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Jim LeBrecht

1956 (70) • Sound

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

Pitch Black

69%

Sound Effects Editor

2000

Bad Santa

66%

Sound Effects Editor

2003

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

74%

Sound Effects Editor

1992

Minding the Gap

77%

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2018

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Self

2020

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

77%

Sound Designer

2006

Extremis

69%

Sound Designer

2016

Unrest

69%

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2017

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Director

2025

The Tallest Dwarf

10%

Sound Designer

2025

Deaf President Now!

81%

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2025

Patrice: The Movie

53%

Executive Producer

2024

The Ride Ahead

Executive Producer

2024

Fire Through Dry Grass

Executive Producer

2023

All These Sons

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2021

All These Sons

Sound Designer

2021

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Self

2020

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2020

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Writer

2020

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Director

2020

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

72%

Producer

2020

I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi

73%

Sound Mixer

2018

Minding the Gap

77%

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2018

Exit Music

Sound

2018

Unrest

69%

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2017

Extremis

69%

Sound Designer

2016

My Love Affair with the Brain

Sound Mixer

2016

Finding the Gold Within

78%

Supervising Sound Editor

2014

Kumu Hina

61%

Sound Editor

2014

After My Garden Grows

55%

Audio Post Coordinator

2014

Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor

Additional Production Sound Mixer

2011

We Were Here

69%

Sound

2011

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion

Sound Editor

2009

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

77%

Sound Designer

2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

77%

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2006

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

80%

Sound

2005

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