Jim Alexander

James R. "Jim" Alexander was an Academy Award-nominated production sound mixer who worked on in late and early . He frequently worked with filmmaker during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Alexander accumulated more a hundred film and television credits over a period of 23 years. One of his earliest credits was (1971), on which he worked with director Robert Wise. Wise went on to direct eight years later.
Alexander was nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Sound category for his work on the films Coal Miner's Daughter (1980, featuring set decoration by John M. Dwyer) and Terms of Endearment (1983, featuring art direction by Harold Michelson). He also received a nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards for Coal Miner's Daughter.
His work for John Hughes includes Sixteen Candles (1984), (1985), (1985), (1986, starring Alan Ruck), (1987), (1990), and (1992). Alexander also teamed up with director on (1985), (1986), Wildcats (1986), and (1989).
Alexander's other film credits include Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972, starring René Auberjonois), (1976), Jaws 2 (1978), Heartbeeps (1981), Murphy's Romance (1985), Midnight Run (1988), and (1991). His television work includes series such as Night Gallery, Kojak, Battlestar Galactica, , and Alfred Hitchcock Presents and TV movies such as 1972's The Hound of the Baskervilles (starring William Shatner and Anthony Zerbe) and several entries in the Columbo series.
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