Career
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 How to Train Your Dragon 2. 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.
Awards
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 |
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| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Re-Recordist | Film |
| Titanic | |||
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Assistant Sound Editor | |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | Re-Recording Mixer - uncredited | |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch |
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| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith |
Cinematic Sound Designer | Video game |
| 2006 | Cars | Assistant Sound Designer | Film |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sound Effects Editor | ||
| Eragon | |||
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Foley Editor | |
| The Simpsons Movie | Sound Effects Editor | ||
| Beowulf | |||
| 2008 | WALL·E | ||
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | ||
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | ||
| Toy Story 3 | |||
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | ||
| Cars 2 | |||
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Additional Sound Designer / Editor - uncredited | |
| 2013 | The Croods | Additional Sound Designer | |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
Sound Designer | |
| 2015 | Home | ||
| Jurassic World |
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| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass |
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| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
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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 |
Feature film; in production |
