Derek Ball

Morte : 1988-07-26

História

Derek Ball was a British sound recordist and mixer for film and television productions. He won an Academy Award in the category "Best Sound" for his work on the feature film "Star Wars".

Filmes

Punição Para a Inocência
Sound Mixer
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from a hostile family, he is determined to solve the crime.
James Bond in India
The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Sound Recordist
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
Missão Saturno 3
Sound Mixer
Num futuro distante, um casal de cientistas vive numa estação orbital científica chamada Saturno 3. Certo dia recebem a visita de um militar que pretende utilizar os laboratórios para a construção de Hector, um robô de altíssima tecnologia. Hector se apaixona pela bela esposa do cientista, demonstrando um ciúme obsessivo pela mulher.
Fuga para Athena
Sound Mixer
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
The Europeans
Sound
A New England household is upset by the arrival of two cousins from Europe.
Júlia
Sound Mixer
Na década de 30, a escritora americana Lillian Hellman tenta reencontrar Julia, amiga de infância que se juntou ao movimento de resistência contra os nazistas. Ela acaba contrabandeando dinheiro para ajudar na fuga das vítimas do nazismo.
Guerra nas Estrelas
Production Sound Mixer
A princesa Leia é mantida refém pelas forças imperiais comandadas por Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker e Han Solo precisam libertá-la e restaurar a liberdade e a justiça na galáxia.
A Viagem dos Condenados
Sound Recordist
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Inserts
Sound Mixer
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
O Dossiê de Odessa
Sound Recordist
22 de novembro de 1963: o presidente John F. Kennedy é assassinado. O repórter alemão Peter Miller descobre que uma ambulância levava o corpo de um sobrevivente do Holocausto, cujo diário trazia detalhes assombrosos dos campos de concentração. Esse diário conduz Miller na trilha da organização secreta ODESSA.
Papillon
Sound Recordist
Na década de 1930, Papillon (Steve McQueen) foi acusado de assassinato e mandado para cumprir prisão perpétua na Guiana Francesa. As regras da prisão são claras: Qualquer um que tentar fugir ganhará como punição dois anos de solitária. Isso não é o bastante para assustar Papillon, que vai tentar fugir de qualquer maneira com a ajuda de Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman). Em uma das vezes ele quase consegue e vai parar incialmente em uma colônia de hansenianos e depois em uma tribo de índios caribenhos, até chegar na Ilha do Diabo.
Travels with My Aunt
Sound
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
The Music Lovers
Sound Recordist
Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a wonky, nymphomaniac girl whom he cannot satisfy.
Enquanto Viverem as Ilusões
Sound
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.
Sympathy for the Devil
Sound Mixer
An exhilarating, provocative motion picture. The Rolling Stones rehearse their latest song, "Sympathy For the Devil," in a London studio. Beginning as a ballad, the track gradually acquires a pulsating groove, which gets Jagger into a rousing vocal display of soulful emotion that Godard captures on film.