Biography
Michael Alexander Hopkins (12 August 1959 β 30 December 2012) was a New Zealand sound editor. Hopkins and American Ethan Van der Ryn shared two Academy Awards for best sound editing on the films The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and King Kong. The pair were also nominated for their work on the 2007 film Transformers.
Hopkins died on 30 December 2012 after the raft he was in capsized in a flash flood on the Waiohine River, near his hometown of Greytown.
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Filmography
all 19
Movies 18
self 2
TV Shows 1
Supervising ADR Editor / Supervising Dialogue Editor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Movie
6.03
Dialogue Editor / ADR Editor
Public Enemies (2009)
Movie
5.67
Dialogue Editor
Valkyrie (2008)
Movie
4.94
Supervising Sound Editor
Transformers (2007)
Movie
6.07
Dialogue Editor
Dreamgirls (2006)
Movie
6.29
Supervising Sound Editor
King Kong (2005)
Movie
7.07
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Movie
7.21
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Movie
6.89
Self
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
Movie
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Movie
6.33
Supervising Sound Editor
The Frighteners (1996)
Movie
5.33
Sound Designer
Snap (1994)
Movie
Sound Editor
Jack Brown: Genius (1994)
Movie
Sound Designer
The Dig (1994)
Movie
Sound Designer
Braindead (1992)
Movie
6.43
Sound Designer
The Mouth and the Truth (1991)
Movie
Dialogue Editor
Never Say Die (1988)
Movie
Dialogue Editor
The Hunger (1983)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.33
Based on 8.27 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1994
2002
2002
2011
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1959-08-12
Deathday2012-12-30 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceGreytown, New Zealand
CitizenshipsNew Zealand
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
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