Jay M. Harding

Jay M. Harding is a sound engineer .

Life

Harding has worked on 54 feature films during his career, the majority of which were made in the 1980s. In addition to his work for the film, he was also involved in numerous television productions, including the series Fame - The Road to Fame , The Young Riders and In the Heat of the Night .

1981 he was responsible for Fame - The path to glory along with Michael J. Kohut , Aaron Rochin and Christopher Newman for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated, but the award went this year to Irvin Kershners science fiction film The Empire Strikes back . The following year he was nominated for a second and final Oscar nomination for Herbert Ross ' musical Tanz in den Wolken , this time with Michael J. Kohut, Richard Tyler and Al Overton Jr. This year the award went to Steven Spielbergs Jäger of the lost treasure .

Filmography (selection)

• 1978: A very crooked tour (Foul Play)
• 1980: Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
• 1981: Cheeky bees on the mat (... All the Marbles)
• 1981: Dance in the Clouds (Pennies from Heaven)
• 1984: The Naked Face (The Naked Face)
• 1984: It's Rio to blame (Blame It on Rio)
• 1985: Red Sonja
• 1985: Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)
• 1986: 9½ weeks (9½ weeks)
• 1989: Dead Bang - Short Trial (Dead Bang)
• 1989: Stepfather II
• 1990: Desperate Hours for 24 hours
• 1991: Mannequin 2 - The magic continues (Mannequin Two: On the Move)

Awards (selection)

• 1981 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Fame - The Road to Fame
• 1982 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Sound for Dance in the Clouds

Web links

• Jay M. Harding in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscars 1981 (English)
2. ↑ Oscars 1982 (English)