Name
Jim LeBrecht
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1956-05-08 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Hartsdale, New York, USA
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
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In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disapp...
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When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that es...
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Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard abou...
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Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley...
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Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle su...
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This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive geni...
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Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As ...
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