Jim LeBrecht
- Sound
- May 8, 1956 · Hartsdale, New York, USA
Biography
Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a well-known film and theatre sound designer and mixer, author, producer, and disability rights activist. He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), an audio post-production house. BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District, the 2006 Academy Award® recipient for short documentary. Other credits include The Force, Unrest, The Waiting Room, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Daughter From Danang, We Were Here, Bang: the Bert Berns Story, and Audrie & Daisy. Jim's work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action, a pioneering disability rights group. He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid-1970s. Currently, LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education, legislation, and litigation.
Known for
Filmography
- Forever, For Now · Executive producer
- The Haunting of Pennhurst · Executive producer
- Kids Like Me · Executive producer
- Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act · Director
- The Tallest Dwarf · Sound Designer
- Deaf President Now! · Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Patrice: The Movie · Executive producer
- The Ride Ahead · Executive producer
- Fire Through Dry Grass · Executive producer
- All These Sons · Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution · Self, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi · Sound Mixer
- Minding the Gap · Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Exit Music · Sound
- Unrest · Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Extremis · Sound Designer
- My Love Affair with the Brain · Sound Mixer
- Finding the Gold Within · Supervising Sound Editor
- Kumu Hina · Sound Editor
- After My Garden Grows · Audio Post Coordinator
- Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor · Additional Production Sound Mixer
- We Were Here · Sound
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion · Sound Editor
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston · Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' · Sound
- Bad Santa · Sound Effects Editor
- Pitch Black · Sound Effects Editor
- Modulations · Sound Effects Editor
- Mr. Wonderful · Sound Effects Editor
- Equinox · Sound Effects Editor
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · Sound Effects Editor
- A Matter of Degrees · Apprentice Sound Editor