James E. Webb (sound engineer)
James Edward Webb, Jr. (* 20th century ) is an American sound engineer who won an Oscar for the film The Untouchables in 1977 . In 1980 he was nominated for an Oscar for his work on The Rose .
Life
Webb started his career in 1971 on the sound team for the documentary Mad Dogs & Englishmen , a concert film about British blues / rock singer Joe Cocker . In the same year he was also involved in the documentary Soul to Soul , which accompanied a concert by American rhythm and blues , soul , jazz and rock musicians in Accra , Ghana . Elvis on Tour (1972) was another of Webb's sound work. The documentary, dedicated to the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" Elvis Presley , won a Golden Globe Award . In 1976, together with William A. Sawyer, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman, he was honored with a BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category for the Nashville milieu study on the American country music scene, directed by Robert Altman . Webb worked with Robert Altman several times. In 2006 he was involved in the video documentaries A Wedding: Altman Style and Perspective on Altman's Perfect Couple ' .
In 1977 Webb was awarded an Oscar for Best Sound for the political thriller The Untouchables starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, along with Rick Alexander , Les Fresholtz and Arthur Piantadosi . Webb was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category along with Milton C. Burrow, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi and Rick Alexander .
In 1980 Webb, along with Theodore Soderberg , Douglas O. Williams and Paul Wells, received a nomination in the Best Sound category for the musical film The Rose, starring Bette Midler and Alan Bates . Webb, along with Robert Knudson , Robert J. Glass and Don Digirolamo, received a nomination for the BAFTA Award in the Best Sound category for this film as well .
Webb was also involved in the American drama The Outsider (1983), the plot of which is based on the novel by Susan E. Hinton and which director Francis Ford Coppola once described as Gone with the Wind for 14-year-old girls. In 1989, Webb worked on Garry Marshall's romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which was the most viewed film in German cinemas in 1990 . Webb was also involved in the comic adaptation Dick Tracy (1990) by and with Warren Beatty , which received numerous awards.
The Internet Movie Database lists 65 films that Webb has worked on, the latter being the 2000 science fiction thriller Supernova . In 2001, Webb received the Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Award, a lifetime achievement award.
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (Documentation)
- 1971: Soul to Soul (documentary)
- 1972: Elvis on Tour (documentary)
- 1973: Totally rocked and rolled (documentation)
- 1974: California Split
- 1975: Nashville
- 1976: The incorruptible
- 1976: Buffalo Bill and the Indians ( Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson )
- 1977: Another man, another woman ( Un autre homme, une autre chance )
- 1978: hour of probation ( straight time )
- 1978: The Wedding ( A Wedding )
- 1979: The Rose
- 1980: Long Riders ( The Long Riders )
- 1981: One from the Heart ( One from the Heart )
- 1981: The Shackles of Power ( True Confessions )
- 1982: Cat People ( Cat People )
- 1982: Hammett
- 1983: The Outsiders ( The Outsiders )
- 1983: Flashdance
- 1984: Streets of Fire ( Streets of Fire )
- 1985: Hell with the Coals ( Brewster's Millions )
- 1986: Zoff in Beverly Hills ( Down and Out in Beverly Hills )
- 1986: You don't kiss public prosecutors ( Legal Eagles )
- 1988: Action Jackson
- 1988: Milagro - The war in the bean field ( The Milagro Beanfield War )
- 1988: Colors - Colors of violence ( Colors )
- 1988: Moon Over Parador ( Moon Over Parador )
- 1988: Chucky ( Child's Play )
- 1990: Pretty Woman
- 1990: Dick Tracy
- 1991: LA Story
- 1993: Sister Act 2 - In divine Mission ( Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit )
- 1994: China Moon
- 1995: T-Rex (Theodore Rex)
- 1996: Eddie
- 1997: you want to tango? ( Out to Sea )
- 1998: Jagabongo - A terribly nice jungle family ( Krippendorf's Tribe )
- 1999: The Limey
- 2000: Supernova
Awards
- 1976: BAFTA Film Award winner with Nashville
- 1977: Nomination for the BAFA Film Award for Die Unbrechlichen
- 1977: Winner of the Oscars for The Untouchables
- 1980: Nomination for an Oscar with The Rose
- 1981: Nomination for the BAFTA Film Award with The Rose
- 1984: Nomination for the BAFTA Film Award with Flashdance
- 2001: Winner of the Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Award
Web links
- James E. Webb on theInternet Movie Database(English)
- David Waelder: Jim Webb: A Profile . In: 695 Quarterly , 6 (2014), No. 1.
- Andy Rovins: Working With Jim Webb . In: 695 Quarterly , 6 (2014), No. 2.
- Fred Schultz: Starting From the Top: Working on Robert Altman's Nashville . In: 695 Quarterly , 6 (2014), No. 2.
Individual evidence
- ↑ James E. Webb at IMDb
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Webb, James E. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Webb, James Edward Junior (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |