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R.J. Kizer

Born September 27, 1952 · Long Island City, New York, USA

Died August 12, 2026 · aged 73

Robert James 'R.J.' Kizer (September 27, 1952 — August 12, 2026) was an ADR editor with over 30 years' experience. He worked for directors such as Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, and Peter Weir. 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 franchi…

Known For

Interstellar

Interstellar · 2014

MovieAdventureDrama

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Inception

Inception · 2010

MovieActionScience Fiction

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises · 2012

The Dark Knight Rises

MovieActionCrime

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

The Lion King

The Lion King · 1994

MovieAnimationFamily

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Deadpool

Deadpool · 2016

MovieActionAdventure

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

Megamind

Megamind · 2010

MovieAnimationAction

After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can · 2002

Catch Me If You Can

MovieDramaCrime

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Unfaithful

Unfaithful · 2002

MovieThrillerDrama

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

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Interstellar

Interstellar · 2014

MovieAdventureDrama

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Dialogue Editor

Inception

Inception · 2010

MovieActionScience Fiction

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

ADR Editor

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises · 2012

The Dark Knight Rises

MovieActionCrime

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

ADR Supervisor

The Lion King

The Lion King · 1994

MovieAnimationFamily

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Dialogue Editor

Deadpool

Deadpool · 2016

MovieActionAdventure

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

ADR Editor

Megamind

Megamind · 2010

MovieAnimationAction

After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

ADR Editor

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can · 2002

Catch Me If You Can

MovieDramaCrime

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Supervising ADR Editor

Unfaithful

Unfaithful · 2002

MovieThrillerDrama

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Dialogue Editor

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes · 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

MovieThrillerAction

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

ADR Editor

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes · 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

ADR Supervisor

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds · 2005

War of the Worlds

MovieAdventureThriller

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Supervising ADR Editor

Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures · 2016

MovieDramaHistory

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Dialogue Editor

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks · 2007

Alvin and the Chipmunks

MovieComedyFamily

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

ADR Editor

The Terminal

The Terminal · 2004

MovieComedyDrama

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

ADR Supervisor

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful · 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful

MovieFantasyAdventure

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

Dialogue Editor

No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached · 2011

No Strings Attached

MovieComedyRomance

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

Dialogue Editor

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum · 2006

Night at the Museum

MovieFantasyFamily

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

ADR Supervisor

The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave · 2016

MovieScience FictionAdventure

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

ADR & Dubbing

The Predator

The Predator · 2018

MovieScience FictionAction

When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Supervising ADR Editor

Daredevil

Daredevil · 2003

MovieFantasyAction

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

ADR Editor

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 2003

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

MovieAdventureDrama

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

Supervising ADR Editor

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys for Life · 2020

Bad Boys for Life

MovieThrillerAction

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

Dialogue Editor

Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection · 1997

Alien Resurrection

MovieScience FictionHorror

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

ADR Supervisor

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian · 2009

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

MovieAdventureFantasy

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.

Supervising ADR Editor