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Born in Alameda, CA. Sound effects and supervising sound editor who entered American film as an assistant sound editor on CADILLAC MAN (1990). He assisted on AVALON and THE GODFATHER, PART III (both 1990). Van der Ryn's other sound effects editing credits include TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY and BUGSY (both 1991), SINGLE WHITE FEMALE and TOYS (both 1992), JUMANJI (1995), ONE FINE DAY (1996), VOLCANO (1997), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, DOGMA and THE HAUNTING (all 1999), DINOSAUR, X-MEN and THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (all 2000), PEARL HARBOR (2001), the LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy (2001-03), THE RING TWO and KING KONG (both 2005), and TRANSFORMERS (2007).  Best Achievement in Sound Editing 2002: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (w. Michael Hopkins)  Best Achievement in Sound Editing 2005: KING KONG (w. Mike Hopkins)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Editing 2007: TRANSFORMERS (w. Mike Hopkins) 3 nominations, 2 Awards