Production sound mixer who entered American film as a sound recordist in the early 1970s. Other notable (non-nominated) credits include THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (1977), ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), CONTINENTAL DIVIDE (1981), DOCTOR DETROIT (1983), ROMANCING THE STONE (1984), ¡THREE AMIGOS! (1986), BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II & III (1989, 1990), DEATH BECOMES HER (1992), THE FAN (1996), ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998), WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000), EVOLUTION (2001), XXX (2002), TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (both 2003), NATIONAL TREASURE (2004), STEALTH and BEOWULF & GRENDEL (both 2005), MONSTER HOUSE (2006), SPIDER-MAN 3, NEXT and BEOWULF (all 2007), I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE (2008), and AVATAR (scheduled for 2009).  Nominated for Sound 1985: BACK TO THE FUTURE (w. Bill Varney, Robert M. Thirlwell & Tennyson Sebastian, II)  Nominated for Sound 1986: TOP GUN (w. Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell & Richard C. (Rick) Kline)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1994: FORREST GUMP (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & Dennis Sands)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1995: CRIMSON TIDE (w. Kevin O'Connell, Richard C. (Rick) Kline & Gregory H. Watkins)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1997: CONTACT (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & Dennis Sands)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2000: CAST AWAY (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & Dennis Sands)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2004: THE POLAR EXPRESS (w. Randy Thom, Dennis Sands and Tom Johnson) 7 nominations