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Kevin O'Connell
Additional CreditsBorn November 27, 1957 (68 years)
Kevin O'Connell is a sound re-recording mixer. He held the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win at 20 until he finally won his first Academy Award for Hacksaw Ridge (2016) at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
O'Connell was born in Long Island, New York, and raised in Los Angeles, California. At 18, he became a projectionist at 20th Century Fox Studios, where his mother was a secretary for the head of the sound department.
Subsequently, failing the trade union examination for the job, he became a Los Angeles County firefighter for a year. At the behest of his concerned mother, alarmed at his gaunt and charred appearance following a brush fire in Sylmar, Los Angeles, he obtained a job as a machine-room operator at Warner Hollywood Studios, also known as Samuel Goldwyn Studios, in 1978, where he worked on films including Grease (1978). Becoming a recording technician, he earned his first screen credit on The Empire Strikes Back (1980). His first credit as a sound mixer was on Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
In 1993, O'Connell joined Sony Pictures as a supervising sound mixer, working on films including Armageddon (1998), Spider-Man (2002), and Transformers (2007). In October 2013, he was hired to provide mixing services and take a creative leadership role at Todd Soundelux, working in that company's Todd-AO division in Santa Monica, California. O'Connell returned to Sony Pictures Post Production Services in 2015.
He served a term as the representative of the Sound Branch in the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
O'Connell held the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win at 20, having originally set the record in 2006 with his 18th nomination and loss, making him the "unluckiest nominee in the history of the Academy Awards." In 2017, he won his first Academy Award at the 89th Academy Awards for Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
In his acceptance speech at the ceremony, held on February 26, 2017, O'Connell thanked his mother, Skippy, who had urged him into his profession.
In 2001, Kevin and Heather O'Connell were married.
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O'Connell was born in Long Island, New York, and raised in Los Angeles, California. At 18, he became a projectionist at 20th Century Fox Studios, where his mother was a secretary for the head of the sound department.
Subsequently, failing the trade union examination for the job, he became a Los Angeles County firefighter for a year. At the behest of his concerned mother, alarmed at his gaunt and charred appearance following a brush fire in Sylmar, Los Angeles, he obtained a job as a machine-room operator at Warner Hollywood Studios, also known as Samuel Goldwyn Studios, in 1978, where he worked on films including Grease (1978). Becoming a recording technician, he earned his first screen credit on The Empire Strikes Back (1980). His first credit as a sound mixer was on Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
In 1993, O'Connell joined Sony Pictures as a supervising sound mixer, working on films including Armageddon (1998), Spider-Man (2002), and Transformers (2007). In October 2013, he was hired to provide mixing services and take a creative leadership role at Todd Soundelux, working in that company's Todd-AO division in Santa Monica, California. O'Connell returned to Sony Pictures Post Production Services in 2015.
He served a term as the representative of the Sound Branch in the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
O'Connell held the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win at 20, having originally set the record in 2006 with his 18th nomination and loss, making him the "unluckiest nominee in the history of the Academy Awards." In 2017, he won his first Academy Award at the 89th Academy Awards for Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
In his acceptance speech at the ceremony, held on February 26, 2017, O'Connell thanked his mother, Skippy, who had urged him into his profession.
In 2001, Kevin and Heather O'Connell were married.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin O'Connell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kevin O'Connell Filmography
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Making the Amazing · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Ella McCay · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2025 | Freakier Friday · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2025 | Flight Risk · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2024 | This Is Me... Now · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2024 | Madame Web · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2023 | Gran Turismo · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2023 | Barbie · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2023 | Cocaine Bear · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2022 | The Woman King · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2022 | The Man from Toronto · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Red Notice · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Cinderella · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2021 | Fatherhood · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2020 | The Witches · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2020 | Playdate with Destiny · as Sound Mixer |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2020 | Underwater · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2019 | Little Women · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2019 | 6 Underground · as Sound Mixer |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far from Home · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider's Web · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2018 | Venom · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2017 | Wheelman · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2017 | Shot Caller · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | Passengers · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2016 | Miracles from Heaven · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Sisters · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Goosebumps · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Hardcore Henry · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Self/less · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | The Boy Next Door · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2014 | No Good Deed · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2013 | 47 Ronin · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2013 | The Purge · as Sound Supervisor |
| 2012 | The Polar Bears · as Sound Supervisor |
| 2011 | The Muppets · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2010 | The Back-up Plan · as Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2008 | Space Chimps · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2008 | The Ruins · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2007 | Transformers · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2006 | Apocalypto · as Sound Mixer |
| 2006 | Deja Vu · as Sound Mixer |
| 2006 | RV · as Sound Supervisor |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha · as Sound Mixer |
| 2005 | The Island · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2005 | Guess Who · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2004 | National Treasure · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ · as Sound Mixer |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2003 | The Hunted · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2002 | Spider-Man · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2002 | Bad Company · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2002 | Dragonfly · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2001 | Saving Silverman · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2000 | The Patriot · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2000 | Hanging Up · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1999 | The Story of Us · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1998 | Armageddon · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1996 | The Rock · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1996 | Twister · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1996 | The Juror · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1995 | The American President · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1995 | The Net · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1993 | Tombstone · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1993 | True Romance · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1993 | Sliver · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1993 | Alive · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1992 | Trespass · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1992 | Raising Cain · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1992 | Thunderheart · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1991 | City Slickers · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1990 | Misery · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1990 | Blue Steel · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1990 | Tremors · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1989 | Black Rain · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1989 | A Dry White Season · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1989 | Cousins · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | Child's Play · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | Rambo III · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1988 | Masquerade · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | Broadcast News · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | The Running Man · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | Best Seller · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1987 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1986 | Tai-Pan · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1986 | Ruthless People · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1986 | Top Gun · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1985 | Silverado · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1985 | Secret Admirer · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1984 | Dune · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1984 | Starman · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1984 | Gremlins · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1983 | Breathless · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1982 | The Secret of NIMH · as Sound Mixer |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |