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Michael Semanick

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Michael Semanick was born in 1963. He is an actor, known for King Kong (2005), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and WALL·E (2008).
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    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 20 wins & 72 nominations total

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    Andy Serkis and Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)
    King Kong
    7.2
    • Sound Department
    • 2005
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    8.9
    • Sound Department(uncredited)
    • 2001
    WALL·E (2008)
    WALL·E
    8.4
    • Sound Department
    • 2008
    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Domhnall Gleeson, Florian Robin, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, David R. Grant, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, James Cox, Kelly Marie Tran, Daisy Ridley, and Joonas Suotamo in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
    Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    6.9
    • Sound Department
    • 2017

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    • Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts* (2025)
      Thunderbolts*
      7.7
      • Re-Recording Mixer
      • 2025
    • Martin Klebba, Chris Pratt, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Devyn Dalton, and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State (2025)
      The Electric State
      5.9
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2025
    • Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Dee Bradley Baker, and Rachel Zegler in Spellbound (2024)
      Spellbound
      5.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2024
    • Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Keegan-Michael Key, and Brian Tyree Henry in Transformers One (2024)
      Transformers One
      7.6
      • re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound
      • 2024
    • Flamer Gamer360, Brady Noon, Nicolas Cantu, Shamon Brown Jr., and Micah Abbey in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
      7.2
      • re-recording mixer: Formosa Group
      • 2023
    • Shameik Moore in The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023)
      The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
      7.1
      Short
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2023
    • Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Perkins, Josh Keaton, Ziggy Marley, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Dratch, Taran Killam, Yuri Lowenthal, Peggy Lu, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Whigham, Mahershala Ali, Kathryn Hahn, Lorraine Velez, Oscar Isaac, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Andrew Garfield, Nic Novicki, Jake Johnson, Donald Glover, Daniel Kaluuya, Greta Lee, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Atsuko Okatsuka, Melissa Sturm, Nicole Delaney, Amandla Stenberg, Karan Soni, Shameik Moore, Jack Quaid, Kimiko Glenn, Issa Rae, Sofia Barclay, Nina Lentini, Danielle Perez, Jharrel Jerome, Ayo Edebiri, and Metro Boomin in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
      Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
      8.5
      • Re-Recording Mixer: CAS
      • 2023
    • Catherine O'Hara, Thomas Newman, Jonathan Adams, Wilma Bonet, P.L. Brown, Ronnie Del Carmen, John Hoberg, Alex Kapp, Jean-Claude Kalache, Matthew Yang King, Ronobir Lahiri, Denise Ream, Stephen Schaffer, Don Shank, Peter Sohn, Kat Likkel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff LaPensee, Innocent Ekakitie, Mason Wertheimer, Clara Lin Ding, Brenda Hsueh, Shila Ommi, Leah Lewis, David Juan Bianchi, Ben Morris, Joe Pera, Mamoudou Athie, and Reagan To in Elemental (2023)
      Elemental
      7.0
      • re-recording mixer (rumored)
      • 2023
    • Jude Law, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Ever Anderson, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, and Alexander Molony in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
      Peter Pan & Wendy
      4.4
      • Re-Recording Mixer
      • 2023
    • Bad Luck Spot (2023)
      Bad Luck Spot
      6.6
      Short
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2023
    • Gael García Bernal in Werewolf by Night (2022)
      Werewolf by Night
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2022
    • Simon Pegg and Eva Noblezada in Luck (2022)
      Luck
      6.4
      • additional re-recording mixer
      • 2022
    • Andy Samberg and John Mulaney in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
      Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
      6.9
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2022
    • Brenda Song and Justin Felbinger in Amphibia (2019)
      Amphibia
      8.3
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer (rumored)
      • 2019–2022
    • Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
      Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
      7.3
      • additional re-recording mixer
      • 2021

    Music Department



    • Ben Affleck, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, and Jason Mewes in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
      Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
      6.8
      • mixer: "Jungle Love"
      • 2001
    • Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack in Arlington Road (1999)
      Arlington Road
      7.2
      • score mixer
      • 1999
    • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
      The English Patient
      7.4
      • music premix
      • 1996

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    • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      9.0
      • Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
      • 2003

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      • Michael Semanic
    • Born
      • 1963

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      Attended Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts.

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