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Swedish sound engineer

Paul N. J. Ottosson
Born	Nils Jörgen Paul Ottosson (1966-02-25) 25 February 1966 (age 58) Lönsboda, Skåne län, Sweden
Occupation	Sound Designer
Years active	1995–present

Paul N. J. Ottosson (born 25 February 1966) is a Swedish sound designer. The recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, he has worked on more than 130 films since 1995.

Selected filmography

Uncharted (2022)
The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
Bloodshot (2020)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-2019)
The Boss Baby (2017)
Detroit (2017)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Fury (2014)
White House Down (2013)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
2012 (2009)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Dentist 2 (1998)

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result
Academy Awards	27 February 2005	Best Sound Editing	Spider-Man 2	Nominated
	7 March 2010	Best Sound Editing	The Hurt Locker	Won
	7 March 2010	Best Sound Mixing	The Hurt Locker	Won
	24 February 2013	Best Sound Editing	Zero Dark Thirty	Won
British Academy Film Awards	12 February 2005	Best Sound	Spider-Man 2	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards	21 February 2010	Best Sound	The Hurt Locker	Won
Cinema Audio Society Awards	February 27, 2010	Best Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures	The Hurt Locker	Won
	18 February 2013	Best Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Live Action	Zero Dark Thirty	Nominated
	February 14, 2015	Best Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated	Penguins of Madagascar	Nominated
Golden Reel Awards	2001	Best Sound Editing - Television Movies and Specials - Effects & Foley	Operation Sandman	Nominated
	23 March 2002	Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Nominated
	1 March 2005	Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley	Spider-Man 2	Nominated
	2008	Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film	Spider-Man 3	Nominated
	20 February 2010	Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film	The Hurt Locker	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing - Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film	The Hurt Locker	Nominated
			2012	Nominated
	15 February 2015	Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature	Fury	Nominated
	18 February 2018	Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film	Detroit	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award	13 September 1998	Outstanding Sound Editing in Non-Fiction Program	Rat	Won
Satellite Awards	23 January 2005	Best Sound	Spider-Man 2	Nominated
Satellite Awards	20 December 2009	Best Sound	2012	Won

Notes

^A — Won with Ray Beckett.
^B — Tied with Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for Skyfall.
^C — With Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush.
^D — With Ray Beckett, Sam Okell, Brian Smith and John Sanacore.
^E — With Tighe Sheldon, Dennis S. Sands and Randy Singer.
^F — With Robert Webber, Bill Bell, Suzanne Angel, Adriane Marfiak, Bob Costanza, Richard S. Steele, Joy Ealy, Anton Holden, Scott Kolden, Tim Terusa, Michael Lyle and Les Wolf.
^G — With Christopher T. Welch, Scott Curtis, Michael Jonascu, David Grimaldi, Steve Tushar, Chuck Michael, Beth Sterner, Julie Feiner, Tammy Fearing, Carol Lewis, Matthew Harrison and Fred Burke.
^H — With Christopher Flick, Scott G.G. Haller, Reuben Simon, Jussi Tegelman, Lisa Hannan, Ai-Ling Lee, Martin Lopez and Bernard Weiser.
^I — With Joseph Bonn, Chris M. Jacobson, Jussi Tegelman, Bernard Weiser, Greg ten Bosch, Scott Curtis, Christopher Flick, Gary A. Hecker and Michael Broomberg.
^J — With Robert Troy, Kimberly Harris and Judah Getz.
^K — With Jamie Hardt, Chris M. Jacobson, Bernard Weiser, Ryan Juggler, Richard C. Franklin and Alex Ullrich.
^L — With Mark Pappas, Jamie Hardt, Bernard Weiser, Ai-Ling Lee, Angelo Palazzo, Thom Brennan, Lee Gilmore, Gary A. Hecker and Michael Broomberg.
^M — With Mark Pappas, Gary A. Hecker, Rick Owens, Jamie Hardt, Lee Gilmore, Hamilton Sterling, Bruce Tanis, Jonathan Klein, Scott Curtis and Ryan Juggler.
^N — With Daniel Saxlid, Laura Graham and Robert Troy.
^O — Won alongside Patrick M. Griffith and Lisa Hannan.
^P — With Susan Dudeck, Joseph Geisinger, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell.
^Q — Won alongside Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller, Rick Kline and Michael McGee.

