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Al Nelson is a sound designer for several of the DreamWorks Dragons works.

Biography[]

Al Nelson is the creator of the sounds for the dragons in How to Train Your Dragon, Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, Gift of the Night Fury, and more. Each dragon has its own unique sounds which also should fit the size, gender, personality and many other properties of these special reptiles. A great challenge—especially when there are no real dragons which can be recorded. He is also known for many Pixar movies, such as Finding Nemo, Up, and many others. He currently works at the legendary Skywalker Sound, and has been there for over 25 years.

For How to Train Your Dragon, he won the Golden Reel Award for the Best Sound Editing in Feature Film Animation. He was also nominated for a Golden Reel for Best Sound Editing - Direct to Video for Gift of the Night Fury.

Selected Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Re-recordist Feature film
1999 Toy Story 2 Assistant Sound Effects Editor
2002 Lilo & Stitch Sound design editor
Sound effects editor
2006 Cars Assistant Sound Designer
Ice Age: The Meltdown Sound Effects Editor
2010 Toy Story 3
2011 Cars 2
2013 The Croods Additional Sound Designer
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Sound designer
2015 Jurassic World Sound effects recordist
Supervising sound designer
Supervising sound editor
2018 Jurassic World:
Fallen Kingdom
Supervising Sound Designer
Supervising Sound Editor
2019 Captain Marvel Additional Sound Design
2022 Jurassic World: Dominion Sound Designer
Supervising Sound Editor

DreamWorks Dragons Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Sound designer Feature film
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon Short film
2011 Gift of the Night Fury
Book of Dragons
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Feature film
2019 How to Train Your Dragon:
The Hidden World

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