Lon Bender
Lon E. Bender (* 20th century ) is an American sound engineer who was awarded an Oscar in 1996 in the "Best Sound Editing" category. He was nominated for an Oscar two more times.
Life
Bender first appeared in 1977 when he starred in the television film Uncas, the Last of the Mohicans ( Last of the Mohicans ). It was a member of the sound design team. He was already responsible for the sound editing of the biopic Nashville Lady . In the following years he worked on many successful and well-known films, such as the historical film Braveheart with Mel Gibson in the lead role. For his work in this film he was awarded an Oscar for “Best Sound Editing” together with Per Hallberg . Bender is also known for his work on the mystery thriller Butterfly Effect (2004) with Ashton Kutcher . Another Oscar nomination in the category “Best Sound Editing” came in 2007 for the adventure thriller Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio . However, the Oscar went to Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray and the war film Letters from Iwo Jima .
For the thriller Drive (2011) with Ryan Gosling , in which Bender worked with Victor Ray Ennis, both received an Oscar nomination for "Best Sound Editing". However, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, who won with the fantasy film Hugo Cabret , were happy about the Oscar . Another major Bender film was The Hunger Games (2012), which was nominated for the HPA Awards.
Bender is a co-founder of the sound service company Soundelux. He has since left the company in favor of the Formosa Group, which was very difficult for him, as he explained in an interview.
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: Uncas, the last of the Mohicans ( Last of the Mohicans , TV movie)
- 1980: Nashville Lady ( Coal Miner's Daughter )
- 1981: Wolfen
- 1983: Psycho II
- 1984: The heartbreaker ( Heartbreakers )
- 1985: Everything listens to my command (Volunteers)
- 1986: Ferris goes blue ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off )
- 1986: Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer ( Stand by Me )
- 1987: The Secret of My Success ( The Secret of My Succe $ s )
- 1987: Overboard - A goldfish falls into the water ( Overboard )
- 1988: Annie's Men ( Bull Durham )
- 1989: Born on 4 July ( Born on the Fourth of July )
- 1990: Air America
- 1991: JFK - crime scene Dallas ( JFK )
- 1992: Kevin - Allein in New York ( Home Alone 2: Lost in New York )
- 1993: Turtles III ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III )
- 1994: Natural Born Killers
- 1994: Legends of the Fall ( Legends of the Fall )
- 1994: Outbreak ( Outbreak )
- 1995: Braveheart
- 1995: Pocahontas
- 1995: Nixon
- 1996: The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame )
- 1996: Courage Under Fire ( Courage Under Fire )
- 1998: Mulan
- 2000: The 6th Day
- 2001: Shrek - The daredevil hero ( Shrek )
- 2002: We Were Soldiers ( We Were Soldiers )
- 2004: Anatomy of a Kidnapping ( The Clearing )
- 2004: Butterfly Effect
- 2005: Where love falls ... ( Rumor Has It ... )
- 2006: Blood Diamond
- 2007: The best comes at last ( The Bucket List )
- 2008: The Fighters ( Never Back Down )
- 2009: Solitary Man
- 2010: Flipped ( Flipped )
- 2011: Drive
- 2012: The Hunger Games ( The Hunger Games )
- 2014: Winter's Tale
- 2014: Pawn Sacrifice - Game of Kings
Awards (selection)
- 1985: Nomination for the Primetime Emmy with the series Space
- 1993: Nomination for the BAFTA Film Award with Uncas, the last of the Mohicans
- 1996: Winner of the BAFTA Film Award with Braveheart
- 1996 : Winner of the Oscars for Braveheart
- 2002: Nomination for the BAFTA Film Award with Shrek - The daredevil hero
- 2007 : Academy Award nomination for Blood Diamond
- 2011: Winner of the Satellite Award with Drive
- 2012: Winner of the OFTA Film Award with Drive
- 2012 : Oscar nomination for Drive
Web links
- Lon Bender in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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- ↑ ADR & Mixing soundelux.com
- ↑ Supervising Sound Editor and Designer Lon Bender Joins Formosa Group hollywoodreporter.com (English). Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Soundelux Co-Founder Lon Bender Jumps to Formosa Group at Variety (English). Retrieved February 5, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bender, Lon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bender, Lon E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |