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Jim LeBrecht

Known For
Sound

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 8, 1956 (70 years old)

Place of Birth
Hartsdale, New York, USA

Jim LeBrecht

Biography

Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a well-known film and theatre sound designer and mixer, author, producer, and disability rights activist. He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), an audio post-production house. BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District, the 2006 Academy Award® recipient for short documentary. Other credits include The Force, Unrest, The Waiting Room, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Daughter From Danang, We Were Here, Bang: the Bert Berns Story, and Audrie & Daisy. Jim's work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action, a pioneering disability rights group. He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid-1970s. Currently, LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education, legislation, and litigation.

Known For

Production

2026The Haunting of Pennhurst...Executive Producer
2026Kids Like Me...Executive Producer
2024Patrice: The Movie...Executive Producer
2024The Ride Ahead...Executive Producer
2023Fire Through Dry Grass...Executive Producer
2020Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Producer

Directing

2025Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act...Director
2020Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Director

Sound

2025The Tallest Dwarf...Sound Designer
2025Deaf President Now!...Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2021All These Sons...Sound Designer
2021All These Sons...Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2020Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2018I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi...Sound Mixer
2018Minding the Gap...Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2018Exit Music...Sound
2017Unrest...Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2016Extremis...Sound Designer
2016My Love Affair with the Brain...Sound Mixer
2014Finding the Gold Within...Supervising Sound Editor
2014Kumu Hina...Sound Editor
2014After My Garden Grows...Audio Post Coordinator
2011Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor...Additional Production Sound Mixer
2011We Were Here...Sound
2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion...Sound Editor
2006The Devil and Daniel Johnston...Sound Designer
2006The Devil and Daniel Johnston...Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2005On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'...Sound
2003Bad Santa...Sound Effects Editor
2000Pitch Black...Sound Effects Editor
1998Modulations...Sound Effects Editor
1993Mr. Wonderful...Sound Effects Editor
1992Equinox...Sound Effects Editor
1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me...Sound Effects Editor
1991A Matter of Degrees...Apprentice Sound Editor

Writing

2020Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Writer

Acting

2020Crip Camp: A Disability Revolutionas Self