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Peter Kurland | |
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| Born | Peter Franklin Kurland 1958 (age 66–67) |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
| Spouse | Shannon Dee Wood (2 children) |
Peter Franklin Kurland (born 1958) is an American production sound mixer.[1]
Kurland has done boom operation work along with sound mixing on many films, such as Walk the Line, The Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. He won two Grammy's for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a BAFTA award and a CAS award for Walk the Line, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Walk the Line.[2]
In 2008, he won the CAS award for No Country for Old Men, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing[3] as well as the BAFTA award. In 2011, he won the CAS award and was nominated for the BAFTA, and the Best Sound Oscar, this time for the film True Grit.[4]
Kurland is a frequent collaborator with the Coen Brothers, working on every Coen Brothers' film for the past 25 years.
Kurland and his wife, Shannon Wood, are co-owners of the Darkhorse Theater, a performing arts venue in Nashville.
In 2014, he was nominated for the CAS award, the BAFTA award and the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Inside Llewyn Davis.[5]
He resigned his membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on 23 March 2022 citing changes to the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony where 8 Categories including Best Sound were not presented live but rather during the commercial breaks.[6]
- ^ "Peter Kurland". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "Nominees for the 86th Oscars". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (23 March 2022). "Academy Member Peter Kurland to Resign Over Oscars Telecast Controversy (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2022.