Graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television in 1981. Sound re-recording mixer of almost 100 films and TV movies who entered American film as a sound engineer for RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984), HOWARD THE DUCK (1986), SPACEBALLS (1987), TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (both 1988), THE FIVE HEARTBEATS, BUGSY and BACKDRAFT (all 1991), A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT and TOYS (both 1992), MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993), QUIZ SHOW (1994), STRANGE DAYS and HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (both 1995), JACK and ONE FINE DAY (both 1996), WAG THE DOG (1997), SPHERE and THE HORSE WHISPERER (both 1998), GALAXY QUEST (1999), REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and WHAT LIES BENEATH (both 2000), ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE and BANDITS (both 2001), BLOOD WORK, THE GOOD THIEF, THE RING and MAID IN MANHATTAN (all 2002), DEAD BODIES, BLIND FLIGHT and PETER PAN (all 2003), HOTEL RWANDA, INSIDE I'M DANCING and MILLION DOLLAR BABY (all 2004), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE and KING KONG (all 2005), CHILDREN OF MEN (2006), and BECOMING JANE, GARAGE, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, BEOWULF, THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP and SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (all 2007).  Best Achievement in Sound 1991: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (w. Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers & Lee Orloff)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1994: FORREST GUMP (w. Randy Thom, Dennis Sands & William B. Kaplan)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1997: CONTACT (w. Randy Thom, Dennis Sands & William B. Kaplan)  Best Achievement in Sound 1997: TITANIC (w. Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers & Mark Ulano)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1999: STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (w. Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy & John Midgley)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2000: CAST AWAY (w. Randy Thom, Dennis Sands & William B. Kaplan)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2004: THE POLAR EXPRESS (w. Randy Thom, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan) 7 nominations, 2 Awards