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.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
(Sound Designer)
All These Sons
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
All These Sons
(Sound Designer)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Fire Through Dry Grass
(Executive Producer)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion
(Sound Editor)
Modulations
(Sound Effects Editor)
Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor
(Additional Production Sound Mixer)
Equinox
(Sound Effects Editor)
Mr. Wonderful
(Sound Effects Editor)
After My Garden Grows
(Audio Post Coordinator)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
(Writer)
Unrest
(Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
We Were Here
(Sound)
Minding the Gap
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
A Matter of Degrees
(Apprentice Sound Editor)
Pitch Black
(Sound Effects Editor)
My Love Affair with the Brain
(Sound Mixer)
Finding the Gold Within
(Supervising Sound Editor)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(Sound Effects Editor)
Patrice: The Movie
(Executive Producer)
Exit Music
(Sound)
I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi
(Sound Mixer)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
(Producer)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
(Director)
Kumu Hina
(Sound Editor)
Bad Santa
(Sound Effects Editor)
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
(Director)
The Ride Ahead
(Executive Producer)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
(Sound)