Michael Semanick
Michael Semanick (* 1963 ) is an American sound engineer .
Life
Semanick studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston . During his school days he already worked on a voluntary basis at the Antioch Community Theater in lighting and sound engineering. After completing his Bachelor of Arts degree, he moved to California and worked in music production, including for Saul Zaentz , and worked with Joe Satriani , Todd Rundgren and MC Hammer , among others . From the beginning of the 1990s he switched to the film industry, but occasionally still worked in the music sector, so in 1996 he mixed the music for the feature film The English Patient .
Semanick worked on the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy . For this he was initially nominated twice for an Oscar . He finally received the Oscar in 2004 for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . He then worked on Peter Jackson's next film project, King Kong , for which he won his second Oscar in 2006. Since then, he has been nominated for an Oscar seven more times.
Semanick lives in Marin County with his wife and three children .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Twin Peaks - The Movie ( Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me )
- 1994: Ed Wood
- 1997: The Game
- 1998: Studio 54 ( 54 )
- 1999: Everything Routine ( Office Space )
- 2000: Unbreakable - Unbreakable ( Unbreakable )
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship ( The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring )
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers )
- 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ( Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones )
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King )
- 2004: Million Dollar Baby
- 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban )
- 2005: King Kong
- 2007: Ratatouille
- 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ( The Curious Case of Benjamin Button )
- 2008: WALL E - The last one cleans up the earth ( WALL E )
- 2010: The Social Network
- 2011: Cars 2
- 2011: Verblendung ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo )
- 2012: Hotel Transylvania ( Hotel Transylvania )
- 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey )
- 2013: The Monster Uni ( Monsters University )
- 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ( The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug )
- 2014: The LEGO Movie
- 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies ( The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies )
- 2015: Everything is upside down ( Inside Out )
- 2015: Arlo & Spot ( The Good Dinosaur )
- 2016: Alice in Wonderland: Behind the Mirrors ( Alice Through the Looking Glass )
- 2016: Finding Dory ( Finding Dory )
- 2016: The Great Wall
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2017: The LEGO Batman Movie
- 2017: Cars 3: Evolution ( Cars 3 )
- 2017: Coco - more alive than life! ( Coco )
- 2017: Star Wars: The last Jedi ( Star Wars: The Last Jedi )
- 2018 Incredibles 2 ( Incredibles 2 )
- 2018: Spider-Man: A New Universe ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse )
- 2019: A Toy Story: Everything does not stop at any command ( Toy Story 4 )
Awards (selection)
- 2002: Oscar nomination for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2003: Oscar nomination for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- 2004: Oscar for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2006: Oscar for King Kong
- 2008: Oscar nomination for Ratatouille
- 2009: Oscar nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- 2009: Oscar nomination for WALL · E - The last one cleans up the earth
- 2011: Oscar nomination for The Social Network
- 2012: Oscar nomination for delusion
- 2014: Oscar nomination for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- 2018: Oscar nomination for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Web links
- Michael Semanick in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Semanick, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |