Alan Splet
Alan Splet | |
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Born | December 31, 1939 |
Died | December 2, 1994(1994-12-02) (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 and became the butt of several jokes by host Johnny Carson 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
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1970 | The Grandmother | David Lynch | short film |
1976 | In the Region of Ice | Peter Werner | Sound design |
1977 | Eraserhead | David Lynch | see Eraserhead soundtrack |
1978 | Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick | additional sound effects |
1979 | The Black Stallion | Carroll Ballard | Special Achievement Academy Award |
1980 | The Elephant Man | David Lynch | |
1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Carroll Ballard | Academy Award nomination |
1984 | Dune | David Lynch | |
1986 | Blue Velvet | David Lynch | |
1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Peter Weir | |
1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | |
1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Frank Oz | |
1989 | Winter People | Ted Kotcheff | |
1989 | Weekend at Bernie's | Ted Kotcheff | |
1989 | Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | |
1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Bob Rafelson | |
1990 | Henry & June | Philip Kaufman | |
1991 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Stephen Herek | |
1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hector Babenco | |
1992 | Wind | Carroll Ballard | |
1993 | Rising Sun | Philip Kaufman | |
1996 | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | died during production; replaced by Walter Murch |
References
- ^ 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
- 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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- L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers (1972)
- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock (1974)
- Peter Berkos / Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson (1975)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer / L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, Matthew Yuricich (1976)
- Ben Burtt / Frank Warner (1977)
- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic (1978)
- Alan Splet (1979)
- Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (1980)
- Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson (1981)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett (1983)
- Kay Rose (1984)
- Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil (1987)
- Richard Williams (1988)
- Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke (1990)
- John Lasseter (1995)
- Alejandro González Iñárritu (2017)
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