David White (sound engineer)

David White is an Australian sound engineer .

Life

White began his career in 1988 with the Australian television film Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer about the cameraman Damien Parer . His first major international production was the science fiction film Dark City by Alex Proyas . Between 1999 and 2001 he worked on the television series Farscape , in 2004 he was involved in the miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars . From the mid-2000s he also worked in sound design and sound effects . In 2016 he was awarded an Oscar in the category Best Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road together with Mark A. Mangini . For this film he was also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category.

Filmography (selection)

• 1996: Idiot Box
• 1998: Dark City
• 2006: The Curse of the Golden Flower (Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ)
• 2008: The Blackmailers (Acolytes)
• 2009: Knowing - The future ends now (Knowing)
• 2013: The Love of His Life - The Railway Man (The Railway Man)
• 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road

Awards (selection)

• 2016 : Oscar for Best Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road
• 2016: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Sound for Mad Max: Fury Road

Web links

• David White in the Internet Movie Database (English)