Alan Splet
Alan Splet | |
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| Born | December 31, 1939 |
| Died | December 2, 1994 (aged 54) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Sound designer and editor |
| Spouse | Ann Kroeber |
Alan Splet (December 31, 1939 – December 2, 1994) was an American sound designer and sound editor known for his collaborations with director David Lynch on Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, and Blue Velvet.[1]
Due to being legally blind, Splet rarely traveled and mainly worked from Berkeley, California.[2] In 1980, he won an Oscar for his work on the film The Black Stallion. He did not attend the Academy Award ceremony because he was in London working on The Elephant Man; Oscar host Johnny Carson joked about his absence throughout the remainder of the telecast.[3] He was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Never Cry Wolf.[4] In 1995, The Motion Picture Sound Editors union posthumously honored Splet with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his creative contributions to the field of cinema audio.[5]
Splet was married to sound effects designer Ann Kroeber, and collaborated with her on most of his projects from 1979 until his death in 1994.
Selected filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Woodward, Richard B. (May 13, 2014). "Snapping, Humming, Buzzing, Banging: Remembering Alan Splet". The Paris Review.
- ^ Luers, Erik (12 April 2022). "Editor Duwayne Dunham on Collaborating with David Lynch on Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "And the Winner Is...Alan Splet, Who Became a Household Word by Skipping the Oscars". People Magazine. May 5, 1980. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "Milestones in the History of the MPSE". Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- Alan Splet at IMDb
- "Eraserheads" the last part of Christopher Cook's "Dancing Shadows" series about sound design in film, originally aired on BBC Radio 4, 20.2.2001, repeated 25.3.2002
- Eraserhead Interview
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