R.J. Kizer, the sound editor and ADR specialist who worked on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, three features from Christopher Nolan and three Planet of the Apes movies, died Aug. 12 in Los Angeles after a battle with glioblastoma, his family announced. He was 73. Kizer received 10 Golden Reel Award nominations from the Motion Picture Sound Editors during his career, winning for the ADR-heavy War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), his third film in the franchise after Planet of the Apes (2001) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). He did those movies and many others at 20th Century Fox, among them Waiting to Exhale…
