Nia Hansen was a foley editor and sound effects recordist for Thor: The Dark World, a supervising foley editor, sound effects editor, sound design assistant for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, a sound effects editor for Ant-Man, a sound effects editor and sound designer for Doctor Strange, a sound designer for Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow, a sound effects editor and sound designer for Avengers: Infinity War and an additional sound designer for Captain Marvel.
Nia began at Skywalker Sound in 2009, working on six films during her one-year internship with Randy Thom. She was later recruited by Gary Rydstrom when he returned to Skywalker for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, for which Nia utilized seven years of horse training experience. Her time with Rydstrom on two more films cemented her understanding of the power of sound design as an integral storytelling element.
She has worked on Disney and Pixar animations as well as visual effects-heavy science fiction and fantasy blockbusters, including editing and design on eight Marvel films such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Her favorite creative challenge is designing technology, magic, and creatures, bringing otherworldly settings to life, with a focus on detail, texture, and symbolism.
Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Nia has lived in beautiful Yosemite, Mount Shasta, and the Canadian Rocky Mountains, which fostered a love of the outdoors. She now resides in Marin County, California.
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- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, David C. Hughes, Al Nelson, Ronni Brown, Sean England, Josh Gold, Ken Fischer, Jeremy Bowker, J.R. Grubbs, Richard Hymns, David Acord and Dee Selby, she was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in an English Language Feature for her work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, Jim Likowski, David Farmer, David C. Hughes, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci, Sean England, Ronni Brown, Josh Gold, Jack Whittaker, Bob Kellough, Jeremy Bowker and Dee Selby, she was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film for her work on Ant-Man.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, Ryan J. Frias, Steve Orlando, David C. Hughes, Josh Gold, J.R. Grubbs, David Chrastka, John Roesch and Shelley Roden, she was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film for her work on Doctor Strange.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, Jacob Riehle, David C. Hughes, Josh Gold, J.R. Grubbs, Jeremy Bowker, John Roesch and Shelley Roden, she was nominated for a Golden Reel for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film for her work on Captain America: Civil War.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, David Farmer, David Chrastka, Steve Orlando, Jeremy Bowker, Samson Neslund, Kimberly Patrick, Jacob Riehle, John Roesch and Shelley Roden, for a Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film for her work on Thor: Ragnarok.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, David Farmer, Josh Gold, Samson Neslund, Steve Orlando, John Roesch, Shelley Roden, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci, Jacob Riehle, Christopher Flick and Kimberly Patrick, she was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film for her work on Avengers: Infinity War.
- Together with Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, David Farmer, Josh Gold, Samson Neslund, Steve Orlando, John Roesch, Shelley Roden, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci, Christopher Flick and Jim Likowski, she was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film for her work on Avengers: Endgame.