Murray Spivack
American sound engineer
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| Intro | American sound engineer | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Audio engineer Musician Percussionist Engineer | ||
| Work field | Engineering Music | ||
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| Instruments: | Percussion instrument | ||
| Birth | 6 September 1903, Russia | ||
| Death | 8 May 1994Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (aged 90 years) | ||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||
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Biography
Murray Spivack (September 6, 1903 – May 8, 1994) was a Russian-born American sound engineer best known as the sound designer for the 1933 film King Kong. He won an Oscar for Sound Recording and was nominated for another in the same category. He was also a drum teacher whose students included Louie Bellson, Remo Belli, David Garibaldi, William Kraft, Alan Maitland, Jim Banks and Joe Morello.
Awards
Spivack won an Academy Award and was nominated for another:
- Won
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- Nominated
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)