Cecelia Hall
Cecelia Hall is an American sound engineer .
Life
Hall began her career as a film editor , but switched to sound engineering after two films, where she made her debut in John Frankenheimer's horror film Prophecy . As a result, she worked on the first three Star Trek feature films, the first two films from the Beverly Hills Cop series and the dance films Flashdance and Staying Alive . In 1987 she was the first woman who was ever nominated for an Oscar in the category of best sound editing , but could not win the award for Top Gun - you fear neither death nor the devil . In 1991 she received the sound editing Oscar for Hunt for Red October together with George Watters II . For this film, she was also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category.
Hall moved into management and rose to Senior Vice President of Post-Production Sound at Paramount Pictures . She taught clay design at the University of California, Los Angeles and was a visiting professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design .
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
- 1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
- 1983: Flashdance
- 1983: Staying Alive
- 1984: Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case (Beverly Hills Cop)
- 1984: Star Trek III : The Search for Spock (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- 1986: Top Gun - You fear neither death nor the devil (Top Gun)
- 1987: Beverly Hills Cop II
- 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- 1990: Days of Thunder (Days of Thunder)
- 1992: The Patriot Games
- 1993: The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition (Addams Family Values)
Awards
- 1987 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing for Top Gun
- 1991 : Oscar in the category Best Sound Editing for the Hunt for Red October
- 1991: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for the Hunt for Red October
Web links
- Cecelia Hall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Savannah College of Art and Design (English)
- ↑ Oscars 1991 (English)
- ↑ BAFTA Awards 1991 (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hall, Cecelia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |