Peter Kurland
| Peter Kurland | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Franklin Kurland 1958 (age 53–54) |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
Peter Franklin Kurland (born 1958) is a production sound mixer.[1]
Kurland has done boom operation work along with sound mixing on many films, such as Walk the Line, The Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. He won two Grammy's for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a BAFTA award and a CAS award for Walk the Line, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound for Walk the Line.[2]
In 2008 he won the CAS award for No Country for Old Men was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound[3] as well as the BAFTA award. In 2011, he was nominated again for the Best Sound Oscar, this time for the film True Grit.[4]
Kurland has worked on every Coen Brothers' film for the past 25 years. List of frequent Coen Brothers collaborators
[edit] Personal life
He attended Peabody Demonstration (Now University School of Nashville) School in Nashville, Tennessee. He was once the fire chief at Antioch College. He has two children, Julian David Kurland, who currently attends the University of Connecticut, and Benjamin Franklin Kurland, by his wife, Shannon Dee Wood. She ran for the US Senate seat from Tennessee in 2000 against Bill Frist.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004212 Peter Kurland IMDB page
- ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/78th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/80th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/83rd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
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