Tom Johnson (sound engineer)

Thomas "Cougar" Johnson (* before 1981) is an American sound technician and engineer . It won two Oscars for "Best Sound Mixing" and was nominated for six more in the same category.

He graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television in 1981. With the science fiction film Return of the Jedi , the sixth part of the Star Wars saga by George Lucas , Johnson made his debut as a sound engineer in 1983.

In 1992 he was awarded an Oscar for "Best Sound Mixing" in the science fiction film Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day, along with Gary Rydstrom , Gary Summers and Lee Orloff . In 1998 the award went again to him and his colleagues Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano for “Best Sound Editing” in the monumental film Titanic .

Arlo & Spot lists IMDb as the last of over 135 films in which Johnson has participated.

Awards

1992 : Award Winner - Best Tone for Terminator 2 - Judgment Day , with Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Lee Orloff.
1995 : Nomination - Best Sound for Forrest Gump , with Randy Thom , Dennis S. Sands and William Kaplan .
1998 : Award Winner - Best Tone for Titanic , with Gary Rydstrom, Mark Ulano, and Gary Summers.
1998 : Nomination - Best Sound for Contact , with Randy Thom, Dennis S. Sands and William Kaplan.
2000 : Nomination - Best Sound for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , with Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and John Midgley.
2001 : Nomination - Best Sound for Cast Away - Lost , with Randy Thom, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan.
2005 : Nomination - Best Sound for Der Polarexpress , with William B. Kaplan, Randy Thom and Dennis S. Sands.
2012 : Nomination - Best Tone for Companions , with Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson and Stuart Wilson .

personal data
SURNAME	Johnson, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johnson, Thomas; Johnson, Cougar (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sound engineer and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1981