Todd Boekelheide
Todd Boekelheide (born before 1974) is an American sound engineer and film composer .
Life
Boekelheide began his career in 1974 as an employee at Francis Ford Coppola's production company American Zoetrope in San Francisco . In 1976 he quit and worked as an assistant editor on Star Wars . He worked on the cut one last time on The Black Stallion .
After studying music at Mills College in Oakland , he specialized as a sound mixer and was nominated for the first time in 1984 for an Oscar in the category Best Sound for When the Wolves Howl . The following year he received the award for Amadeus .
He has also worked as a film composer since the mid-1980s. Mainly he wrote music for documentaries , but also for feature films like Die Jugger - Kampf der Beste and Wie ein Vogel im Wind . He was nominated three times for the Emmy for his compositions for television productions , in 1999 he received the award for the music for the documentary Kids of Survival . He was also nominated in 1993 for the Genie Award and in 1994 for the CableACE Award .
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Star Wars (Star Wars) (assistant editor)
- 1979: The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion) (assistant editor, sound design)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff) (sound design)
- 1983: When the Wolves Howl (Never Cry Wolf) (Music Production)
- 1984: Amadeus (sound design)
- 1986: Mosquito Coast (sound design)
- 1987: Dear America : Letters Home from Vietnam (composition)
- 1988: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) (sound design)
- 1989: Die Jugger (The Blood of Heroes) (Composition)
- 1990: Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
- 1990: Land of the Black Sun (Mountains of the Moon) (sound design)
- 1991: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (composition)
- 1993: Escape in the Moonlight (Shimmer) (Composition)
- 1993: Like a Bird in the Wind (Digger) (Composition)
- 1997: The Game (sound design)
- 1998: We regret to inform you (Regret to Inform) (composition)
- 1999: Fight Club (sound design)
- 2002: Panic Room (sound design)
- 2003: Exploring the Reef (composition)
- 2006: Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (Composition)
- 2007: Beautiful Son (composition)
- 2018: The Secret Archives in the Warsaw Ghetto (Who Will Write Our History)
Awards
- 1984: Oscar nomination for Best Sound for When the Wolves Howl
- 1985: Oscar in the Best Sound category for Amadeus
- 1993: Genie Award nomination in the Best Music Score category for Like a Bird in the Wind
- 1994: CableACE Award nomination in the Original Score category for Earth and the American Dream
- 1999: Emmy in the category Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Music for Kids of Survival
- 2007: Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
- 2010: Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Independent Lens
Web links
- Todd Boekelheide in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Todd Boekelheide in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Todd Boekelheide at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boekelheide, Todd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1974 |