Kevin F. Cleary

Kevin F. Cleary (born before 1967) is an American sound engineer .

Life

Cleary began his career in 1967 with Norman Jewison's five Academy Award-winning drama In the Heat of the Night , but with no credits in the credits. It was a decade before his next documented film work, the horror film The Devil on Wheels . From the beginning of the 1980s he was involved in numerous major Hollywood productions. Between 1989 and 1991 he was nominated three times in a row for an Oscar in the category Best Sound : 1989 for Die Hard , 1990 for Abyss - Abyss of Death and 1991 for Hunt for Red October . However, he couldn't win any of the prizes. Cleary only worked occasionally for television; for his first television film , The Day After , he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1984. At this award ceremony, too, he received nothing. In 1990 he retired from the film business.

Filmography (selection)

• 1967: In the Heat of the Night
• 1977: The Devil on Wheels (The Car)
• 1982: And again Friday the 13th (Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D)
• 1983: Dotterbart (Yellowbeard)
• 1984: Flashpoint - Die Grenzwolfe (Flashpoint)
• 1985: The Phantom Command (Commando)
• 1986: Big Trouble in Little China
• 1986: Highlander - There can only be one (Highlander)
• 1987: Predator
• 1988: Die Hard
• 1989: Abyss - The Abyss
• 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
• 1990: Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Awards (selection)

• 1989 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Die Hard
• 1990 : Academy Award nomination for Best Tone for Abyss
• 1991 : Oscar nomination for Best Tone for Red October Hunt

Web links

• Kevin F. Cleary in the Internet Movie Database (English)