The Exorcist (1973)

Production sound mixer who entered American films in 1969 (MEDIUM COOL). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include KLUTE (1971), THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), THE HAPPY HOOKER (1975), WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN and COMES A HORSEMAN (both 1978), HAIR and ALL THAT JAZZ (both 1979), RAGTIME (1981), THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP and SOPHIE'S CHOICE (both 1982), TENDER MERCIES (1983), THE MOSQUITO COAST and BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (1986), WALL STREET (1987), THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING and MARRIED TO THE MOB (both 1988), VALMONT (1989), Q & A (1990), AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD (1991), THUNDERHEART and A STRANGER AMONG US (both 1992), SOMMERSBY and PHILADELPHIA (both 1993), NELL (1994), COPYCAT and HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995), THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996), PRIMARY COLORS and YOU'VE GOT MAIL (both 1998), GLORIA and MAN ON THE MOON (both 1999), AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (2000) and the TV series "100 Centre Street" (2001, A&E). More recent credits include THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004), NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD and FIND ME GUILTY (both 2006), BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (2007) and WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS (2008). Newman teaches sound production at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.  Nominated for Sound 1971: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (w. Theodore Soderberg)  Nominated for Sound 1972: THE GODFATHER (w. Bud Grenzbach & Richard Portman)  Sound 1973: THE EXORCIST (w. Robert Knudson)  Nominated for Sound 1980: FAME (w. Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding)  Sound 1984: AMADEUS (w. Mark Berger, Tom Scott & Todd Boekelheide)  Nominated for Sound 1985: A CHORUS LINE (w. Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler & Gerry Humphreys)  Nominated for Sound 1991: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (w. Tom Fleischman)  Best Achievement in Sound 1996: THE ENGLISH PATIENT (w. Walter Murch, Mark Berger & David Parker) 8 nominations, 3 Awards