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name: "Will Ralston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-ralston"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-17T03:05:13.024771+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Will Ralston

Writer. Born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2000–2015
- **Also known as:** Jen Ralston, Jennifer Ralston

## Biography

Will Ralston, also credited as Jen Ralston or Jennifer Ralston, is an American sound editor and writer. Ralston has worked extensively in post-production sound on feature films and television, including as dialogue editor, ADR editor, foley editor and supervising sound editor.

Ralston is known for long collaborations with David Simon on HBO series including *The Wire*, *Treme* and *The Deuce*, serving as supervising sound editor and ADR supervisor on several. On *Treme*, Ralston co-wrote the teleplay for the season-three episode "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say". Other notable credits include *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), *Public Enemies* (2009), *Allied* (2016) and *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018). Ralston received a Primetime Emmy for sound editing on the miniseries *Generation Kill* (2008).

Ralston is originally from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

*Sources: imdb.com, treme.fandom.com, designingsound.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), Fi1m 78, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)
- *Treme* (2010), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001), Fi1m 81, Foley Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-wasnt-there.md)
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Fi1m 90, Foley Editor, Sound Effects Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), Fi1m 82, Foley Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/o-brother-where-art-thou.md)

## Also known for

- *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018), Dialogue Editor
- *The Great Wall* (2016), Dialogue Editor
- *Public Enemies* (2009), ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
- *Allied* (2016), Dialogue Editor
- *The Walk* (2015), Dialogue Editor
- *Ferdinand* (2017), ADR Editor
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), Dialogue Editor
- *Frida* (2002), Foley Supervisor

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