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Ken S. Polk

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Ken S. Polk
OccupationSound Engineer
Years active1981–present
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series for Hill Street Blues (1983, 1984, 1985) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series for Cagney & Lacey (1984)

Ken S. Polk is an American sound engineer known for his extensive work in both film and television. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing and has been nominated for eleven more.[1]

Career

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Ken S. Polk began his career in sound engineering in 1981. Over the years, he has contributed to numerous high-profile films and television shows, including notable works such as Se7en, Crank, Heat, and Juno. His television credits include Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and Cagney & Lacey.

Awards & Nominations

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Polk's excellence in sound engineering has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards:

  • Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series for Hill Street Blues (1983, 1984, 1985)[2]
  • Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series for Cagney & Lacey (1984)

In addition to his wins, Polk has received nominations for his work on various other projects, highlighting his continued impact and dedication to the field of sound engineering.

Selected Filmography

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2024 Brigitte Graham in The Ossan Sound Editor, Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer Short
2024 Wild Genius Sound Designer
2022 The Magic Hours Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor
2021 Night Shift Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Mixer Short
2021 Switchback Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer Short
2021 The Ice Road Re-recording Mixer
2021 Teardrop Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2021 Nights of Being Loose Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor Short
2020 Who Wants Dessert? Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2020 Anonymous Killers Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
2019 InTime Foley Artist, Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer Short
2019 The Man With A Pillow For A Face Re-recording Mixer, Sound, Sound Designer Short
2019 Together Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2018 Trust Me: A Witness Account of The Goatman Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2018 The Lady and the Tiger Re-recording Mixer
2018 Living in the Future's Past Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
2018 Off the Menu Re-recording Mixer
2017 Anatomy of a Breakup Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2017 Duck World Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer TV Series, 16 episodes
2017 Happily Never After Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2016 A Father's Secret Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2016 The Land Supervising Sound Re-recording Mixer
2015 In the Night Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor Short
2015 How Not to Propose Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2014 Conjuring Orson Sound Rerecording Mixer, Sound Designer Short
2014 Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary Re-recording Mixer, Sound Rerecording Mixer, Sound Designer, Sound Supervisor
2014 Wheels Re-recording Mixer, Sound Editor
2014 The Best Friend Dialogue Editor, Re-recording Mixer Short
2013 At Middleton Re-recording Mixer
2012 Palms Re-recording Mixer Short
2012 1 Nighter Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
2012 Little Red Wagon Supervising Re-recording Mixer
2012 Heal Thyself Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer Short
2011 Annie Claus Is Coming to Town Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2011 Frents Re-recording Mixer Video
2010 American Masters Re-recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor TV Series, 1 episode
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Re-recording Mixer Video
2008 Dark Streets Re-recording Mixer
2008 Cachao: Uno Mas Supervising Re-recording Mixer
2008 Jake's Corner Sound Editor, Supervising Re-recording Mixer
2007 Lars and the Real Girl Re-recording Mixer
2007 Moving McAllister Re-recording Mixer
2007 Juno Re-recording Mixer
2007 Pride Additional Sound Rerecording Mixer
2007 The Good Night Re-recording Mixer
2007 Music Within Re-recording Mixer
2006 Crank Re-recording Mixer
2006 Two Tickets to Paradise Re-recording Mixer
2006 Akeelah and the Bee Re-recording Mixer
2006 The Hills Have Eyes Re-recording Mixer
2005 The Reading Room Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2005 Jesus, Mary and Joey Re-recording Mixer
2005 Supernova Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2005 The Lost City Supervising Re-recording Mixer
2005 McBride: Tune in for Murder Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2005 Back to You and Me Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
2004 Around the Bend Re-recording Mixer, Supervising Re-recording Mixer
2004 The Conscientious Objector Re-recording Mixer, Sound Mixer
2004 This Old Cub Re-recording Mixer
2003 Malibu's Most Wanted Re-recording Mixer
2002 Ghost Ship Re-recording Mixer
2002 No Good Deed Re-recording Mixer
2002 A Time for Dancing Re-recording Mixer
2002 The Good Girl Additional Re-recordist
2000 Get Carter Re-recording Mixer
2000 The Replacements Re-recording Mixer
2000 Battlefield Earth Re-recording Mixer
2000 Lakeboat Re-recording Mixer
2000 The Whole Nine Yards Re-recording Mixer
1999 The Big Tease Re-recording Mixer
1999 Deep Blue Sea Re-recording Mixer
1999 Border Line Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
1998 Just the Ticket Re-recording Mixer
