Murray Spivack

Murray Spivack
Murray Spivack
Born	September 6, 1903; Russian Empire
Died	May 8, 1994 (aged 90); Los Angeles, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1930–1978

BornSeptember 6, 1903

Russian Empire

DiedMay 8, 1994 (aged 90)

Los Angeles, United States

OccupationSound engineer

Yearsactive1930–1978

Murray Spivack (September 6, 1903 – May 8, 1994) was an 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, Chad Wackerman and Joe Morello.^[1]

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v t e Academy Award for Best Sound
1929–1950	Douglas Shearer (1929/30) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1930/31) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1931/32) Franklin Hansen (1932/33) John P. Livadary (1934) Douglas Shearer (1935) Douglas Shearer (1936) Thomas T. Moulton (1937) Thomas T. Moulton (1938) Bernard B. Brown (1939) Douglas Shearer (1940) Jack Whitney (1941) Nathan Levinson (1942) Stephen Dunn (1943) Edmund H. Hansen (1944) Stephen Dunn (1945) John P. Livadary (1946) Gordon E. Sawyer (1947) Thomas T. Moulton (1948) Thomas T. Moulton (1949) Thomas T. Moulton (1950)
1951–1975	Douglas Shearer (1951) London Films Sound Department (1952) John P. Livadary (1953) Leslie I. Carey (1954) Fred Hynes (1955) Carlton W. Faulkner (1956) George Groves (1957) Fred Hynes (1958) Franklin Milton (1959) Fred Hynes and Gordon E. Sawyer (1960) Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes (1961) John Cox (1962) Franklin Milton (1963) George Groves (1964) James Corcoran and Fred Hynes (1965) Franklin Milton (1966) Samuel Goldwyn Studio (1967) Shepperton Studios (1968) Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack (1969) Douglas Williams and Don Bassman (1970) Gordon McCallum and David Hildyard (1971) Robert Knudson and David Hildyard (1972) Robert Knudson and Christopher Newman (1973) Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe Sr. (1974) Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, and John Carter (1975)
1976–2000	Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, and Jim Webb (1976) Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, and Derek Ball (1977) Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, and Darin Knight (1978) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, and Nat Boxer (1979) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Peter Sutton (1980) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Roy Charman (1981) Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa (1982) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, and David MacMillan (1983) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, and Christopher Newman (1984) Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford (1985) John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye (1986) Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock (1987) Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, and Willie D. Burton (1988) Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, and Russell Williams II (1989) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, and Russell Williams II (1990) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, and Lee Orloff (1991) Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, and Simon Kaye (1992) Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, and Ron Judkins (1993) Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, and David MacMillan (1994) Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, and David MacMillan (1995) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, and Christopher Newman (1996) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, and Mark Ulano (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Ron Judkins (1998) John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, and David Lee (1999) Bob Beemer, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston (2000)
2001–present	Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, and Myron Nettinga (2001) David Lee, Michael Minkler, and Dominick Tavella (2002) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek (2003) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, and Steve Cantamessa (2004) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, and Michael Minkler (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett (2009) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick (2010) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes (2012) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro (2013) Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (2014) Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo (2015) Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace (2016) Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten (2017) Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali (2018) Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett (2021) Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor (2022) Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (2023) Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill (2024)

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Murray Spivack
Born	(1903-09-06)September 6, 1903 Russian Empire
Died	May 8, 1994(1994-05-08) (aged 90) Los Angeles, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1930–1978