Editing Matthew Wood (sound editor) (section)

==Career==
Starting at [[Lucasfilm]] as a game tester at [[LucasArts]],<ref name="Tri">{{cite web|last1=Laporte|first1=Leo|title=Hour long interview with Matthew Wood|url=https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/246?autostart=false|website=twit.tv|publisher=twit|access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> Wood then moved to the company's [[Skywalker Sound|sound department]] and worked on all three films of the ''Star Wars'' [[prequel trilogy]] as supervising sound editor and also did an uncredited acting role in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]]'' as Bib Fortuna and the voice of Ody Mandrell. In ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'', he played Seboca and Magaloof. In ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]'', in addition to a brief appearance as Orn Free Taa, Wood plays the voice role of [[General Grievous]], a role originated by voice actors [[John DiMaggio]] and [[Richard McGonagle]] in the series ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''. In the film, he dubbed the voice of stuntman Kyle Rowling, who played General Grievous utilizing motion capture.

He would later come back to work with the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe. He reprised his voice role of General Grievous in ''General Grievous Halloween audiocast'' as well as all video game appearances of Grievous with the exception of ''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]'' where Grievous was played by David W. Collins. He reprised his role as General Grievous and the battle droids in the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' film and associated [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|television series]]. In the series, he once again voiced Grievous as well as Wat Tambor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode019.html|title=The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420031018/http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode019.html|archive-date=2010-04-20}}</ref> HELIOS-3D,<ref name="TCW HC">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode022.html |title=The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328092820/http://starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode022.html |archive-date=2010-03-28 }}</ref> senate guards,<ref name="TCW HC"/> the battle droids<ref name="TCW HC"/> and Poggle the Lesser.<ref name="comiccon">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/fans/news/20090713news.html|title=Get ''Star Wars'' Autographs at Comic-Con|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305125627/http://www.starwars.com/fans/news/20090713news.html|archive-date=2010-03-05}}</ref> He provided the voice of RO-GR/Roger, a reprogrammed battle droid in ''[[Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures]]''. He also voiced [[Bib Fortuna]] in ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/on-star-wars-the-bad-batch-maybe-not-everyone-needs-a-1846991463|last=Whitbrook|first=James|title=On Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Maybe Not Everyone Needs an Origin Story|website=[[Gizmodo]]|date=May 28, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205212825/https://gizmodo.com/on-star-wars-the-bad-batch-maybe-not-everyone-needs-a-1846991463|archive-date=December 5, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has received five [[Academy Award]] nominations for Sound Editing: for [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]’s ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' at the [[80th Academy Awards]], for the [[Pixar]] sci-fi film ''[[WALL-E]]'' at the [[81st Academy Awards]], for ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' at the [[88th Academy Awards]], for ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' at the [[90th Academy Awards]], and for ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'' at the [[92nd Academy Awards]].

Wood made an appearance in [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' in 2008.