Walt Martin
Walter Burton Martin Jr. (born April 8, 1945 in Hollywood , California - † July 24, 2014 in Burbank , California) was an American sound engineer for film and television.
Life
Walt Martin served in the United States Navy . He was active as a sound engineer since the early 1980s and worked on over 90 films, including with John Huston on his last film The Dead (1987). He also worked for television, including the television series The Closer and Sons of Anarchy .
In 1999 he began working with Clint Eastwood on the film A True Crime . They shot a total of 14 films together. He received his first Oscar nomination for Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers . He received a second posthumously for the sound on American Sniper (2014). Martin died of vasculitis on July 24, 2014 at the age of 69 at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
Filmography (selection)
- 1986: The Dead (The Dead)
- 1990: Tremors - In the land of rocket worms (Tremors)
- 1990: Maniac Cop 2
- 1993: Tombstone
- 1999: True Crime (True Crime)
- 2000: Space Cowboys
- 2002: Blood Work
- 2002: Groupies Forever (The Banger Sisters)
- 2003: Extreme Rage (A Man Apart)
- 2003: Mystic River
- 2004: Million Dollar Baby
- 2006: The Hollywood Conspiracy (Hollywoodland)
- 2006: Flags of Our Fathers
- 2006: Letters from Iwo Jima
- 2007: Departure into a new life (Rails & Ties)
- 2008-2011: Sons of Anarchy
- 2008: The Stranger's Son (Changeling)
- 2008: Gran Torino
- 2009: Invictus - Unconquered (Invictus)
- 2010: Hereafter - Life After (Hereafter)
- 2011: The Closer (TV series)
- 2012: Back in the Game (Trouble with the Curve)
- 2014: Jersey Boys
- 2014: American Sniper
Web links
- Walt Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Remembering Walt Martin . In: 695 Quarterly, 6 (2014), No. 4.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maane Khatchatourian: Walt Martin, Clint Eastwood's Sound Mixer, Dies at 69th Variety , August 2, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Mike Barnes: Walt Martin, Sound Mixer for Clint Eastwood, Dies at 69th Hollywood Reporter , August 2, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Walt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martin, Walt Burton Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollywood , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 2014 |
| Place of death | Burbank , California |