Known For
Sound
Known Credits
1
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 8, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Hartsdale, New York, USA
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.
| 2026 | The Haunting of Pennhurst...Executive Producer | |
| 2026 | Kids Like Me...Executive Producer | |
| 2024 | Patrice: The Movie...Executive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Ride Ahead...Executive Producer | |
| 2023 | Fire Through Dry Grass...Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Producer |
| 2025 | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act...Director | |
| 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Director |
| 2025 | The Tallest Dwarf...Sound Designer | |
| 2025 | Deaf President Now!...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2021 | All These Sons...Sound Designer | |
| 2021 | All These Sons...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2018 | I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi...Sound Mixer | |
| 2018 | Minding the Gap...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2018 | Exit Music...Sound | |
| 2017 | Unrest...Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2016 | Extremis...Sound Designer | |
| 2016 | My Love Affair with the Brain...Sound Mixer | |
| 2014 | Finding the Gold Within...Supervising Sound Editor | |
| 2014 | Kumu Hina...Sound Editor | |
| 2014 | After My Garden Grows...Audio Post Coordinator | |
| 2011 | Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor...Additional Production Sound Mixer | |
| 2011 | We Were Here...Sound | |
| 2009 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion...Sound Editor | |
| 2006 | The Devil and Daniel Johnston...Sound Designer | |
| 2006 | The Devil and Daniel Johnston...Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2005 | On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'...Sound | |
| 2003 | Bad Santa...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 2000 | Pitch Black...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 1998 | Modulations...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 1992 | Equinox...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me...Sound Effects Editor | |
| 1991 | A Matter of Degrees...Apprentice Sound Editor |
| 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution...Writer |
| 2020 | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolutionas Self |