Michael Minkler

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Michael Minkler (born May 14, 1952 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) is an American sound engineer .

biography

Michael Minkler comes from a family that has worked as a sound engineer for film since the beginning of the sound film era. So his grandfather Darrell Minkler worked at Vitaphone project from Warner Bros. and founded radio recorder , a company, the songs of Frank Sinatra , Bing Crosby and Tommy Dorset recorded. Father Don Minkler began his film career in the late 1940s and founded Producers Sound Service in 1964. Bob Minkler , Michael's uncle, won an Oscar in 1978 . With Bob and another uncle, Lee , Michael Minkler made 1983 a first in the history of the Oscars. For the first and so far only time three members of a family were nominated for an Oscar. Michael's son Christian also works as a sound engineer for the film; In 2020, father and son were nominated together for an Oscar for the first time for their work on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood .

After a four-year tenure at Warner Bros. Michael Minkler moved in 1980 to Lion's Gate Films by Robert Altman . There he took over the leadership and management of the sound mixing department. In 1984 Minkler went into business for himself and worked as a freelancer. In 1990 he helped set up the Skywalker Sound's Lantana Facility . Then Minkler went to Todd-AO . He still works there today.

In addition to his work as a sound engineer, Michael Minkler is a sought-after consultant. For Euphonix he helped develop the digital sound mixing that is standard today. Another development in which Minkler played a key role is Penteo Surround , a technology for processing stereo music.

Awards

Michael Minkler has been nominated several times for film awards and has won several of these awards.

Oscar

British Academy Film Award

  • 1979 : Star Wars ( Star Wars ) - Profit
  • 1993: JFK - Tatort Dallas ( JFK ) - win
  • 2002: Black Hawk Down nomination
  • 2003: Chicago win
  • 2004: Kill Bill - Volume 1 ( Kill Bill Vol. 1 ) - nomination
  • 2005: Collateral nomination
  • 2013: Django Unchained - nomination

CAS Award from the Cinema Audio Society

  • 1994: Cliffhanger - Only the Strong Survive ( Cliffhanger ) - Nomination
  • 1995: True Lies - The Truth Lies ( True Lies ) - Nomination
  • 2002: Black Hawk Down nomination
  • 2003: Chicago nomination
  • 2006: Award for his life's work
  • 2007: Dreamgirls - win
  • 2008: Into the Wild - nomination
  • 2009: John Adams - Freedom for America - two nominations (for the episodes Join or Die and Independence )

Emmy

  • 2008: John Adams - Freedom for America (episode Join or Die ) - nomination
  • 2010: The Pacific - Nominations for parts five, eight and nine, win for part two

Motion Picture Sound Editors

  • 1990: Golden Reel for Born on 4 July ( Born on the Fourth of July )

Satellite Awards

  • 2004 : Kill Bill - Volume 1 ( Kill Bill Vol. 1 ) - nomination
  • 2005 : Collateral profit
  • 2006 : Dreamgirls - win

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personal data
SURNAME Minkler, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , USA