Robert J. Litt

Robert J. Litt (born before 1965) is an American sound engineer .

Life

Litt began his career in television in the mid-1960s, where he initially focused on documentaries and television specials. In 1977 he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his work on the miniseries Roots . In the same year he made the switch to film and only worked sporadically on television productions; one of his first film projects was Star Wars . Until his retirement from the film business in 2000, he was involved in a total of 135 feature films. In 1989 he was nominated for the first time for an Oscar in the category Best Sound for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate . For this film he won the BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category the following year . In 1995 he was nominated again for an Oscar for The Condemned , a third and final nomination came in 2000 for The Green Mile .

Filmography (selection)

• 1977: Star Wars (Star Wars)
• 1978: Convoy
• 1980: The Final Countdown (The Final Countdown)
• 1983: Gorky Park
• 1983: Staying Alive
• 1986: Ferris goes blue (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
• 1988: Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate (Mississippi Burning)
• 1989 Magnolia steel (Steel Magnolias)
• 1992: Bodyguard (The Bodyguard)
• 1994: The Shawshank Redemption (The Shawshank Redemption)
• 1995: The Usual Suspects (The Usual Suspects)
• 1995: Seven (Se7en)
• 1997: That Old Feeling (That Old Feeling)
• 1998: Star Trek: Insurrection
• 1999: The Green Mile

Awards (selection)

• 1989 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
• 1990: BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound for Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate
• 1995 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for The Condemned
• 2000 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for The Green Mile

Web links

• Robert J. Litt in the Internet Movie Database (English)