Born in Long Beach, CA. Sound effects editor who entered American film as an uncredited assistant on URBAN COWBOY, AIRPLANE! and CARNY (all 1980). Sound editing credits include BODY DOUBLE (1984), MY SCIENCE PROJECT and THE COLOR PURPLE (both 1985), SPACECAMP and SOUL MAN (both 1986), BLACK WIDOW and ROBOCOP (both 1987), MIDNIGHT RUN and MOON OVER PARADOR (both 1988), BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE and STAR TREK V; THE FINAL FRONTIER (both 1989), ROBOCOP 2 (1990), SCENES FROM A MALL (1991), NEWSIES, THE MIGHTY DUCKS and THE BODYGUARD (all 1992), MATINEE, HARD TARGET and SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (all 1993), THE FLINTSTONES (1994), DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995), ESCAPE FROM L.A., 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY and DAYLIGHT (all 1996), THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997), LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998), VIRUS and ANALYZE THIS (both 1999), ERIN BROCKOVICH, READY TO RUMBLE, GOSSIP, THE KID, URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT, TRAFFIC and RAVE (all 2000), JUST VISITING and PLANET OF THE APES (both 2001), A WALK TO REMEMBER, THE TIME MACHINE and STUART LITTLE 2 (all 2002), BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, A MAN APART and HAUTE TENSION / HIGH TENSION (all 2003), CATCH THAT KID, PAPARAZZI, LONELY PLACE and TAXI (all 2004), THE PACIFIER, MADAGASCAR, THE ISLAND and SERENITY (all 2005), 16 BLOCKS, OVER THE HEDGE, SHE'S THE MAN, CHICXULUB, FLUSHED AWAY and THE RETURN (all 2006), GHOST RIDER, SHREK THE THIRD, THE INVASION and BATTLE IN SEATTLE (all 2007), and WELCOME HOME, ROSCOE JENKINS and SPEED RACER (both 2008).  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Effects Editing 1996: DAYLIGHT (w. Richard L. Anderson) 1 nomination