Peter Kurland

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Peter Kurland
Born
Peter Franklin Kurland

1958 (age 65–66)
Occupation
Sound engineer
Years active1984 – present
SpouseShannon Dee Wood (2 children)

Peter Franklin Kurland (born 1958) is an American production sound mixer.[1]

Kurland has done

Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Walk the Line.[2]

In 2008, he won the CAS award for

No Country for Old Men, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing[3] as well as the BAFTA award. In 2011, he won the CAS award and was nominated for the BAFTA, and the Best Sound Oscar, this time for the film True Grit.[4]

Kurland is a

Coen Brothers
' film for the past 25 years.

Kurland and his wife, Shannon Wood, are co-owners of the

Nashville
.

In 2014, he was nominated for the CAS award, the BAFTA award and the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Inside Llewyn Davis.[5]

He resigned his membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on 23 March 2022 citing changes to the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony where 8 Categories including Best Sound were not presented live but rather during the commercial breaks.[6]

Personal life

Kurland is the son of violinist and musical arranger

United States Senate in 2000, when Bill Frist won re-election. His sons, Julian and Ben, are the founders of BillFixers
.

References

  1. ^ "Peter Kurland". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  2. ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. ^ "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  4. ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  5. ^ "Nominees for the 86th Oscars". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  6. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (23 March 2022). "Academy Member Peter Kurland to Resign Over Oscars Telecast Controversy (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

External links