Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Re-recording mixer, Musician and Lecturer, Mark Mangini has made his life’s work creating unimagined aural worlds and fabricated sonic realities for theatrical motion pictures. A three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Sound Editing, Mark was born in the suburbs of Boston. He dropped out of college at nineteen to move to Los Angeles and pursue a career in film.
Mangini’s first job in film was as a cartoon sound editor at Hanna Barbera Studios. He then had a twenty-five year run as owner and operator of post-production sound company Weddington Productions Inc. He has worked on such notable films as “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Gremlins,” “Die Hard,” “Star Trek,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Fifth Element,” “The Green Mile,” “Warrior” and “Jack the Giant Slayer.”
Awards
2005 Golden Reel Nominee Shark Tale — Best Sound Editing,
Animated Feature 2000 Golden Reel Nominee The Green Mile — Best Sound Editing,
Dialogue & ADR. Effects & Foley 1998 Oscar Nominee The Fifth Element — Best Sound Effects Editing 1993
Oscar Nominee Aladdin — Best Sound Effects Editing 1987 Oscar Nominee
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home — Best Sound Effects Editing
via: (LA Sound Group)