Michael J. Kohut

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Michael J. Kohut (born June 8, 1943 , † 2012 ) was an American sound engineer who was nominated seven times for the Oscar for Best Sound .

Live and act

Kohut's career began in 1965 as a cable technician in the sound department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Culver City . He later worked there as a sound engineer, particularly at the Cary Grant Theater, and in this role was involved in more than 50 film productions. His work has received many awards, he won his next Oscar nominations, among others twice the British Academy Film Awards in the category Best Sound for Fame (1980) and WarGames (1983).

Kohut continued to operate at the Culver City location while the owners changed. When Lorimar took over the studios in 1986, he was given additional management tasks. In 1989 he was Vice President of Post Production and Head of Sound Engineering. At the same time, Sony took over the company. In 1996, Kohut became President of Post Production at Sony Pictures Studios . Kohut was also one of the developers of the Sony Dynamic Digital Sound sound system and is listed as an inventor in several Sony's patents on sound reinforcement technology.

Filmography

Awards

  • 1980: Oscar : Nomination for Best Sound for Meteor
  • 1981: Oscar : Nomination in the category Best Sound for Fame
  • 1982: Oscar : Nomination in the category Best Sound for Pennies from Heaven
  • 1984: Oscar : Nomination for Best Sound for Wargames
  • 1985: Oscar : Nomination in the category Best Sound for 2010: The year we make contact
  • 1988: Oscar : Nomination for Best Sound for Robocop
  • 1991: Oscar : Nomination in the category Best Sound for Total Recall

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oscars 2013 - 85th Annual Academy Awards, In Memoriam 2012. In: Lars and Jens Adrian, Treffpunkt-kritik.de. February 26, 2013, accessed July 26, 2019 .
  2. ^ In Memoriam 2012. In: The ABC Television Network, oscar.go.com. April 1, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Interview with Michael Kohut mediaandmarketing.com, accessed on January 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Search result Michael Kohut bafta.org, accessed on January 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Sony Pictures' Cary Grant Theater (PDF; 145 kB) sonypicturespost.com, accessed January 14, 2013.
  6. ↑ Rex Weiner: Sony boosts Kohut to post-prod'n prez.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Variety. 4th December 1996.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  7. ↑ J. Michael Kohut patentbuddy.com, accessed January 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Kohut, Michael J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1943
DATE OF DEATH 2012 or 2013