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David MacMillan is an American sound engineer. He has won three Academy Awards for Best Sound. He has worked on over 70 films since 1973.
Il enseigne à l'UCLA dans le département "School of Theater, Film and Television". Il est membre de la Cinema Audio Society et de l'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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David MacMillan is an American sound engineer. He has won three Academy Awards for Best Sound. He has worked on over 70 films since 1973.
Biography
David MacMillan commence à travailler en apprentissage à la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Une fois obtenu son examen, il travaille à la télévision sur des séries, des documentaires ou des reportages. En 1968, alors qu'il est en Californie pour des documentaires, il rencontre Francis Ford Coppola qui est en train de créer American Zoetrope à San Francisco. Après trois ans à travailler pour Coppola comme mixeur son , MacMillan redevient chef-opérateur du son.Il enseigne à l'UCLA dans le département "School of Theater, Film and Television". Il est membre de la Cinema Audio Society et de l'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Game Change (2012)
, 1h58Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, Sarah Paulson
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating73%
The film opens in 2010 with a frame story: Republican strategist Steve Schmidt is being interviewed by Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes. Cooper poses a difficult question regarding former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: was she selected because she would make the best vice president or because she would win the election?
Zookeeper (2011)
, 1h42Directed by Frank Coraci
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Donnie Wahlberg, Rosario Dawson, Kevin James, Leslie Bibb, Nick Nolte, Sylvester Stallone
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating52%
A zookeeper named Griffin Keyes (Kevin James) sets up a plan to propose to the love of his life Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), but she rejects him and claims that his career as a zookeeper is what is keeping her away, therefore breaking Griffin's heart.
Hancock (2008)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Berg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Superhero films
Actors Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Daeg Faerch, Eddie Marsan, Hayley Marie Norman
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating63%
John Hancock (Will Smith) is an alcoholic man with superhero powers, including flight, invulnerability, and super-strength. Though he uses his powers to stop criminals in his current residence of Los Angeles, his activity inadvertently causes millions of dollars in property damage due to his constant intoxication. As a result, he is routinely jeered at the crime scenes. Hancock also ignores court subpoenas from the city of Los Angeles to address the property damage he has caused.
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
, 1h25Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardsons, Justin Long, Jane Lynch, Matthew Gray Gubler
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating52%
A tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter and composer David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).
Knocked Up (2007)
, 2h9Directed by Judd Apatow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating68%
Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is a career-minded woman who has just been given an on-air role with E! and is living in the pool house with her sister Debbie's (Leslie Mann) family. Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) is laid-back and sardonic. He lives off funds received in compensation for an injury and sporadically works on a celebrity porn website with his roommates (Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel and Martin Starr), in between smoking marijuana or going off with them at theme parks such as Knott's Berry Farm. While celebrating her promotion, Alison meets Ben at a local nightclub. After a night of drinking, they end up having sex. Due to a misunderstanding, they don't use protection: Alison uses the phrase "Just do it already" to encourage Ben to put the condom on, but he misinterprets this to mean to dispense with using one. The following morning, they quickly learn over breakfast that they have little in common and go their separate ways, which leaves Ben visibly upset.
Blades of Glory (2007)
, 1h33Directed by Josh Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Dance films, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Musical films, Buddy films, Sports d'hiver, Patinage artistique
Actors Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, William Fichtner, Jenna Fischer
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating62%
At the 2002 World Winter Sport Games, rival men's singles skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell), a skillful skater but raunchy sex addict, and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder), an equally talented but sheltered and effeminate skater, tie for gold. An argument ensues, which develops into a fight on the awards podium, ending with the World Games mascot being set on fire. As a result, they are stripped of their medals and banned from men's singles competition for life. Jimmy's competitive adoptive father, billionaire Darren MacElroy (William Fichtner), immediately disowns him and leaves him stranded on the side of the road.
The Ring Two (2005)
, 1h50Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about journalists, Ghost films
Actors Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Martin Henderson, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating54%
In the coastal town of Astoria, Oregon approximately six months after the events of the first movie, a teenage boy named Jake asks a classmate named Emily over to his house, under the guise of studying together; however, his motives are actually centered on having her watch Samara Morgan's cursed video tape, as his seven-day deadline is fast approaching. Emily plays the tape while Jake waits in the kitchen, but when he returns to the living room, it is revealed that she covered her eyes throughout the tape, and thus didn't see any of it. As she failed to perpetuate the guidelines of the tape's curse, Samara crawls out of the television and kills Jake in front of Emily.
