Bondelev
10-06-2003, 10:22 AM
The Motion Picture Sound Editors have chosen to present their Career Achievement Award to legendary sound editor Don Hall for his outstanding contributions to the art of sound. The award will be presented at the 51st annual “Golden Reel” Awards to be held February 28 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
Don Hall is a founding member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He has been a sound editor on over ninety feature films spanning five decades, including A Walk in the Clouds, M*A*S*H, and Young Frankenstein. He has received three MPSE Golden Reel Awards, a BAFTA Award for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, two Emmy Awards and a Peabody award.
Among the filmmakers who have worked with Don are Robert Aldrich, Irwin Allen, Alfonso Arau, Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, Mel Brooks, Michael Crichton, Michael Curtiz, John Frankenheimer, William Friedken, Arthur Hiller, Ron Howard, Norman Jewison, Stanley Kramer, Otto Preminger, Burt Reynolds, Michael Ritchie, Nicolas Roeg, George Roy Hill, Franklin Schaffner, Barbet Schroeder, Sylvester Stallone, John Wayne, Robert Wise, William Wyler and Peter Yates.
“Don represents the consummate professional. In addition to being a brilliant sound editor, he brings a warmth to his work that is unmatched. He has also been a mentor to innumerable students of sound, ” MPSE president David Bondelevitch stated.
Hall has served on the Board of Governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Sound Branch. He served as the Chair for the Sound Editing Award Rules Committee, the Vice Chair for the Student Academy Awards and is a member of the Scientific-Technical Committee. He is also is a Lecturer at the USC School of Cinema.
Previous recipients of the award include Chuck Campbell, Kay Rose, Alan Splet, Murray Spivack, Frank Warner, Norval Crutcher, James MacDonald, Sam Horta, Douglas Grindstaff, Fred Brown and Jack Foley.
The MPSE is dedicated to improving recognition of its members by educating the entertainment community as to the artistic merit of sound editing. For more information, please visit http://mpse.org. or e-mail mail@mpse.org
Don Hall is a founding member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He has been a sound editor on over ninety feature films spanning five decades, including A Walk in the Clouds, M*A*S*H, and Young Frankenstein. He has received three MPSE Golden Reel Awards, a BAFTA Award for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, two Emmy Awards and a Peabody award.
Among the filmmakers who have worked with Don are Robert Aldrich, Irwin Allen, Alfonso Arau, Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, Mel Brooks, Michael Crichton, Michael Curtiz, John Frankenheimer, William Friedken, Arthur Hiller, Ron Howard, Norman Jewison, Stanley Kramer, Otto Preminger, Burt Reynolds, Michael Ritchie, Nicolas Roeg, George Roy Hill, Franklin Schaffner, Barbet Schroeder, Sylvester Stallone, John Wayne, Robert Wise, William Wyler and Peter Yates.
“Don represents the consummate professional. In addition to being a brilliant sound editor, he brings a warmth to his work that is unmatched. He has also been a mentor to innumerable students of sound, ” MPSE president David Bondelevitch stated.
Hall has served on the Board of Governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Sound Branch. He served as the Chair for the Sound Editing Award Rules Committee, the Vice Chair for the Student Academy Awards and is a member of the Scientific-Technical Committee. He is also is a Lecturer at the USC School of Cinema.
Previous recipients of the award include Chuck Campbell, Kay Rose, Alan Splet, Murray Spivack, Frank Warner, Norval Crutcher, James MacDonald, Sam Horta, Douglas Grindstaff, Fred Brown and Jack Foley.
The MPSE is dedicated to improving recognition of its members by educating the entertainment community as to the artistic merit of sound editing. For more information, please visit http://mpse.org. or e-mail mail@mpse.org