Andy Nelson (sound engineer)

Andrew "Andy" James Nelson (* 1953 in London ) is an award-winning American sound engineer , sound engineer and sound mixer (sound re-recording mixer).

Live and act

Andy Nelson has been working as a sound engineer in film and television since 1983, first at Shepperton Studios in Great Britain , later at Film House Toronto with Norman Jewison and David Cronenberg, and then from 1989 at Todd-AO .

Andy Nelson has been the senior vice president of sound operations for 20th Century Fox since 2003 . He was previously Vice President of Re-Recording Services at Fox since 1997. He is currently one of the most talented re-recording mixers, while at the same time taking on other administrative tasks at Fox. Nelson is mostly involved in the post-production of films by well-known directors such as Steven Spielberg , James Cameron , George Lucas and JJ Abrams .

Andy Nelson has been working in a team with the sound engineer Anna Behlmer since 1993, with whom he was involved in Braveheart , Greedy and LA Confidential , among others . He mostly takes over the work on the dialogues and the music, while Behlmer is responsible for the sound effects.

He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001 for services to Australian film production and society.

Filmography as a sound engineer (selection)

• 1982: Clive James Live in Las Vegas
• 1984: Bloodbath at the House of Death
• 1985: Operation Tangier
• 1987: Full Metal Jacket
• 1988: Dead Ringers (Dead Ringers)
• 1988: Gorillas in the Mist (Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey)
• 1989: Back from Hell (In Country)
• 1990: Purgatory of the Vanities
• 1991: Other People's Money (Other People's Money)
• 1991: Hook
• 1992: Leap of Faith (Leap of Faith)
• 1993: Schindler's List (Schindler's List)
• 1994: Greedy - Heirs want to be learned (Greedy)
• 1995: Braveheart
• 1996: Evita
• 1997: LA Confidential
• 1998: Deep Impact
• 1998: Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
• 2000: X-Men
• 2001: Moulin Rouge!
• 2002: Cath me If You Can
• 2003: Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed (Seabiscuit)
• 2003: Last Samurai
• 2004: Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns (Shrek 2)
• 2004: The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
• 2005: Madagascar
• 2006: Blood Diamond
• 2006: Mission: Impossible III
• 2007: Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard)
• 2008: Madagascar 2 (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)
• 2008: Kung Fu Panda
• 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar)
• 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens
• 2011: The Adventures of Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)

Awards

Oscars (Academy Awards)

• 1989: nominated for Gorillas in Fog
• 1994: nominated for Schindler's List
• 1996: nominated for Braveheart
• 1997: nominated for Evita
• 1998: nominated for LA Confidential
• 1999: nominated for The Thin Red Line and won for Saving Private Ryan
• 2000: nominated for Insider
• 2002: nominated for Moulin Rouge!
• 2004: nominated for Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success and for Last Samurai
• 2006: nominated for War of the Worlds
• 2007: nominated for Blood Diamond
• 2010: nominated for Star Trek and for Avatar - Departure for Pandora
• 2012: nominated for companions
• 2013 : won for Les Misérables
• 2013 : nominated for Lincoln
• 2016 : Nominated in the Best Sound category for Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator
• 2016 : Nominated in the Best Sound category for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

AFI Award ( Australian Film Institute )

• 2001: won for Moulin Rouge!

BAFTA Awards

• 1985: nominated for an episode of The South Bank Show
• 1988: nominated for Full Metal Jacket
• 1992: nominated for The Commitments
• 1994: nominated for Schindler's List
• 1996: won for Braveheart
• 1997: nominated for Evita
• 1998: won for LA Confidential
• 1999: won for Saving Private Ryan
• 2002: nominated for Shrek - The daredevil hero and won for Moulin Rouge!
• 2010: nominated for Avatar - Departure for Pandora and for Star Trek

CAS Award from the Cinema Audio Society

• 1994: nominated for Schindler's List
• 1996: nominated for Braveheart
• 1998: nominated for LA Confidential
• 1999: nominated for The X-Files and won for Saving Private Ryan
• 2002: nominated for Moulin Rouge! and nominated for Shrek - The daredevil hero
• 2003: nominated for Catch Me If You Can - My life on the run
• 2004: nominated for Last Samurai and nominated for Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success
• 2006: nominated for War of the Worlds
• 2007: nominated for Blood Diamond
• 2010: nominated for Star Trek and nominated for Avatar - Departure for Pandora

Satellite Awards

• 2008: nominated for Australia
• 2005: nominated for The Phantom of the Opera and won for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• 2004: nominated for Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed

Genie Awards

• 1989: won for Die Inseparable

IF Awards

• 2001: nominated for Moulin Rouge!

Web links

• Andy Nelson in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• In an interview with SoundWorks Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Andy+Nelson+Promoted+to+SVP,+Sound+Operations+at+Twentieth+Century...-a096716735
2. ↑ https://www.editorsguild.com/Magazine.cfm?ArticleID=848
3. ↑ http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1126051&search_type=simple&showInd=true