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Kent Sparling

Crew | * 09/17/1966 (57) | San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))

After early stints in theatrical sound and lighting design, Kent Sparling spent three years at Sound Transform Systems, hand-building Serge Modular analog synthesizers for musicians such as John McEntire and Trent Reznor. He departed STS in 1995 to work in film sound in Vancouver, BC, and since 1997 has been employed as a sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound, with credits on Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette; Mike Mills’ Thumbsucker; Spike Jonze’s Adaptation and her; and We Own the Night and Two Lovers by James Gray. His deep ties to independent film are exemplified by his work on Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Miranda July’s The Future, Braden King’s Here, Bluebird from Lance Edmands, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by David Lowery, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves and Ira Sachs’ Love Is Strange.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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Movies with Kent Sparling as Crew(51)

Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2023 Of Minor Prophets
Sound/Sound Designer2023 Sorry, We're Dead
Sound/Sound Designer2023 The Graduates
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2023 The Graduates
Sound/Sound Designer2021 Minari
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2021 Minari
Sound/Music Editor2021 Minari
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2021 The Evening Hour
Sound/Sound Designer2020 Uncle Frank
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2020 Kajillionaire
Sound/Sound Designer2020 Kajillionaire
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sound/Sound Designer2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2018 Call Her Ganda
Sound/Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer2016 Pete's Dragon
Sound/Sound Designer2016 Pete's Dragon
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2016 Certain Women
Sound/Sound Designer2016 Certain Women
Sound/Sound Designer2016 Approaching the Unknown
Sound/Sound Designer2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sound/Sound Designer2014 Love Is Strange
Sound/Sound Designer2014 Night Moves
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2014 Night Moves
Sound/Sound Assistant2013 Center Jenny
Sound/Sound Designer2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Sound/Sound Effects Editor2013 Epic
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2011 Skateland
Sound/Music2008 Seventh Moon
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2008 Seventh Moon
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2008 Two Lovers
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Princess of Nebraska
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2007 We Own the Night
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2007 Sicko
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2006 Marie Antoinette
Sound/Sound Designer2005 Trudell
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2003 Lost in Translation
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2003 Testosterone
Sound/Sound Mix Technician2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2002 Adaptation.
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer2000 The Yards
Sound/Sound Mix Technician2000 The Yards
Crew/Mix Technician2000 What Lies Beneath
Sound/Sound Mixer2000 The Hi-Line
Sound/Sound Re-Recording Mixer1999 The Virgin Suicides
Sound/Sound Mix Technician1999 Arlington Road
Sound/Sound Mix Technician1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Crew/Mix Technician1998 Sphere
Sound/Sound Mix Technician1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Sound/Sound Mix Technician1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Born: Saturday, 09/17 1966 (September) in San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 57 years + 194 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Other names for Kent Sparling (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kent Sparling C.A.S."
"Kent Sparling CAS"
"Kent Sparling CSA"
Kent Sparling frequently works together with these people:
Dennie Thorpe (10x, Crew)
Dmitri Makarov (10x, Crew)
George Lucas (9x, Crew)
Sofia Coppola (9x, Actress)
Andrea Gard (9x, Crew)
Richard Beggs (9x, Crew)
Jana Vance (8x, Crew)
Ryan Trecartin (8x, Crew)
Gary Rydstrom (7x, Crew)
James Gray (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:125394, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 04/02/2023