Gregory H. Watkins

Gregory H. Watkins - also Greg H. Watkins , Greg Watkins and Gregory Watkins - (* 20th century ) is an American sound engineer . It won an Oscar in the category "Best Sound" in 1991 and has been nominated for an Oscar twice.

Life

Watkins started his career in 1982 in John Huston's family film Annie , in which he was responsible for the post-production of the sound mix. In the same year, she worked on Luciano Pavarotti's only feature film, Beloved Giorgio . He was part of the sound team at the 1988 40th Annual Emmy Awards ceremony. In 1990 Watkins received his first Oscar nomination for Oliver Stone's Vietnam drama Born On July 4th, starring Tom Cruise . The following year he won the Oscar in the “Best Sound Mixing” category for his work in Kevin Costner's award-winning monumental film Dances with Wolves . For the sound mix in Tony Scott's thriller Crimson Tide - Watkins was again nominated for an Oscar in 1996. His last collaboration in 2013 was Watkins for the television series Sleepy Hollow , where he acted as sound engineer for six episodes. In 2014 he was already involved in two feature films and one television film that have not yet started. IMDb lists more than 150 productions that Watkins has been involved in.

Awards

each nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Sound Mixing" :

• Nominated in 1990: together with Michael Minkler , Wylie Stateman and Tod A. Maitland - Born on July 4th .

The Oscar went to Donald O. Mitchell , Gregg Rudloff , Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II for the historical drama Glory .

• Won 1991: together with Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins and Bill W. Benton - Dances with wolves .
• 1996 nominated: together with Kevin O'Connell , Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan - Crimson Tide - In deepest danger .

The Oscar went to Scott Millan , Rick Dior, Steve Pederson and David MacMillan for the drama Apollo 13 .

• 1996 nominated for a CAS Award for the film Crimson Tide - In deepest danger .
• 2000 Golden Reel Award won for the best sound processing in the animated film The Giant from Space .

Filmography (selection)

1982: Annie 1982: Beloved Giorgio ( Yes, Giorgio ) 1983: Cross Creek 1984: Rio is to blame 1984: Popsicle 5 - The great love 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village ( The Pope of Greenwich Village ) 1984: The Naked Face ( The naked Facebook ) 1984: Electric Dreams 1986: Echo Park 1988: Final Night ( Backfire ) 1989: Born on 4 July ( Born on the Fourth of July ) 1990: 24 hours in his power ( Desperate Hours ) 1990: The Dances with Wolves ( Dances with Wolves ) 1991: Return to the Blue Lagoon ( Return to the Blue Lagoon ) 1991: My Girl - My First Love ( My Girl ) 1992: Meh 'Geld ( Mo' Money ) 1992: El Mariachi 1993: Nowhere to Run ( Nowhere to Run ) 1993: Stephen Kings Stark ( The Dark Half ) 1993: Mr. Jones 1993: Tombstone 1994: Tess and her bodyguard ( Guarding Tess ) 1995: Quick and the Dead ( The Quick and the Dead ) 1995: Bad Boys ( Bad Boys ) 1995: Crimson Tide ( Crimson Tide ) 1995: Power Rangers - The Movie ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie ) 1995: Jade 1995: Dracula - Dead but Happy ( Dracula: Dead and Loving it ) 1996: Mrs. Winterbourne 1996: Lies Have Long Legs ( The Truth About Cats & Dogs ) 1996: The Rock - Rock of the decision ( The Rock ) 1996: The Fan 1996: Deadly Christmas ( The Long Kiss Goodnight ) 1997: Turbulence 1997: Con Air 1997: The Best Friend's Wedding ( My Best Friend's Wedding ) 1997: A Smile Like Yours - no smile like yours ( A Smile Like Yours ) 1997: Alien - The rebirth ( Alien: Resurrection ) 1998: Godzilla 1998: Armageddon - The Last Judgment ( Armageddon ) 1998: Practical Magic ( Practical Magic ) 1998: Jack Frost 1999: Just a matter of nerves ( Analyze This ) 1999: Deep Blue Sea 1999: The Iron Giant ( The Iron Giant ) 1999: Haunted Hill ( House on Haunted Hill )

2000: Supernova 2000: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle ( The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle ) 2000: The In Crowd ( The In Crowd ) 2000: Chain of Fools 2001: Gilmore Girls (TV series, 2 episodes) 2001: Osmosis Jones 2001: Training Day 2001: Rock Star 2001: The Little Polar Bear - The movie ( The Little Polar Bear ) 2001: The Last Castle ( The Last Castle ) 2002: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ( Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ) 2003: Biker Boyz 2003: Pop star on a detour ( The Lizzie McGuire Movie ) 2004: Alexander 2004: The Deep Sea Divers ( The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ) 2005: A Sound of Thunder 2006: New Love, New Happiness ( Something New ) 2006: The Illusionist 2006: Superman Returns 2006: Beer Festival ( Beerfest ) 2006: The Last Kiss ( The Last Kiss ) 2006: Oh dear, you happy ones ( Unaccompanied Minors ) 2007: The Condemned ( The Condemned ) 2007: Redline 2007: Balls of Fury 2007: Meet Bill 2007: Mama's Boy 2008: A Fateful Summer ( The Mysteries of Pittsburgh ) 2008: Deception - Deadly Temptation ( Deception ) 2008: The Love Guru (The Love Guru) 2008: One for 4 - Traveling Pants ( The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 ) 2008: The Smile of the Stars ( Nights in Rodanthe ) 2009: Twelve Rounds ( 12 Rounds ) 2009: Hangover (The Hangover) 2009: All About Steve ( All About Steve ) 2009: Up in the Air 2009: The Marine 2 2010: Company Men 2010: Jonah Hex 2011: Beastly 2011: 5 Days of War 2011: Fremd Fischen ( Something Borrowed ) 2012: Forever Love ( The Vow ) 2012: Spring Breakers 2012: The Factory 2013–2014: Sleepy Hollow (TV series, 6 episodes)

Web links

• Gregory H. Watkins in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Gregory H. Watkins filmography at IMDb. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
2. ↑ Gregory H. Watkins at omnilexica.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
3. ^ Gregory H. Watkins Awards at IMDb. Retrieved February 10, 2014.