Les Lazarowitz
Leslie "Les" Lazarowitz (born October 2, 1941 , † January 6, 2017 in Florida ) was an American sound engineer .
Life
Lazarowitz began his career in 1971, his feature film debut was Alan Arkin's black comedy Little Murderers . At Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather , he worked as a sound assistant the following year . In 1973 he worked with Robert De Niro for the first time on The Last Game . Another six films followed by 1999, including the Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese , Wie ein Wilder Stier and King of Comedy . For Saturday Night Fever he was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Sound in 1979 . In 1981 he was nominated for the first Oscar in the category Best Sound for Like a Wild Bull , followed by a second Oscar nomination for Tootsie in 1983 . Lazarowitz, however, came away empty-handed at all of these awards.
Lazarowitz withdrew from the film business in 1999. He died in 2017 at the age of 75.
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Small killer (Little Murders)
- 1972: The Godfather (The Godfather)
- 1976: Taxi Driver
- 1977: Saturday Night Fever
- 1980: Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)
- 1981: Nighthawks (Nighthawks)
- 1982: The King of Comedy
- 1982: Tootsie
- 1986: Hannah and her Sisters
- 1988: Bright Lights, Big City (Bright Lights, Big City)
- 1988: Working Girl (Working Girl)
- 1990: Bonfire of the Vanities (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
- 1993: Groundhog Day (Groundhog Day)
- 1995: Kiss of Death
- 1996: Rendezvous with an Angel (The Preacher's Wife)
- 1999: Just a matter of nerves (Analyze This)
Awards (selection)
- 1979: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for Saturday Night Fever
- 1981 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Like a Wild Bull
- 1983 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Tootsie
Web links
- Les Lazarowitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb Small Murders (English)
- ↑ IMDb The Godfather (English)
- ↑ IMDb: Two People Working Together (English)
- ↑ IMDb Awards (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lazarowitz, Les |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lazarowitz, Leslie (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1941 |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2017 |
Place of death | Florida |