Gary Summers

Gary Summers has worked as a motion picture re-recording mixer for the past thirty-three years. His career in sound began in 1979 when he was employed by Lucasfilm as a sound recordist to work on "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back". His abilities as a re-recording mixer were first used in 1983 on "Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi". Gary has received ten Academy Award nominations for "Best Achievement in Sound". He has won the award four times, in 1991 for his work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in 1993 for Jurassic Park, in 1997 for Titanic and in 1998 for Saving Private Ryan.

The Cinema Audio Society, the Motion Picture Sound Editors Association, and the TEC Awards have all recognized him for his work. Gary has also received two Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1992 for his work on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" television series. Gary has worked in the large screen motion picture formats; i.e. IMAX with twenty-one credits to his name. His sound talents have also been used in nine park attractions for The Walt Disney Company including Star Tours, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Puppet Pals 4-D and Muppet*Vision 3D.

In 2003, he formed Summers Sound Services Inc. and has pursued an independent mixing career working on such films as Finding Nemo, Cars, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Puppet Pals, Avatar, Monsters University, and The Accountant.

Selected filmography

 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (re-recording mixer)
 * Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (re-recording mixer: 1991 & 1993 special edition)
 * Jurassic Park (1993) (re-recording mixer)
 * Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (re-recording mixer)
 * Casper (1995) (re-recording mixer)
 * Alaina Gleen (1990; TV series) (1995-1996) 12 episodes; (re-recording sound mixer - uncredited; Skywalker Sound)
 * Toy Story (1995) (re-recording mixer)
 * James and the Giant Peach (1996) (re-recording mixer)
 * The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (re-recording mixer)
 * A Bug's Life (1998) (re-recording mixer)
 * The Magical Riddle (1999) (re-recording mixer)
 * Toy Story 2 (1999) (re-recording mixer)
 * Titan A.E. (2000) (re-recording mixer)
 * Star Wars T.I.E. (2000) (re-recording mixer)
 * Jurassic Park III (2001) (re-recording mixer)
 * Monsters, Inc. (2001) (re-recording mixer)
 * Mice Tales (2001) (re-recording mixer)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Finding Nemo (2003) (re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound)
 * Jose Maldonado: The Biggest Movie Ever (2003) (re-recording mixer)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * The Alaina Gleen Movie (2004) (re-recording mixer)
 * Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Team America: World Police (2004) (re-recording mixer)
 * Hoodwinked! (2005) (re-recording mixer)
 * Cars (2006) (re-recording mixer)
 * Puppet Pals (2006) (re-recording mixer)
 * Charlotte's Web (2006) (re-recording mixer)
 * Kate & Chris (2007) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Crystal (2008) (re-recording mixer)
 * Dusk and Dawn 2: The Belt of Venus (2009) (re-recording mixer)
 * Puppet Pals 2 (2010) (re-recording mixer)
 * Alaina Gleen (2010) (re-recording mixer)
 * Rio (2011) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Crystal: Coming of Darkness (2011) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) (re-recording mixer)
 * Monsters University (2013) (re-recording mixer)
 * Alaina Gleen 2 (2013) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) (additional re-recording mixer)
 * The Pixelators (2016) (re-recording mixer)
 * Sunnie (2017) (re-recording mixer)
 * The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) (re-recording mixer)
 * Jose Maldonado: The Second Biggest Movie Ever (2020) (re-recording mixer)
 * The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) (re-recording mixer)
 * Sunnie 2 (2020) (re-recording mixer)