
Katy Wood
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Female
Katy Wood
Biography
Katy Wood is a supervising sound editor originally from New Zealand, whose career in film and television sound has spanned over two decades and encompassed work across the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. She holds a Master's degree in Film and Television specialising in sound from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She has shared her expertise by teaching sound post-production in Australia, Mexico, the U.S., and Chile.
Over her extensive career, Katy Wood has contributed to a wide array of major feature films. Early in her career, she worked as an assistant sound editor and foley editor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy—The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003). She later served as a dialogue or ADR editor on critically acclaimed and high-profile films such as Get Smart (2008), Gran Torino (2008), True Grit (2010), The Rum Diary (2011), Prisoners (2013), The Last Witch Hunter (2015), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018).
As her career advanced, Wood took on supervising sound editor roles in major studio productions, including Marvel and DC features. Her credits include A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Ant‑Man and the Wasp (2018), Just Mercy (2019), Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020), Finding 'Ohana (2021), Shang‑Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), The Art of Rebellion (2023), and The Marvels (2023).
Her work has earned industry recognition: she, along with Addison Teague, Tom Johnson, and Juan Peralta, received a nomination from the Hollywood Post Alliance for Outstanding Sound in a Feature Film for Ant‑Man and the Wasp (2018).
Known For
Crew
(2025)
Superman
Supervising Sound Editor
(2023)
The Marvels
Supervising Sound Editor
(2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Supervising Sound Editor
(2022)
The Art of Rebellion
Sound Editor, Executive Producer
(2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Supervising Sound Editor
(2020)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Supervising Sound Editor
(2019)
Just Mercy
Supervising Sound Editor
(2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Supervising Sound Editor
(2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Supervising ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
(2018)
Creed II
ADR Supervisor
(2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
ADR Supervisor
(2016)
Sully
Supervising Dialogue Editor, Supervising ADR Editor
(2015)
Knight of Cups
Dialogue Editor
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
ADR Supervisor
(2015)
The Last Witch Hunter
Dialogue Editor
(2014)
Juanicas
Sound Designer
(2014)
American Sniper
Supervising Dialogue Editor, Supervising ADR Editor
(2014)
300: Rise of an Empire
Supervising ADR Editor
(2013)
At Middleton
Supervising Sound Editor
(2013)
Prisoners
Dialogue Editor
(2011)
The Rum Diary
Dialogue Editor
(2010)
True Grit
Dialogue Editor
(2008)
Get Smart
Dialogue Editor
(2008)
Gran Torino
Dialogue Editor
(2005)
King Kong
Sound Editor
(2004)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Assistant Dialogue Editor
(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Foley Editor
(2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Foley Editor
(2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Assistant Sound Editor