Lawrence O. "Larry" Jost
(1920 -     )


Chinatown (1974)
Sound recordist and mixer in American films and television from 1959. Other notable unnominated credits include IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (1963, uncredited), GIRL HAPPY (1965, uncredited), LT. ROBIN CRUSOE, U.S.N. and SPINOUT (both 1966), COOL HAND LUKE (1967), SPEEDWAY (1968), THE APRIL FOOLS and THE ARRANGEMENT (both 1969), CATCH-22 and THE BABY MAKER (both 1970), CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971), THE LIFE A TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (1972), THE DROWNING POOL and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (both 1975), THE LAST TYCOON (1976), NEW YORK, NEW YORK and THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT (both 1977), MAGIC (1978), THE IN-LAWS and NORTH DALLAS FORTY (both 1979), ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE, HONKY TONK FREEWAY and MOMMIE DEAREST (all 1981), GREASE 2 (1982), SILKWOOD (1983) and his last film, THE LONELY GUY (1984). Founder of Sound-Tronics (1964), a company that rented wireless microphones that he developed to the film industry.

 Nominated for Sound 1973: THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN (w. Richard Portman)
 Nominated for Sound 1973: THE PAPER CHASE (w. Donald O. Mitchell)
 Nominated for Sound 1974: CHINATOWN (w. Charles "Bud" Grenzbach)

3 nominations