Michael Semanick (b. 1963)

Alias:
Mike

Birthplace:
Jackson, Minnesota, USA

Born:
July 31, 1963

Michael Semanick is an American sound engineer, credited as a sound re-recording mixer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for nine more in the same category. He has worked on more than 110 films since 1987.

Additional information:

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Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
2014  The Lego Movie
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Foley Recordist:
1995  Heavyweights
2014  The Lego Movie
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Sound:
1995  Heavyweights
2012  Dark Shadows
2014  The Lego Movie
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Sound Designer:
1995  Heavyweights
2004  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2012  Dark Shadows
2014  The Lego Movie
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Sound Mixer:
1995  Heavyweights
1999  Orfeu
2003  Taste the Revolution
2004  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2012  Dark Shadows
2014  The Lego Movie
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
1991  Closet Land
1991  Ernest Scared Stupid
1992  Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992  The Vagrant
1992  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1993  Indian Summer
1993  Money for Nothing
1994  Ed Wood
1994  Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1995  Heavyweights
1995  To Die For
1996  Race the Sun
1996  Romeo + Juliet
1997  The Game
1997  The Rainmaker
1998  54
1998  Air Bud: Golden Receiver
1998  Rushmore
1998  The Faculty
1999  Arlington Road
1999  Fight Club
1999  Magnolia
1999  Office Space
1999  Orfeu
2000  Frequency
2000  Pitch Black
2000  Space Cowboys
2000  Unbreakable
2001  Monkeybone
2001  Spy Kids
2001  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002  John Q
2002  Punch-Drunk Love
2002  Signs
2002  Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002  Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002  The Mothman Prophecies
2003  Mystic River
2003  Taste the Revolution
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004  Team America: World Police
2005  Corpse Bride
2005  King Kong
2006  Lady in the Water
2006  Stranger Than Fiction
2007  Ratatouille
2007  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007  There Will Be Blood
2007  Zodiac
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008  WALL·E
2009  Up
2009  Where the Wild Things Are
2010  Alice in Wonderland
2010  How Do You Know
2010  The Social Network
2010  Toy Story 3
2011  Cars 2
2011  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2012  Dark Shadows
2012  Frankenweenie
2012  John Carter
2012  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012  The Master
2013  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013  Monsters University
2013  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013  The Wisdom Tree
2014  22 Jump Street
2014  Big Eyes
2014  Gone Girl
2014  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014  The Lego Movie
2015  Crimson Peak
2015  Inside Out
2016  Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016  Finding Dory
2016  Krisha
2016  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016  The Great Wall
2017  Cars 3
2017  Coco
2017  Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017  The Lego Batman Movie
2018  Incredibles 2
2018  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018  Welcome to Marwen
2019  Toy Story 4
2020  Onward
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021  The Green Knight
2021  The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2022  Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022  Werewolf by Night
2023  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023  The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
2024  Spellbound
2025  The Electric State

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