Occupation Sound editor Name Mike Hopkins | Role Sound Editor Spouse Nicci Hopkins (m. ?–2012) | |
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Full Name Michael Alexander Hopkins Born 12 August 1959 ( 1959-08-12 ) Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand Died December 30, 2012, Greytown, New Zealand Awards Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Sound, Satellite Award for Best Sound Similar People Ethan Van der Ryn, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, Christopher Boyes, Grant Major | ||
Michael Alexander "Mike" Hopkins (12 August 1959 – 30 December 2012) was a New Zealand sound editor. Hopkins and American Ethan Van der Ryn shared two Academy Awards for best sound editing on the films The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and King Kong. The pair were also nominated for their work on the 2007 film Transformers.
Hopkins died on 30 December 2012 after the raft he was in capsized in a flash flood on the Waiohine River, near his hometown of Greytown.
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