
Person
Jim LeBrecht
Sound · Born 1956-05-08 · Hartsdale, New York, USA
Biography
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

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound Effects Editor

Bad Santa
Sound Effects Editor

Pitch Black
Sound Effects Editor

Extremis
Sound Designer

Deaf President Now!
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Exit Music
Sound

Mr. Wonderful
Sound Effects Editor

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

Kids Like Me
Executive Producer

Patrice: The Movie
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026The Haunting of PennhurstExecutive Producer
- 2026Kids Like MeExecutive Producer
- 2025Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities ActDirector
- 2025The Tallest DwarfSound Designer
- 2025Deaf President Now!Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2024Patrice: The MovieExecutive Producer
- 2024The Ride AheadExecutive Producer
- 2023Fire Through Dry GrassExecutive Producer
- 2021All These SonsSound Designer
- 2020Crip Camp: A Disability RevolutionSelf
- 2018I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young YogiSound Mixer
- 2018Minding the GapSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2018Exit MusicSound
- 2017UnrestAdditional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2016ExtremisSound Designer
- 2016My Love Affair with the BrainSound Mixer
- 2014Finding the Gold WithinSupervising Sound Editor
- 2014Kumu HinaSound Editor
- 2014After My Garden GrowsAudio Post Coordinator
- 2011Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon ValorAdditional Production Sound Mixer
- 2011We Were HereSound
- 2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet EmotionSound Editor
- 2006The Devil and Daniel JohnstonSound Designer
- 2005On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'Sound
- 2003Bad SantaSound Effects Editor
- 2000Pitch BlackSound Effects Editor
- 1998ModulationsSound Effects Editor
- 1993Mr. WonderfulSound Effects Editor
- 1992EquinoxSound Effects Editor
- 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeSound Effects Editor
- 1991A Matter of DegreesApprentice Sound Editor
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