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Richard Beggs is a Sound Designer American born on 8 january 1942 at San Francisco (USA)

Richard Beggs

Richard Beggs
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 january 1942 (82 years) at San Francisco (USA)

Richard Beggs (born 8 January 1942) is an American sound designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Apocalypse Now. He has worked on over 60 films since 1979.

Biography

Richard Beggs a fait des études de beaux-arts et est diplômé du San Francisco Art Institute et du California College of the Arts. Pendant les années 1960, son intérêt pour la technologie lui permet de trouver du travail comme ingénieur du son et ainsi de financer grâce à ce qu'il touchait pour ses enregistrements sa vocation de peintre et de faire vivre sa famille.

Au cours des années 1970, il passe à un statut plus professionnel et loue un studio d'enregistrement au rez-de-chaussée du Sentinel Building à San Francisco. En 1974, Francis Ford Coppola rachète l'immeuble et y installe sa société de production American Zoetrope. En 1976 Coppola prend des parts dans le studio de Beggs, qui devient Beggs/AZ. Bientôt son activité devient majoritairement liée au cinéma et en 1977 Coppola rachète les parts de Beggs et le fait travailler sur Apocalypse Now.

Richard Beggs enseigne au California College of the Arts, il intervient également au Berkeley College de l'Université Yale, et a fait partie du conseil d'administration du San Francisco Arts Education Project.

Best films

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
(Sound Designer)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
(Supervising Sound Editor)
Rain Man (1988)
(Sound Designer)
Ghostbusters (1984)
(Sound Designer)
Sleepers (1996)
(Sound Designer)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Usually with

Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
(14 films)
Fred Roos
Fred Roos
(15 films)
Roman Coppola
Roman Coppola
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Beggs (44 films)

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Sound

Mainstream
Mainstream (2021)

