Known For
Sound
Born
May 08, 1956
Place of Birth
Hartsdale, New York, USA
Credits
31 titles
Jim LeBrecht
Biography
Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a well-known film and theatre sound designer and mixer, author, producer, and disability rights activist. He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), an audio post-production house. BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District, the 2006 Academy Award® recipient for short documentary. Other credits include The Force, Unrest, The Waiting Room, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Daughter From Danang, We Were Here, Bang: the Bert Berns Story, and Audrie & Daisy. Jim's work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action, a pioneering disability rights group. He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid-1970s. Currently, LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education, legislation, and litigation.
Known For
Filmography
The Haunting of Pennhurst
Executive Producer
Kids Like Me
Executive Producer
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Director
The Tallest Dwarf
Sound Designer
Deaf President Now!
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Patrice: The Movie
Executive Producer
The Ride Ahead
Executive Producer
Fire Through Dry Grass
Executive Producer
All These Sons
Sound Designer
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Self
I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi
Sound Mixer
Minding the Gap
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Exit Music
Sound
Unrest
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Extremis
Sound Designer
My Love Affair with the Brain
Sound Mixer
Finding the Gold Within
Supervising Sound Editor
Kumu Hina
Sound Editor
After My Garden Grows
Audio Post Coordinator
Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor
Additional Production Sound Mixer
We Were Here
Sound
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion
Sound Editor
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Sound
Bad Santa
Sound Effects Editor
Pitch Black
Sound Effects Editor
Modulations
Sound Effects Editor
Mr. Wonderful
Sound Effects Editor
Equinox
Sound Effects Editor
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Effects Editor
A Matter of Degrees
Apprentice Sound Editor