Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood was a film and journalism major in college and had taken acting classes since high school.  He continued to study acting and voice at the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco.

Wood was invited to join Lucasfilm in 1990 (he was just 17) as part of the Sound Droid development team (testing video games).

Matthew Wood, Chief ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) Recordist for Lucasfilm, and others, set up a traveling audio recording and editing system, the first of it's kind.  Film studios used to run their ADR (looping)  through equipment like video tape decks, analog 24-track recorders, mixing consoles, and video playbacks with countdown mechanisms. But those methods were far too primitive for what Wood had in mind for a film as intense and remotely shot as The Phantom Menace.   So Wood designed and built a Mac-based, portable ADR set-up that would run the film in a high resolution, QuickTime format, and easily sync it up with the just-recorded ADR on the PowerBook G3 300.  They were able to record nearly 80% of The Phantom Menace at various locations with the mobile recording setup.  This allowed Lucas Digital to reach beyond the limits of a stationery studio location for recording and editing.

 

Film Actor

The Colbert Report~200? - voice of Battle Droid in October 11, 2006

Zoom~2006 - voice of Lab Scientist

The Californians~2005 - Waiter

Instant Dads~2005 - Mr. Allison

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith~2005 - General Grievous (voice)

Adventures in Animation 3D~2004 - Crowd (voice)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones~2002 - Dug Taxi Driver/Gungan/Seboca/Magaloof (voices)

Manassas: End of Innocence~2002 - Voice

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace~1999 (uncredited) - Bib Fortuna and voice of Ody Mandrell

Hudson Hawk~1991 - (undcredited)  stand-in, actually a hand-in for Stefano Molinari. .the hands for Leonardo DaVinci looking at the alchemists crystals.

 

Film Sound

Zoom~2006 (supervising sound editor)

Munich~2005 (sound design recordist)

Feast~2005 (supervising sound editor)

Instant Dads~2005 (

Adventures in Animation 3D~2004 (sound designer)

Envy~2004 - (adr recordist - uncredited)

Manassas: End of Innocence~2002 (digital architect) voice talent

Titan A.E.~2000 (supervising sound editor)

13th Warrior, The~1999  (assistant sound designer)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace~1999 (adr recordist) 

Armageddon~1998 (assistant sound designer) (uncredited)

In God's Hands~1998 (sound effects editor) (uncredited)

Speed 2: Cruise Control~1997 (assistant sound designer)

Con Air~1997 (assistant sound designer)

Volcano~1997 (assistant sound designer)

Follow Me Home~1997 (assistant sound editor)

Boys Night Out~1996 (foley editor)

Rock, The~1996 (assistant sound designer) (uncredited)

One Fine Day~1996 (foley editor)

Eraser~1996 (assistant sound designer) (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible~1996 (foley editor)

Last Supper, The~1995 (sound effects editor)

China: The Wild East~1994  (assistant sound editor)

Quiz Show~1994 (assistant sound editor) (uncredited)

Radioland Murders~1994 (assistant supervising sound editor)

From Shore to Shore: Irish Traditional Music in New York City~1993 (V)  (post-production sound consultant)

Kingdom Come~1993 (V)  (sound editor)

Night of the Black Widow~1992 (V) (sound supervisor)

Hudson Hawk~1991 (stand-in: on-camera) (uncredited)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi~1983 (supervising sound editor: DVD) 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 (supervising sound editor: DVD) 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (supervising sound editor: DVD)

 

TV Actor

Untitled Clone Wars (Star Wars)~2007/8 - voice of General Grievous

 

TV 

Alchemy~1997 (supervising sound editor)

500 Nations~1995 mini (dialogue editor)

Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The~1992-1994 (assistant sound editor)

 

Theatre

 

 

Video Games

Star Wars: Battlefront II~2005 - voice of General Greivous

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe~1991 (playtesting)

Night Shift~1990 - (playtesting)

Secret of Monkey Island, The~1990 (lead testing) (PC VGA 256 color version)

 

Awards, Honors and Nominations

Golden Satellite Awards:

Rec'd 2005 Best Sound Mixing and Editing for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Nom 2000 Best Sound for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Motion Picture Sound Editors:

Nom 2003 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features: Sound Effects/Foley for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (shared)

Rec'd 2001 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature for Titan A.E. (shared)

Nom 2000 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley/Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Online Film Critics Society Awards:

Nom 2003 OFCS Award for Best Sound Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) shared

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