Die Hard (1988)

Born in New York City. Supervising sound editor and sound designer who entered British film as a sound editor for Freddie Francis' SON OF DRACULA (1974). Other notable credits include "The Day After" (1983, TV), PRIZZI'S HONOR and THE SLUGGER'S WIFE (both 1985), PREDATOR and WEEDS (both 1987), ACTION JACKSON (1988), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and HÅKON HÅKONSEN (both 1990), HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING (1991), SHADOW OF THE WOLF (1992). In 1994, he began working in French film: LOUIS 19, LE ROI DES ONDES and FARINELLI: IL CASTRATO (both 1994), LUCKY PUNCH / LE MONTREUR DE BOXE, LE CIBLE and LE DERNIER CHAPERON ROUGE (all 1996), DOBERMAN, MARQUISE (all 1997), SUCRE AMER (1998), CINQ MINUTES DE DETENTE / FIVE MINUTE BREAK (1999), and L'ATTENTE DES FEMMES (2001). Shorr died from melanoma in Paris at the age of 48.  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Effects Editing 1988: DIE HARD (w. Stephen Hunter Flick) 1 nomination