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Sound designer Mike Hopkins worked on more than 20 feature films. Along the way he won wide respect for his craft and the humble dedication he applied to it. He won awards for his work on Kiwi classics Illustrious Energy, Crush and Heavenly Creatures, and Oscars for his sound editing on King Kong and the second Lord of the Rings movie. Hopkins died in a rafting accident on 30 December 2012.
Mike Hopkins was as kind, generous, and humble a man as you might hope to meet, and a world class sound editor/designer. Everybody who spent time with him liked him. I’m a better man for having been around him, and a better sound designer too.
– Veteran sound designer Randy Thom
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Sound |
2013 |
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Sound |
2012 |
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
Sound |
2011 |
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Yuan Qu De Fei Ying |
Sound |
2011 |
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Bloodlines |
Sound |
2010 |
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Public Enemies |
Sound |
2009 |
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Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen |
Sound |
2009 |
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Valkyrie |
Sound |
2008 |
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Sound |
2005 |
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Sound |
2003 |
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The Soundscapes of Middle-Earth |
Subject |
2003 |
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Sound |
2002 |
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Sound |
2001 |
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Sound |
1999 |
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Sound |
1999 |
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Thinking About Sleep |
Sound |
1999 |
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Sound |
1999 |
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Heaven |
Sound |
1998 |
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The Chosen |
Sound |
1998 |
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Aberration |
Sound |
1997 |
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Sound |
1997 |
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Flight of the Albatross |
Sound |
1996 |
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Sound |
1996 |
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Time Is A Spider |
Sound |
1996 |
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Transformers |
Sound |
1996 |
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Sound |
1995 |
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Sound |
1994 |
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Sound |
1994 |
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Sound Designer |
1994 |
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Sound |
1994 |
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Sound |
1993 |
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Sound Designer |
1992 |
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Nocturne in a Room |
Sound |
1992 |
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Sound |
1991 |
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The Mouth and the Truth |
Sound |
1991 |
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Light of the Blade |
Editor |
1989 |
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Sound |
1988 |
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Maple on the Hill |
Assistant Editor |
1988 |
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Sound |
1988 - 1989 |
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Sound |
1991 |
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Sound |
1987 |
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Sound |
1987 |
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Subject |
1986 |
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Sound |
1985 |
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Rachel Dustbin's Dog and the Law |
Editor |
1985 |
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John A. Lee |
Sound |
1984 |
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The Bounty |
Sound |
1984 |
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Nearly No Christmas |
Assistant Editor |
1983 |
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Pheno was Here |
Sound |
1982 |
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Flight 901: The Erebus Disaster |
Assistant Editor |
1981 |
The titles listed here may not reflect this person's full screenography. These are only the titles that are included in or referenced by this site.
2009 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards (United States)
Nominated for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue or Automatic Dialogue Replacement Animation in a Feature Film (with 9 others): for Kung Fu Panda
2008 Academy Awards
Nominated for Achievement in Sound Editing (with Ethan Van der Ryn): for Transformers
2008 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Nominated for Sound Editing - Dialogue or Automatic Dialogue Replacement for Feature Film (with Ethan Van der Ryn, Ralph Osborn, David Beadie, Wayne Lemmer and Ulrika Akander): for Transformers
Nominated for Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film (with 14 others): for Transformers
2006 Academy Awards
Achievement in Sound Editing (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn): for King Kong
2006 Bafta Awards
Nominated for Sound (with Ethan Van der Ryn, Hammond Peek and Christopher Boyes): for King Kong
2006 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Nominated for Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film (with Ethan Van der Ryn and 19 others): for King Kong
2004 Bafta Awards
Nominated for Sound (with Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Mike Hedges and Christopher Boyes): for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Nominated for Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature (with Ethan Van der Ryn and 16 others): for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 Academy Awards
Sound Editing (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn): for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Bafta Awards
Nominated for Sound (with Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Mike Hedges and Christopher Boyes): for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Nominated for Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature (with Ethan Van der Ryn and 12 others): for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 Bafta Awards
Nominated for Sound (with Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Christopher Boyes): for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Nominated for Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature (with Ethan Van der Ryn and 9 others): for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1999 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Sound Design: for Via Satellite
Nominated for Best Sound Design (shared with Dave Whitehead): for Heaven
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Soundtrack - Film (shared with Greg Bell and Mike Hedges): for Heavenly Creatures
Best Soundtrack - Television: for Typhon's People
1993 New Zealand Film and Telelvision Awards
Best Soundtrack - Film (shared with Greg Bell and Kit Rollings): for Crush
1988 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack - Film (shared with Bob Allen and Gethin Creagh): for Illustrious Energy