Murray Spivack Explained

Murray Spivack (September 6, 1903  - May 8, 1994) was an American sound engineer best known as the sound designer for the 1933 film King Kong. He won an Oscar for Sound Recording and was nominated for another in the same category. He was also a drum teacher whose students included Louie Bellson, Remo Belli, David Garibaldi, William Kraft, Alan Maitland, Jim Banks, Chad Wackerman and Joe Morello.^[1]

Awards

Spivack won an Academy Award and was nominated for another:

Won

• Hello, Dolly! (1969)^[2]

Nominated

• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: PAS Hall of Fame . November 15, 2015 . PAS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110618/http://www.pas.org/About/the-society/halloffame/SpivachMurray.aspx . March 4, 2016 . mdy-all .
2. Web site: The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners . August 26, 2011. oscars.org.
3. Web site: The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners . August 27, 2011. oscars.org.