1998 Brimstone Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 1 episode
1998 Soldier Re-recording Mixer
1998 Home Fries Re-recording Mixer
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Re-recording Mixer
1998 Wicked Re-recording Mixer
1997 Mad City Re-recording Mixer
1997 Mr. Jealousy Re-recording Mixer
1997 Good Burger Re-recording Mixer
1997 Trial and Error Re-recording Mixer
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Re-recording Mixer
1996 Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension Re-recording Mixer Short
1996 Carried Away Re-recording Mixer
1995 Grumpier Old Men Re-recording Mixer
1995 Heat Additional Sound Rerecording Mixer
1995 Timon & Pumbaa Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 1 episode
1995 Kicking and Screaming Re-recording Mixer
1995 Se7en Re-recording Mixer
1995 Angus Re-recording Mixer
1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Re-recording Mixer
1995 Batman Forever Re-recording Mixer
1995 A Little Princess Re-recording Mixer
1995 Roommates Re-recording Mixer
1995 Top Dog Re-recording Mixer
1994 Jason's Lyric Re-recording Mixer
1994 In the Mouth of Madness Re-recording Mixer
1994 Sleep with Me Re-recording Mixer
1994 Monkey Trouble Re-recording Mixer
1994 The Crow Re-recording Mixer
1993 Ed and His Dead Mother Re-recording Mixer
1993 Roosters Re-recording Mixer
1993 My Crazy Life Re-recording Mixer
1993 Wide Sargasso Sea Re-recording Mixer
1993 Barbarians at the Gate Rerecording Mixer TV Movie
1993 Boxing Helena Re-recording Mixer
1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion Re-recording Mixer
1992 Wishman Re-recording Mixer
1992 Candyman Re-recording Mixer
1992 Tales from the Crypt Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 1 episode
1992 Only You Re-recording Mixer
1992 Live Wire Re-recording Mixer
1992 Deep Cover Re-recording Mixer
1991 The Finest Hour Re-recording Mixer
1991 Eye of the Storm Re-recording Mixer
1991 Final Approach Re-recording Mixer
1991 The Rapture Re-recording Mixer
1991 Fires Within Re-recording Mixer
1991 Plymouth Post-production Sound TV Movie
1991 Victim of Love Sound Mixer TV Movie
1991 The Dark Backward Re-recording Mixer, Sound Recording Engineer
1990 Frankenstein Unbound Rerecording Mixer
1990 Book of Love Re-recording Mixer
1990 Waiting for the Light Re-recording Mixer
1990 To Sleep with Anger Re-recording Mixer
1990 Heart Condition Re-recording Mixer
1989 Chips, the War Dog Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
1989 Martians Go Home Re-recording Mixer
1989 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Re-recording Mixer
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Post Production Mixer TV Series, 1 episode
1988 Torch Song Trilogy Re-recording Mixer
1988 Eight Men Out Re-recording Mixer
1988 Casual Sex? Re-recording Mixer
1987 No Retreat, No Surrender 2 Re-recording Mixer
1987 Pass the Ammo Re-recording Mixer
1987 Bay Cove Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
1987 Born in East L.A. Re-recording Mixer
1987 The Untouchables Re-recording Mixer
1987 Wild Thing Re-recording Mixer
1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Re-recording Mixer TV Mini Series, 2 episodes
1982 St. Elsewhere Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 103 episodes
1986 Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
1982 Remington Steele Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 76 episodes
1981 Hill Street Blues Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 88 episodes
1981 Cagney & Lacey Re-recording Mixer TV Series, 30 episodes
1985 Our Family Honor Re-recording Mixer TV Series
1984 The Cowboy and the Ballerina Sound Recordist TV Movie
1983 The Final Terror Re-recording Mixer
1983 The Last Ninja Re-recording Mixer TV Movie
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Re-recording Mixer
1981 Wolfen Re-recording Mixer
1981 ABC Afterschool Specials Audio Mixer TV Series, 1 episode
1981 Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert Re-recording Mixer

Awards & Nominations

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Year Category Result Work Network
1993 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special Nominee Barbarians at the Gate HBO
1987 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special Nominee The Two Mrs. Grenvilles NBC
1986 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Nominee Our Family Honor ABC
1986 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Nominee Falcon Crest CBS
1985 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Winner Cagney & Lacey CBS
1985 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee St. Elsewhere NBC
1985 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee Hill Street Blues NBC
1984 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee Hill Street Blues NBC
1984 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee Cagney & Lacey CBS
1984 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Winner Hill Street Blues NBC
1983 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee St. Elsewhere NBC
1983 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Nominee Cagney & Lacey CBS
1983 Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Winner Hill Street Blues NBC



References

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  1. ^ "Ken S. Polk". Television Academy. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1986-08-01). "NOMINATIONS FOR PRIME-TIME EMMYS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  3. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (March 2, 2005). The Films of John Carpenter. McFarland. p. 161. ISBN 9780786422692 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ken S. Polk". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "Ken S. Polk List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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