Jory Prum, also known as Jory K. Prum, is an American audio engineer, best known for his work in film and video games.
Background
Prum was born in Fullerton, California, attended Troy High School"s technology magnet, and later studied sound for film & video as an undergraduate student at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in the 1990s under John Payne, Craig Smith, and Doug Loveid.
Education
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Prum worked as an Electron at Jim Henson"s Creature Shop and then briefly at Disney Online.
Career
He is currently the owner of studio.jory.org, a recording studio located in the San Francisco Bay Area. While studying at CalArts, Prum worked on many student films, some of which were screened at festivals, such as Spike and Mike"s Festival of Animation. One such film, a parody of Schoolhouse Rock! titled Political Correction, was a collaboration between Prum and fellow student Steven Fonti.
Another was Adam Lane"s Sea Slugs, a stop-motion animation about pirate slugs on the open seas, which was also featured as part of Music Television"s Cartoon Sushi.
After being let go, he inquired during a CalArts job fair about employment opportunities in the sound department of LucasArts Entertainment Company. He joined the LucasArts sound team in January 1999 and was involved with all of the Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace release titles and most of the other games published by both LucasArts and Lucas Learning between early 1999 and the beginning of 2001.
Prum departed LucasArts at the start of 2001 and has continued to work in video game sound. In addition to video games, Prum has worked in post production audio for feature films.
He created the voice of the big bird, Leo, in Pixar Animation Studio"s animated short film Foreign the Birds, earning him a mention in Ralph Eggleston"s acceptance speech at the 74th Academy Awards.
Prum also worked as the foley recordist on Focus Features" Lost in Translation, and Sony Pictures" Adaptation. In August 2014, Prum recovered the aging audio archives of the classic point-and-click adventure game Grim Fandango as part of Double Fine Productions" restoration and remastering effort. He also worked with composer Peter McConnell to record and mix the new orchestral score, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Game Audio Network Guild Spillprisen (Norwegian Game Awards) Independent Games Festival Golden Joystick Aggie National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.