Jim LeBrecht
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
- Sound
- Born
- 1956-05-08 · Hartsdale, New York, USA
Known for
- Pitch Black (2000) — Sound Effects Editor
- Bad Santa (2003) — Sound Effects Editor
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) — Sound Effects Editor
- Minding the Gap (2018) — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) — Self
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Extremis (2016) — Sound Designer
- Unrest (2017) — Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mr. Wonderful (1993) — Sound Effects Editor
- We Were Here (2011) — Sound
- Deaf President Now! (2025) — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Modulations (1998) — Sound Effects Editor
- Equinox (1992) — Sound Effects Editor
- I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi (2018) — Sound Mixer
- Kumu Hina (2014) — Sound Editor
- A Matter of Degrees (1991) — Apprentice Sound Editor