Lora Hirschberg
{{short description|American sound engineer}}
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| birth_place = Olmsted Falls, Ohio, U.S.
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| occupation = Sound engineer
| yearsactive = 1990–present
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Lora Hirschberg (born 1963) is an American sound engineer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dolby.com/gb/en/about-us/who-we-are/interviews/movie-interviews/lora-hirschberg-dark-knight.html |title=Peter Cowie talks to Lora Hirschberg About Her Views on Sound for Film |access-date=December 23, 2012 |work=dolby.com}} She won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Inception and was previously nominated for the same award for the film The Dark Knight. She has worked on more than 110 films since 1990.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/movies/2011/02/the-oscars-were-a-great-year-for-lesbians-but-better-for-a-king?page=1,1 |title=The Oscars were "a great year for lesbians," but better for a king |access-date=December 23, 2012 |work=AfterEllen |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116064102/http://www.afterellen.com/movies/2011/02/the-oscars-were-a-great-year-for-lesbians-but-better-for-a-king?page=1,1 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Hirschberg was born near Cleveland, Ohio, in the city of Olmsted Falls,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/newssun/communitylife/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1236262131143190.xml&col.. |title=Oscar gala sounds good to Olmsted Falls native |access-date=May 1, 2013 |work=News Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221729/http://www.cleveland.com/newssun/communitylife/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Ffeatures-0%2F1236262131143190.xml&col.. |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }} and attended New York University's film school. She worked in film sound in New York after graduation, having been hired by the film production company American Zoetrope in 1989. She started her career in the company's central machine room and later relocated to San Francisco, California. She is lesbian.{{cite news |last1=Marler |first1=Regina |title=Grabbing for Gold |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2009/02/19/grabbing-gold |access-date=February 22, 2024 |work=The Advocate |date=February 19, 2009}}
Selected filmography
Hirschberg has won an Academy Award and has been nominated for another:
;Won
- Inception (2010){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/83rd-winners.html |title=The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 23, 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224034121/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/83rd-winners.html |archive-date=December 24, 2013 }}
;Nominated
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0386567|name=Lora Hirschberg}}
{{Academy Award Best Sound}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Sound}}
{{Satellite Award Best Sound}}
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Category:American audio engineers
Category:Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Category:Best Sound BAFTA Award winners
Category:LGBTQ people from Ohio
Category:Women audio engineers