13 Going on 30 (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Gary Winick
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker, Sean Marquette
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating63%
On May 26, 1987, Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen), an unpopular girl, celebrates her 13th birthday. She especially wants to join the "Six Chicks", a school clique led by Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman (Alexandra Kyle), who takes advantage of Jenna's desire to fit in by manipulating her into doing a school assignment. Before her birthday party, Jenna's best friend Matty Flamhaff (Sean Marquette) gives her a doll dream house that he built for her and a packet of "magic wishing dust", which he sprinkles on the house.
Little Black Book (2004)
, 1h51Directed by Nick Hurran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Rashida Jones, Kevin Sussman
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating53%
Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy), an associate producer on a daytime talk show (syndicated out of Trenton, New Jersey), is convinced that her boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) is the right man for her, though he has an apparent phobia of commitment, and he's vague about his past relationships. Taking the advice of colleague Barb (Holly Hunter), she looks at his Palm Tungsten C and its record of the names and numbers of three ex-girlfriends: a French supermodel (Josie Maran); a gynecologist (Rashida Jones); and a cook (Julianne Nicholson).
Bringing Down the House (2003)
, 1h45Directed by Adam Shankman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Missi Pyle
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating56%
Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a workaholic tax attorney working for a set of competitive colleagues and bosses names of Tobias, Kline, and Barnes while he tries to turn his life around and having just separated from his wife Kate Sanderson (Jean Smart) and lost privileges to his children, 15-year-old Sarah Sanderson (Kimberly J. Brown) and 8-year-old Georgie Sanderson (Angus T. Jones). One day he tells his wife that the previously planned Hawaii trip will not happen, but he lets them be in their house for some allotted time. Then he shows up late to a restaurant where Peter must deal with Virginia Arness (Joan Plowright), an eccentric English billionaire, to bring her business to his firm. But while tending to his career, he found some time corresponding with an online friend known only as "lawyer-girl". On their first blind date, Peter learns that "lawyer-girl" is a black woman named Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), a wrongfully convicted felon accused of bank robbery claiming her innocence who wants Peter's help in getting the charges dropped. He kicks her out but then decides let her stay due to the way, Mrs. Kline (Betty White) could feel if he was associated with her. Mrs. Kline, who is Peter's neighbor, is also his boss' sister and a racist bigot who sometimes plays poker with Georgie.
Like Mike (2002)
, 1h39Directed by John Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Documentary films about sports, Children's films
Actors Shad Moss, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, Jesse Plemons
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating54%
Calvin Cambridge is a teenage orphan whose two best friends, Murph and Reg Stevens, are also orphans. At night they have to sell chocolate for a greedy orphanage director, Stan Bittleman, (Crispin Glover) after each home game of the Los Angeles Knights.
, 1h44Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Films about school violence
Actors Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating63%
All the Whos down in Whoville enjoy celebrating Christmas with much happiness and joy, except for the cynical and misanthropic Grinch (Jim Carrey) the Whos with great wrath and occasionally pulls dangerous and harmful practical jokes on them. As a result, no one likes or cares for him. Meanwhile, six-year-old Cindy Lou (Taylor Momsen) believes everyone is missing the point about Christmas by being more concerned about the gifts and festivities. After finding him mixing up the mail in the post office, Cindy Lou becomes interested in the Grinch and his history, asking everyone what they know about him, and soon discovers that he has a tragic past.
What Women Want (2000)
, 2h7Directed by Nancy Meyers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Lauren Holly, Ashley Johnson
Roles Production Sound Mixer
Rating64%
Nick Marshall, a Chicago advertising executive and alpha male, who grew up with his Las Vegas showgirl mother, is a chauvinist. He is skilled at selling to men and seducing women, including local coffee attendant Lola. Just as he thinks he's headed for a promotion, his manager, Dan, informs him that he is hiring Darcy McGuire instead, to broaden the firm's appeal to women.
EDtv (1999)
, 2h2Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television, La téléréalité
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Hopper, Ellen DeGeneres
Roles Sound
Rating60%
EDtv starts off with the television channel True TV commencing interviews for a TV show that shows a normal person's life 24/7. This idea was thought up by a TV producer named Cynthia (Ellen DeGeneres). They interview Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey) and his brother, Ray (Woody Harrelson). When the producers see the interview Cynthia decides to use Ed and interviews only Ed. So now they start airing the show, which they call Ed TV. The show is a total failure at first, as only boring things happen and the main producers want to pull the plug, except for Cynthia.
City of Angels (1998)
, 1h54Directed by Brad Silberling
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels, Ghost films
Actors Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Kim Murphy
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating67%
Seth (Nicolas Cage) is one of many angels who watch over humans and protect them in unseen ways. Seth's main responsibility is to appear to those who are close to death and guide them to the next life. As part of this task, Seth and one of his fellow angels, Cassiel (Andre Braugher), like to ask people what their favorite thing in life was. Despite these daily encounters, they have trouble understanding human beings and their ways.