Born in Santa Monica, CA. Production sound mixer who entered American film with SEARCH FOR THE TITANIC (1981). Other notable credits include STREAMERS (1983), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985), DIRTY DANCING and HOUSE OF GAMES (both 1987), THINGS CHANGE and LUCKY STIFF (both 1988), BETSY'S WEDDING (1990), HOMICIDE and LOVE HURTS (both 1991), THE PLAYER and DEATH BECOMES HER (both 1992), SHORT CUTS (1993), WYATT EARP (1994), FRENCH KISS and THE STARS FELL ON HENRIETTA (both 1995), KANSAS CITY and THAT THING YOU DO! (both 1996), INVENTING THE ABBOTTS and THE SPANISH PRISONER (both 1997), THE GINGERBREAD MAN and THE NEWTON BOYS (both 1998), MUMFORD and MAGNOLIA (both 1999), STATE AND MAIN, DR. T & THE WOMEN and MISS CONGENIALITY (all 2000), SPY KIDS 2: ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS and S1M0NE (both 2002), SECONDHAND LIONS (2003), THE ALAMO (2004), SIN CITY, PROOF and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (all 2005), WORLD TRADE CENTER and THE BREAK UP (both 2006), GRINDHOUSE, PLANET TERROR, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, DAN IN REAL LIFE and WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (all 2007), APPALOOSA (2008), and TREE OF LIFE (scheduled for release in 2009).  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2002: ROAD TO PERDITION (w. Scott Millan and Bob Beemer)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2005: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (w. Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell & Rick Kline) 2 nominations