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James LeBrecht
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 8, 1956 (69 years)
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.
James LeBrecht Filmography
| 2020 | Crip Camp · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Thirsty · as Associate Producer |
| 2024 | Patrice: The Movie · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Fire Through Dry Grass · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Unconfined · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 |
| 2020 |
| 2022 | Box of Rain · as Cast |
| 1998 | Barney's Great Adventure · as Twinken |
| 2021 | All These Sons · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2020 | Crip Camp · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2018 | I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi · as Sound Mixer |
| 2018 | Minding the Gap · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2018 | Exit Music · as Sound |
| 2017 | Unrest · as Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2014 | Finding the Gold Within · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2014 | |
| 2011 | We Were Here · as Sound |
| 2009 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Sweet Emotion · as Sound Editor |
| 2005 | The Devil and Daniel Johnston · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2003 | Bad Santa · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2000 | Pitch Black · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1992 | Equinox · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1990 | A Matter of Degrees · as Apprentice Sound Editor |