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Mark Ulano

Sound
71 years oldNew York City, New York, USA

Biography

Mark Ulano (June 12, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning American production sound mixer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for three in the same category. He has been recording sound for film professionally since 1976. His work on Titanic won him an Academy Award for Sound Mixing and the Cinema Audio Society Award for Best Sound Mixing for a Feature Film. He was also Oscar-nominated for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Inglorious Basterds, and Ad Astra. Most recently, he served as production sound mixer for Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese. His other credits include The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Kill Bill Vols. I & 2, Jackie Brown, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Cowboys & Aliens, The Master, Wedding Crashers and over one hundred other films. He has had a 29-year collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. Ulano has served five terms as president of IATSE Local 695 (the film sound union) and also served five terms on the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Sound Branch. He has sat ten terms as a board member for the Cinema Audio Society and served as president of that organization for two terms. He is also in the final stages of completing a comprehensive text on the work of Production Sound Mixing. He has authored over 50 articles, interviews, and reviews related to Production Sound Mixing. He has frequently been a guest speaker at sound symposiums internationally, including The Directors Guild of America, the Rycote World Sound Symposium, the Norwegian Bjoksjo Sound Symposium, the Beijing Film Academy, Digital Video Expo, AES, and Cinema Audio Society. He has also directed documentaries, including I Love What I Do and Julianna: A Portrait. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Ulano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
June 12, 1954
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Sound

Also Known As

Mark Ulano, CAS
Mark F. Ulano

Movies (50)

Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

Safe Sets - Dying to Work in the Film Industry

as self

2024

Children of the Wicker Man

Children of the Wicker Man

as Self

2024

Killers of the Flower Moon
7.4

Killers of the Flower Moon

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2023

Only in Theaters
5.7

Only in Theaters

as Self

2022

Ad Astra
6.1

Ad Astra

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2019

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.4

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2019

The Hateful Eight
7.8

The Hateful Eight

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2015

The Judge
7.3

The Judge

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2014

Wild Horses
8.0

Wild Horses

Sound Mixer (Sound)

2013

Django Unchained
8.2

Django Unchained

as Gabby the Banker (uncredited)

2012

The Master
7.1

The Master

Sound mixer (Sound)

2012

Lay the Favorite
5.2

Lay the Favorite

Sound Mixer (Sound)

2012

Super 8
6.8

Super 8

Sound Mixer (Sound)

2011

Iron Man 2
6.8

Iron Man 2

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2010

Inglourious Basterds
8.2

Inglourious Basterds

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2009

Terminator Salvation
6.1

Terminator Salvation

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2009

State of Play
6.8

State of Play

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2009

Iron Man
7.7

Iron Man

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2008

Death Proof
6.8

Death Proof

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2007

Disturbia
6.7

Disturbia

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2007

Rocky Balboa
6.9

Rocky Balboa

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2006

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
6.4

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2006

Zathura: A Space Adventure
6.4

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2005

Wedding Crashers
6.5

Wedding Crashers

Sound Mixer (Sound)

2005

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
7.9

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2004

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
8.0

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2003

The Hot Chick
6.4

The Hot Chick

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2002

The Majestic
6.7

The Majestic

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

2001

Slums of Beverly Hills
6.3

Slums of Beverly Hills

Sound Recordist (Sound)

1998

Jackie Brown
7.4

Jackie Brown

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1997

Titanic
7.9

Titanic

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1997

The Pest
4.7

The Pest

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1997

From Dusk Till Dawn
7.0

From Dusk Till Dawn

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1996

Desperado
6.9

Desperado

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1995

Waterworld
6.2

Waterworld

Additional Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1995

Imaginary Crimes
6.3

Imaginary Crimes

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1994

Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
6.6

Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1994

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
3.0

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1993

How to Murder a Millionaire
5.5

How to Murder a Millionaire

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1990

Pet Sematary
6.6

Pet Sematary

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1989

Checking Out
4.2

Checking Out

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1988

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
4.8

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1986

Jocks
4.3

Jocks

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1986

Vamp
5.8

Vamp

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1986

Once Bitten
5.8

Once Bitten

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1985

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
5.3

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1985

The Cartier Affair
4.2

The Cartier Affair

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1984

Lovelines
4.6

Lovelines

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1984

Shattered Vows
3.8

Shattered Vows

Production Sound Mixer (Sound)

1984

The Lost Empire
4.7

The Lost Empire

Sound Mixer (Sound)

1984