Thomas Causey
Thomas Causey (born December 5, 1949 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American sound engineer .
Life
Causey began his career in the early 1970s. He made his debut with the low-budget film The Night of the Strangler . 1978 began a longstanding collaboration with John Carpenter . Starting with Halloween - The Night of Horror , he worked as a director on nine of his films until 1996, including The Rattlesnake , Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from LA. He also worked on the first two sequels of Halloween - The Night of Horror , Halloween II - The horror returns and Halloween III .
In 1988 he worked on the film comedy The Naked Gun of filmmaking trio Zucker / Abrahams / sugar and to the later of Jim Abrahams alone were responsible parodies Hot Shots! - The mother of all films and hot shots! The second attempt . Between 1994 and 2002, he worked on all four Star Trek movies based on the television series Starship Enterprise: The Next Century . He had another long collaboration with actor Adam Sandler ; Between 2003 and 2008 Causey was involved in nine of his productions, including Die Wutprobe , Spanglish and Chuck and Larry - Wie Feuer und Flamme . In 1991 , Causey was nominated for Dick Tracy for an Oscar in the category of Best Sound and the BAFTA Film Award in the category of Best Sound .
In addition to nearly 70 feature films, Causey also worked for television. He has worked on 17 episodes of the Dallas soap opera and a never-aired pilot of Falcon Crest . He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1982 for his work on the television film Fire on the Mountain .
Filmography (selection)
- 1978: Halloween - The Night of Horror (John Carpenter's Halloween)
- 1981: The Rattlesnake (John Carpenter's Escape from New York)
- 1982: The Thing from Another World (John Carpenter's The Thing)
- 1983: Christine (John Carpenter's Christine)
- 1984: Starman (John Carpenter's Starman)
- 1986: Big Trouble in Little China
- 1987: The Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness)
- 1988: The Naked Gun (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!)
- 1990: Dick Tracy
- 1991: Hot Shots! - The mother of all films (hot shots!)
- 1993: Hot Shots! The second attempt (Hot Shots! Part Deux)
- 1994: Star Trek Generations (Star Trek Generations)
- 1995: Village of the Damned (John Carpenter's Village of the Damned)
- 1996: Escape from LA (John Carpenter's Escape from LA)
- 1996: Star Trek: First Contact
- 1998: Star Trek: Insurrection
- 2002: Star Trek: Nemesis (Star Trek: Nemesis)
- 2006: Click (Click)
- 2008: Do not mess with Zohan (You Do not Mess with the Zohan)
Awards (selection)
- 1991 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Dick Tracy
- 1991: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Sound for Dick Tracy
Web links
- Thomas Causey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscars 1991 (English)
- ↑ BAFTA Awards 1991 (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Causey, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , United States |