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John started the improvisational duo group, "Sal's Meat Market", in Bridgeport, Connecticut with fellow actor and friend Ray Hassett. He was later affiliated with the ensemble group, "The Downtown Cabaret". Coincidentally, he was a friend of Susan Ryan, the mother of Meg Ryan. A mutual friend, also associated with "The Downtown Cabaret", was the daughter-in-law of actress Mabel Albertson, the sister of actor Jack Albertson.- Actor
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Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. He is one of the primary puppeteers responsible for the development of Jim Henson's Sesame Street (1969) and The Muppet Show (1976) as well as over 75 other Muppet productions. George Lucas originally contacted Henson to play the part of Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), but he recommended Oz for the part instead. He developed the character's trademark syntax, returning to voice and puppet the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).
Oz voiced the computer-generated Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), supporting the transition of the character's rendering to digital. In 2011, the Blu-Ray edition of The Phantom Menace replaced the puppet Yoda with CGI to match the other prequel films.
He began a career of behind-the-camera puppet and live action filmmaking by co-directing The Dark Crystal (1982) with Henson. He went on to direct The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), What About Bob? (1991), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Bowfinger (1999), The Score (2001), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Death at a Funeral (2007).- Sound Department
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John Roesch has been a professional Foley Artist for over forty years. He started as an actor at Radnor Senior High School and with Brian Morgans help, the theater arts teacher, found his calling.He then went to the USIU-School of Performing Arts in San Diego as a freshman. He was exposed to many aspects of acting and when by chance a friend suggested they partner together on making a film, he jumped right in. The film, "Indian Magik is what you See" won the San Diego film festival in 1972. Springboarding on that accolade, he decided to try his hand at film directing. He applied and gained admission to New York University. He majored in the School of the Arts Film program. He graduated with a BFA in Film. He made a short film at NYU that he used to gain entrance to the American Film Institute as a Directing Fellow. After the first year at AFI he decided to strike out and worked a lot of independent films as a runner, location scout and an Assistant Director. As fate would have it, Dessy Markovsky, a fellow filmmaker asked if he could "help" with the sound on the film she was working on and that was his first taste of Foley. He found that he had a knack for it and began working at an independent Post Production facility, "Gomillion Sound". His then foley partner, Joan Rowe, (who helped him get hired at Gomillion) and he worked as a team for many years. During the 80's and early 90's, he opened with partners, Tim Sadler, Allan Goodman and later Ed Bannon, TAJ Soundworks which was considered one of the premiere Foley stages in Hollywood for its creativity and sound.Tim Sadler and Ed Bannon helped push the technological boundaries which made it so excellent. Leaving there, John went to work at Warner Hollywood along with Alyson Moore and MaryJo Lang. They as a team transferred to the Warner Brothers lot Foley Stage until John left in 2016 to accept a position at Skywalker Sound to head up a new stage to be built, the "Archive Foley Stage" . His experience as a foley artist allowed him to incorporate a new stage pit layout, water tanks and various surfaces that are superior in every aspect. He then had as his teammates, Shelley Roden as his partner and Scott Curtis as the Foley mixer. They have had many years of great success. John decided the time was at hand to hang up his "foley spurs" and will be retired at the end of March 2023. He will continue to work in the business just not on an active foley stage day to day. He, along with his partners, Charles Kohlmyer and Chris Hanzlik have created Audible Bandwidth Productions which creates programming for Cable and VOD Networks. They also can be utilized for Foley Stage consultation for design, retrofit of an existing stage(s), Master Classes for foley personnel and prop integrations. John is also represented by the Mollie Plotkin Group as a Lead Speaker for any appropriate venue. His vast experience in the film business has left him with many "stories" and a unique outlook on life which audiences find fascinating. He is a member of Local 700 , Motion Picture Sound Editors, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Sound Department
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Gary Summers has worked as a Motion Picture Re-recording Mixer for the past forty years. His career in sound began in 1979 when he was employed by Lucas Film Ltd. as a sound recordist to work on "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back". His abilities as a Re-recording Mixer were first used in 1983 on "Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi". Gary has received twelve (12) Academy Award nominations for "Best Achievement in Sound". He has won the award four times, in 1991 for his work on "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", in 1993 for "Jurassic Park", in 1997 for "Titanic" and in 1998 for "Saving Private Ryan". Gary has also been nominated for the British Academy Award nine (9) times; he captured the award in 1991 for "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and in 1998 for "Saving Private Ryan". The Cinema Audio Society, the Motion Picture Sound Editors Association, and the TEC Awards have all recognized him for his work. Gary has also received two Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1992 for his work on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" television series. Additional film credits include," Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "Backdraft", "Toy Story I & II", "Monster's Inc." "Jurassic Park: The Lost World"," A Bug's Life" and "K-19: The Widow Maker". Gary has worked in the large screen motion picture formats, (IMAX) with twenty-one credits to his name. His talents have also been used in eight Theme Park Attractions for The Walt Disney Company including "Star Tours", "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" and "Muppetvision 3D". In 2003 he formed Summers Sound Services Inc. and has pursued an independent mixing career working on such films as "Finding Nemo, Cars, Warrior, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon, Avatar, Monsters University", 13 Hours", "The Accountant", Avatar-The Way of Water". He has also mixed many of the "Cinematics" for Blizzard Entertainment.- Sound Department
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Tom Myers received a degree in film from Northwestern University and went on to do graduate film studies at San Francisco State. From there he worked in a variety of capacities in the San Francisco film industry including a long stint working with picture at Monaco Film Labs. In 1987 he took a job in the sound division of LucasFilm, then named Sprocket Systems. Here he fell in love with the intricasies and powers of sound. Working with and learning from some of the preeminate designers and mixers in the business, (including, Ben Burtt and Gary Rydstrom) Tom started sound designing and mixing commercials for the newly named Skywalker Sound. He soon expanded his scope to include feature films, Japanese animation, documentaries, television and theme park rides. His recent projects have included work on feature films Mimic, Speed2 and Quest for Camelot, he has also just completed sound design and mix for 70mm 3D film for Disney's newly opened Animal Kingdom in Florida.- Sound Department
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Sean England resides in Northern California and works for Skywalker Sound (The Walt Disney Company). Sean is known for his work on numerous feature films, episodic series, and video games for major studios including Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disney, Pixar, Illumination, 2K Games and more. Sean has been married to Jacquelyn England since 15 May 2004.- Sound Department
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Teresa Eckton was born on 6 March 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for War Horse (2011), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).- Sound Department
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John began his film studies at San Francisco State University in 1983 and graduated with a BA in Cinema Production from USC in 1989. In 1990 he began his career in audio post production when he was hired by Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. John celebrated his 20th year with Lucasfilm in 2010 and continues to work there today.- Sound Department
Brian Magerkurth was born on 11 June 1971 in East Moline, Illinois, USA. He is known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Hellboy (2004).- Sound Department
Ronald G. Roumas was born in 1962. He is known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Iron Man (2008) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).