 78th Academy Awards, 2005
- Best Sound Mixing — King Kong (shared with Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
Nominations[]
- 70th Academy Awards, 1997
- Best Sound Effects Editing — Titanic (shared with Tom Bellfort)
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Sound — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (shared with Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek)
- Best Sound Editing — Pearl Harbor (shared with George Watters II)
- 75th Academy Awards, 2002
- Best Sound — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
- 76th Academy Awards, 2003
- Best Sound Editing — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (shared with George Watters II)
- Best Sound Mixing — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
- Best Sound Mixing — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (shared with David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff)
- 78th Academy Awards, 2005
- Best Sound Mixing — King Kong (shared with Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Sound Editing — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (shared with George Watters II)
- Best Sound Mixing — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (shared with Paul Massey and Lee Orloff)
- 81st Academy Awards, 2008
- Best Sound Editing — Iron Man (shared with Frank Eulner)
- 82nd Academy Awards, 2009
- Best Sound Editing — Avatar (shared with Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
- Best Sound Mixing — Avatar (shared with Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson)
- 86th Academy Awards, 2013
- Best Sound Mixing — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (shared with Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson)
- 95th Academy Awards, 2022
- Best Sound — Avatar: Way of Water (shared with Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges)
Videos[]
Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbor Win Sound and Sound Effects Editing 2002 Oscars
Best Sound Editing 2001
Scarlett Johansson, Sandra Bullock and John Travolta present Makeup and Sound Mixing Oscars®
Best Sound Mixing 2003
King Kong Wins Sound Mixing 2006 Oscars
Best Sound Mixing 2005