References

"The 77th Academy Awards (2005)". oscars.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"The 82nd Academy Awards (2010)". Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"The 85th Academy Awards (2013)". oscars.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Film Sound in 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Film Sound in 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"THE WINNERS AND NOMINEES FOR THE CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 2009". Cinema Audio Society. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"NOMINATIONS FOR THE 49TH CAS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 2012" (PDF). Cinema Audio Society. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"49th CAS Award Winners". Cinema Audio Society. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"'Interstellar,' 'Guardians' Among Cinema Audio Society Nominees". Cinema Audio Society. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"51st CAS Award Winners". Cinema Audio Society. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ "Paul N.J. Ottosson Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"49th Golden Reel Awards Nominees Announced". mixonline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"MPSE Announces Golden Reel Award Winners". mixonline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2008 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2010 Golden Reel Awards Nominees". Mix Online. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"MPSE Announces Winners of 2010 Golden Reel Awards". Mix Online. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2015 Golden Reel Nominations". AWN. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
"'Birdman', 'American Sniper' Top Golden Reel Awards: MPSE Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
"MPSE Golden Reel Awards: 'Baby Driver,' 'Dunkirk' Among Sound Editors' Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
"'Dunkirk', 'Blade Runner 2049' Take Home Top Honors At MPSE Golden Reel Awards – Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
"OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION PROGRAMMING - SOUND EDITING - 1998". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
Pond, Steve (21 December 2009). "'Hurt Locker,' 'Nine' Win Top Satellite Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved 21 December 2009.

External links

Paul N. J. Ottosson at IMDb

Awards for Paul N. J. Ottosson

v t e Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Sound Effects 1963–1967	Walter Elliott - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Norman Wanstall - Goldfinger (1964) Treg Brown - The Great Race (1965) Gordon Daniel - Grand Prix (1966) John Poyner - The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Sound Effects Editing 1982–1999	Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Jay Boekelheide - The Right Stuff (1983) Kay Rose - The River (1984) Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge - Back to the Future (1985) Don Sharpe - Aliens (1986) Stephen Hunter Flick and John Pospisil - RoboCop (1987) Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Cecelia Hall and George Watters II - The Hunt for Red October (1990) Gary Rydstrom and Gloria Borders - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Tom McCarthy and David E. Stone - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Jurassic Park (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick - Speed (1994) Lon Bender and Per Hallberg - Braveheart (1995) Bruce Stambler - The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes - Titanic (1997) Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Saving Private Ryan (1998) Dane Davis - The Matrix (1999)
Sound Editing 2000–2019	Jon Johnson - U-571 (2000) George Watters II and Christopher Boyes - Pearl Harbor (2001) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Richard King - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Michael Silvers and Randy Thom - The Incredibles (2004) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - King Kong (2005) Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray - Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Richard King - The Dark Knight (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker (2009) Richard King - Inception (2010) Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton - Hugo (2011) Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers - Skyfall / Paul N. J. Ottosson - Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Glenn Freemantle - Gravity (2013) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - American Sniper (2014) Mark Mangini and David White - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Sylvain Bellemare - Arrival (2016) Richard King and Alex Gibson - Dunkirk (2017) John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Donald Sylvester - Ford v Ferrari (2019)

