Rick Alexander

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Richard L. Alexander , also Dick Alexander (born before 1975) is an American sound engineer who has won two Oscar for best sound, an award from the Cinema Audio Society and an Emmy .

Life

1970s and 1980s

Alexander, who worked under the nicknames Dick and Rick Alexander and Richard Alexander, began his career as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry in 1975 in the television film Geliebte Geisel (Sweet Hostage) by Lee Philips with Linda Blair , Martin Sheen and Jeanne Cooper and has worked so far (As of December 31, 2012) in the production of 185 films and television series .

At the 1977 Academy Awards , he and Arthur Piantadosi , Les Fresholtz and James E. Webb won his first Academy Award for Best Sound for Alan J. Pakula 's film adaptation of The Watergate Affair The Untouchables (1976) with Dustin Hoffman , Robert Redford and Jack Warden . At the same time he was nominated for the first time for the British Academy Film Award for the best sound ( BAFTA Film Award ) for the sound in Die Unbrechlichen with Milton C. Burrow, James E. Webb, Les Fresholtz and Arthur Piantadosi .

At the following Academy Awards in 1977 he was nominated for the Oscar for the best sound with Walter Goss , Tom Beckert and Robin Gregory for The Deep (original title: The Deep, 1977) by Peter Yates with Robert Shaw , Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte . Another Academy Award nomination for the sound were he and Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz and Les Lazarowitz 1983 for the travesty - comedy Tootsie (1982) by Sydney Pollack with Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and Teri Garr in the lead roles.

In 1985 Rick Alexander was nominated for two Emmy Awards: one with Tony Dawe, Gordon L. Day and Howard Wilmarth for the first episode of the television series Ellis Island (1984) produced by the CBS , and the other with Keith A. Wester, Gordon L. Day and Howard Wilmarth for the television film Crazy Hollywood, also produced by the CBS .

In 1986 he was nominated again for the Oscar in the best sound category, this time together with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Bud Alper for the romantic fantasy film Der Tag des Falken (Original title: Ladyhawke, 1985), which was directed by Richard Donner with Matthew Broderick , Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer . In 1986 he was also nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a TV Series, along with Anthony Constantini, Daniel J. Leahy and Michael R. Tromer, Florence Italy , episode 38 of the NBC- produced series Miami Vice .

The next Oscar nomination followed in 1987 with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson for the feature film Heartbreak Ridge (1986) by and with Clint Eastwood and Marsha Mason and Everett McGill in other leading roles. At the Oscar ceremony in 1988 he was, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson for the Oscar for best sound in the action film Lethal Weapon - You've Got Two professionals (Lethal Weapon, 1987) by Richard Donner with Mel Gibson , Danny Glover and Gary Busey nominated .

In 1989 , Alexander won his second Academy Award for Best Sound, along with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Willie D. Burton , for Bird (1988), a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic about jazz musician Charlie Parker with Forest Whitaker , Diane Venora and Michael Zelniker .

1990s and 2000s

The last time he was nominated at the Academy Awards in 1992 with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Rob Young for an Oscar for the best sound in the Late West Merciless (original title: Unforgiven, 1992) by and with Clint Eastwood as well as Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman in other leading roles. For this film, Rick Alexander with Alan Robert Murray, Walter Newman, Rob Young, Les Fresholtz and Vern Poore was again nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound.

In 1999 he was nominated with Richard D. Rogers, Rick Hart and Russell Williams II for the Cinema Audio Society Award (CAS Award) for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in a Television Series for the first episode of the NBC- produced television series The Temptations . Also nominated for another Emmy for an outstanding sound mix in a miniseries with Russell Williams II, Rick Hart and Richard D. Rogers.

Together with Richard D. Rogers, Rick Hart and Edward L. Moskowitz, he won the 2001 CAS Award for outstanding performance in sound mixing in a television series for the second episode of the ABC- produced television series The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000). At the same time, he, Rogers, Hart and Moskowitz were nominated for another Emmy.

In 2006 he won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Miniseries with George Tarrant and Richard D. Rogers for the episode "Dreams And Schemes" from the TNT- produced TV series In the West . In addition, he, Bayard Carey and Richard D. Rogers were nominated for another Emmy in this category for the episode "Hell On Wheels" from this series. In 2007, Rick Alexander with Bayard Carey and Richard D. Rogers was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Miniseries, this time for the episode "The Key And The Clock (Night 1)" of the Sci Fi Channel- produced series Das Vanished Room (The Lost Room, 2006).

Most recently, he received an Emmy nomination in 2008 with Darryl L. Frank and Richard D. Rogers for the second part of the CBS television series Comanche Room (2008).

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personal data
SURNAME Alexander, Rick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexander, Richard L .; Alexander, Dick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1975