Directed by Gia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Messina
Roles Sound Editor
Rating50% 2.5294252.5294252.5294252.5294252.529425
Voici les aventures de deux garçons et une fille se retrouvant au centre d'un triangle amoureux, à l'ère du numérique.
On the Rocks
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick, Jenny Slate, Barbara Bain
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating63% 3.1974253.1974253.1974253.1974253.197425
Laura, une mère de famille, renoue avec son playboy de père, Felix, pour un voyage à travers New York.
The Beguiled, 1h31
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Western
Actors Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice
Roles Sound Designer
Rating62% 3.1435253.1435253.1435253.1435253.143525
En Virginie en 1864, alors que la guerre de Sécession fait rage, le pensionnat pour jeunes filles tenu par Martha Farnsworth demeure totalement en dehors des conflits. Mais un jour, le pensionnat recueille un soldat, gravement blessé.
Paris Can Wait, 1h32
Directed by Eleanor Coppola
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Élise Tielrooy, Élodie Navarre, Pierre Mondy
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating58% 2.9002352.9002352.9002352.9002352.900235
Anne accompagne Michael, son mari, un producteur de films très influent, au Festival de Cannes. Alors qu'ils ont prévu de rejoindre Paris à la fin du festival, Anne, qui a contracté une infection, ne peut prendre l'avion. Jacques, le frère de Michael, lui propose alors de la déposer en voiture. Mais ce qui devait être un rapide trajet se transforme en véritable périple.
Palo Alto
Palo Alto (2014)
, 1h40
Directed by Gia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Emma Roberts, James Franco, Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Colleen Camp, Keegan Allen
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating61% 3.0987253.0987253.0987253.0987253.098725
Teddy (Jack Kilmer) and his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff) are two stoner teenagers. April (Emma Roberts) is at soccer practice when her friends laugh about their coach Mr. B (James Franco) having a crush on April. Mr. B asks April if she can babysit his son Michael and he then offers her the position of striker. Fred and Teddy walk back to their car talking about what they would do if they got in a drunk driving accident. Teddy says he would drive away even if it was his crush, April.
The Homesman, 2h2
Directed by Tommy Lee Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Hailee Steinfeld, William Fichtner, Meryl Streep, James Spader
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating65% 3.2988253.2988253.2988253.2988253.298825
Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) is a 31-year-old spinster from New York, a former teacher who journeyed to the Midwest for more opportunity. She is an active member of the small farming community Loup City, Nebraska Territory, and has significant financial prospects and sizable land ownership. She seems strong and independent, but suffers from depression and isolation after being rejected by several potential husbands for being unattractive and overbearing. She makes dinner for and sings to her neighbor Bob Giffen (Evan Jones), but when she proposes, he turns her down and leaves to find a wife back east.
The Bling Ring, 1h20
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Emma Watson, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Mann, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating55% 2.7971452.7971452.7971452.7971452.797145
Quiet teenager Marc Hall (Israel Broussard) arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California. He is befriended by fame-obsessed Rebecca Ahn (Katie Chang). While at a party at Rebecca's house, the pair check unlocked vehicles on the street, taking valuables such as cash and credit cards.
Brake
Brake (2012)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh-West, JR Bourne, Tom Berenger, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kali Rocha
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating60% 3.047153.047153.047153.047153.04715
Jeremy Reins, a U.S. Secret Service special agent assigned to the presidential detail, is drugged, kidnapped and held captive within a glass box in the cramped, dark trunk of a car. At first Jeremy thinks it is a prank from people he owes money for gambling debts, but he quickly learns that the truth is far more sinister. Jeremy begins to endure mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information. The information needed is the location of the secret bunkers, dubbed "Roulette", that are used by the president and vice president during a national emergency.
Twixt
Twixt (2011)
, 1h30
Directed by Bruce Dern, Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Francis Ford Coppola, Ben Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, Don Novello
Roles Sound Designer
Rating47% 2.354792.354792.354792.354792.35479
Hall Baltimore est un écrivain sur le déclin. Alors qu'il est en tournée de promotion dans une petite ville, il découvre qu'une jeune fille a été assassinée. La nuit, Hall rêve d'un fantôme nommé V qui lui raconte une étrange histoire, peut-être en rapport avec le meurtre. À sa grande surprise, certaines des réponses à ces questions se trouvent dans sa propre vie…
Somewhere
Somewhere (2010)
, 1h38
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan, Erin Wasson, Chris Pontius, Nathalie Fay
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating62% 3.14853.14853.14853.14853.1485
As the film opens a black Ferrari circles on a race track in the desert, its engine roaring in and out of the shot. When it eventually stops, Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) steps out. Marco is a Hollywood actor who, despite his recent rise to fame, does not feel much meaning in his daily life. He resides at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles from where he completes various publicity obligations for his new film: he is photographed with his co-star (Michelle Monaghan), gives interviews to the press, and attends an award ceremony in Italy. Despite drinking and socializing occasionally with Sammy (Chris Pontius), a fellow actor and childhood friend, Marco spends much time alone, driving his Ferrari motorcar, drinking beer, taking pills, and having casual sex with various women. Twice he has pole-dancing twins (Kristina and Karissa Shannon) set up their equipment and perform in his room, the first time he falls asleep and the second routine is more calisthenic than erotic.
Repo Chick
Repo Chick (2009)
, 1h28
Directed by Alex Cox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Miguel Sandoval, Chloe Webb, Xander Berkeley, Rosanna Arquette, Karen Black, Olivia Barash
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating37% 1.870741.870741.870741.870741.87074
Pixxi De La Chasse is a spoiled, self-centered celebutante heiress of a wealthy Los Angeles family. After countless tabloid scandals, her parents disinherit her, and tell her she must find a real job in order to regain her part of the fortune. When her car is repossessed, a member of her entourage suggests she get a job as a repossessor, a booming industry among widespread credit collapse.
Children of Men, 1h49
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about immigration, Films about anarchism, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris
Roles Supervising Sound Editor
Rating78% 3.948143.948143.948143.948143.94814
In 2027, after 18 years of global human infertility, civilization is on the brink of collapse as humanity faces extinction. The United Kingdom, the only stable nation with a functioning government, is deluged by asylum seekers fleeing the chaos and war which have taken hold around the world. In response, Britain has become a militarized police state as British government forces round up and detain immigrants. Theo Faron, a former activist turned cynical bureaucrat, is kidnapped by the Fishes, a militant immigrants' rights group. They are led by Theo's estranged wife, Julian Taylor, from whom he separated after their son's death.
Marie Antoinette, 2h3
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating65% 3.2520553.2520553.2520553.2520553.252055
Fourteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna Habsburg (Kirsten Dunst) is the beautiful, charming, and naive archduchess of Austria, youngest of Empress Maria Theresa's (Marianne Faithfull) daughters. In 1770, the only one left unmarried among her sisters, she is sent by her mother to marry the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XVI of France (Jason Schwartzman), to seal an alliance between the two rival countries. Marie Antoinette travels to France, relinquishing all connections with her home country, including her pet Pug "Mops", and meets the King Louis XV of France (Rip Torn) and her future husband, Louis Auguste. The two arrive at the Palace of Versailles, which was built by the King's great-grandfather. They are married at once, and are encouraged to produce an heir to the throne as soon as possible; but the next day it is reported to the king that "nothing happened" on the wedding night.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2h23
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about lions, Witches in film, Serial killer films, Political films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Santa Claus in film
Actors William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton
Roles Supervising Sound Editor
Rating69% 3.452693.452693.452693.452693.45269
In the London suburb of Finchley, the Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are endangered by a Second World War attack of German bombers. They are then evacuated to the country home of Professor Digory Kirke, who is not accustomed to having children in his house, as Mrs Macready, the strict housekeeper, explains.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2h22
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Time travel films, Wolves in film, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Werewolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths
Roles Sound Designer
Rating79% 3.9516753.9516753.9516753.9516753.951675
Harry Potter, now aged 13, has been spending another dissatisfying summer at Privet Drive. When Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, insults Harry's parents, he becomes angry and accidentally causes her to inflate and float away. Harry flees with his luggage, fed up with his life with the Dursleys. The Knight Bus delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron, where he is forgiven by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge for using magic outside of Hogwarts. After reuniting with his best friends Ron and Hermione, Harry learns that Sirius Black, a convicted supporter of the dark wizard Voldemort, who murdered Harry's parents, has escaped Azkaban prison, intending to kill Harry.