v t e Academy Award for Best Sound
1929–1950	Douglas Shearer (1929/30) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1930/31) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1931/32) Franklin Hansen (1932/33) John P. Livadary (1934) Douglas Shearer (1935) Douglas Shearer (1936) Thomas T. Moulton (1937) Thomas T. Moulton (1938) Bernard B. Brown (1939) Douglas Shearer (1940) Jack Whitney (1941) Nathan Levinson (1942) Stephen Dunn (1943) Edmund H. Hansen (1944) Stephen Dunn (1945) John P. Livadary (1946) Gordon E. Sawyer (1947) Thomas T. Moulton (1948) Thomas T. Moulton (1949) Thomas T. Moulton (1950)
1951–1975	Douglas Shearer (1951) London Films Sound Department (1952) John P. Livadary (1953) Leslie I. Carey (1954) Fred Hynes (1955) Carlton W. Faulkner (1956) George Groves (1957) Fred Hynes (1958) Franklin Milton (1959) Fred Hynes and Gordon E. Sawyer (1960) Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes (1961) John Cox (1962) Franklin Milton (1963) George Groves (1964) James Corcoran and Fred Hynes (1965) Franklin Milton (1966) Samuel Goldwyn Studio (1967) Shepperton Studios (1968) Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack (1969) Douglas Williams and Don Bassman (1970) Gordon McCallum and David Hildyard (1971) Robert Knudson and David Hildyard (1972) Robert Knudson and Chris Newman (1973) Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe Sr. (1974) Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, and John Carter (1975)
1976–2000	Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, and Jim Webb (1976) Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, and Derek Ball (1977) Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, and Darin Knight (1978) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, and Nat Boxer (1979) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Peter Sutton (1980) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Roy Charman (1981) Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa (1982) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, and David MacMillan (1983) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, and Chris Newman (1984) Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford (1985) John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye (1986) Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock (1987) Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, and Willie D. Burton (1988) Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, and Russell Williams II (1989) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, and Russell Williams II (1990) Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Lee Orloff (1991) Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, and Simon Kaye (1992) Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, and Ron Judkins (1993) Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, and David MacMillan (1994) Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, and David MacMillan (1995) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, and Chris Newman (1996) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, and Mark Ulano (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Ron Judkins (1998) John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, and David Lee (1999) Bob Beemer, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston (2000)
2001–present	Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, and Myron Nettinga (2001) David Lee, Michael Minkler, and Dominick Tavella (2002) Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick (2003) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, and Steve Cantamessa (2004) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, and Michael Minkler (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett (2009) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Ed Novick (2010) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes (2012) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro (2013) Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (2014) Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo (2015) Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace (2016) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, and Gary Rizzo (2017) Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali (2018) Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett (2021) Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor (2022) Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (2023)

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Sound
1968–1980	Winston Ryder (1968) Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969) Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970) Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971) David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972) Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973) Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974) William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975) Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976) Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977) Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978) Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979) Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
1981–2000	Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981) James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982) Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983) Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984) John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985) Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986) Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987) Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988) Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989) J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990) Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991) Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992) John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994) Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995) Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996) Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998) David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999) Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
2001–present	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002) Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003) Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004) Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005) Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007) Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008) Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009) Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010) Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012) Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014) Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015) Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017) John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018) Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021) Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022) Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Sound
1990s	Gary Alper, Skip Lievsay, and Frank Morrone (1999)
2000s	Frank E. Eulner (2000) Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick (2001) Larry Blake (2002) Doug Hemphill, Richard King, Paul Massey, and Art Rochester (2003) Elliott Koretz, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, and Lee Orloff (2004) Paul Brincat, Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, and Matthew Wood (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler, and Richard E. Yawn (2006) Kirk Francis, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, and Gary Rizzo (2008) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller, Rick Kline, Michael McGee, and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009)
2010s	Beau Borders, William B. Kaplan, Kevin O'Connell, and Mark Stoeckinger (2010) Lon Bender, Robert Eber, Victor Ray Ennis, Robert Fernandez, and Dave Paterson (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Lee Walpole, and John Warhurst (2012) Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Craig Mann, and Ben Wilkins (2014) Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, and Mark Taylor (2015) Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, and Andy Wright (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten (2017) Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, and Ethan Van der Ryn (2018) David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, and Donald Sylvester (2019)
2020s	Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc, and Carolina Santana (2020) Paul Hsu and Tod A. Maitland (2021) Al Nelson, James Mather, Mark Weingarten, and Bjorn Schroeder (2022) Richard King, Steven A. Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, and Dean A. Zupancic (2023)

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