ETHAN VAN DER RYN (Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer) started his career as an Apprentice Sound Editor at Skywalker Sound. A signature experience early in his career was working on Terminator 2, on which he made the jump to Sound Effects Editor. Over the next few years he continued to learn how to craft dramatic and visceral sonic experiences in cinema by working as a Sound Effects Editor on many films including Titanic, Saving Private Ryan and Pearl Harbor all of which went on to win the Academy Award®️ for Sound Editing. Van der Ryn then moved to New Zealand for four years where he worked as a Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer on The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. He won the Academy Award®️ for both The Two Towers and King Kong.The next chapter of his career unfolded in Los Angeles where he teamed up with Erik Aadahl and they formed their sound design/editing company e2 (E Squared). Through e2, they have worked on a wide variety of sound design-intensive films including the Transformers films, the Kung Fu Panda films, Argo, Godzilla, A Quiet Place and The Creator. They have been recognized with five additional Oscar®️ nominations for some of this work. Ethan is grateful and proud to have been part of the team crafting the sonic world of Project Hail Mary.