John L. Mack
John L. Mack is a sound engineer .
Life
Mack began his career in the mid-1950s and had his film debut in 1956 with the drama Lovers and Lollipops by Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin . In 1963 he worked on the monumental film Cleopatra . 1976 he worked for Robert Wise's disaster movie The Hindenburg together with Leonard Peterson , John A. Bolger Jr. and Don Sharpless for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated, but the award went this year to Steven Spielberg's horror film Jaws .
In addition to his work on feature films, Mack was also active in television productions, including the dramedy Wonderful Years . For this he was nominated three times in a row for the Primetime Emmy between 1989 and 1991 . He received another Emmy nomination in 1981 for a National Geographic Special .
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: In the Kusong kettle (Operation Dames)
- 1963: Cleopatra
- 1971: Betrayed (The Beguiled)
- 1975: The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
- 1982: The Swamp Thing
- 1983: Project Brainstorm (Brainstorm)
- 1984: Police Academy - Dumber than the police allow (Police Academy)
- 1985: Lanny turns up (Better Off Dead)
- 1986: The woman from the boss (The Boss' Wife)
- 1987: Drei auf dem Highway - Three for the Road (Three for the Road)
- 1993: Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde (Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde)
Nominations
- 1976 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Die Hindenburg
Web links
- John L. Mack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscars 1976 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mack, John L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mixer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |