Alan Rankin

Alan Rankin is a designer and editor of sound effects for film and video games who, along with Mark Stoeckinger, was a Supervising Sound Editor on 's . Rankin is a member of the , and is thus credited with the acronym "M.P.S.E." Rankin and Stoeckinger both share an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Editing for their work on Star Trek. 
Rankin and Stoeckinger have worked together on films since (1993, with Star Trek film actors Christopher Lloyd and Paul Winfield). They both previously worked with Star Treks director and producer, J.J. Abrams, on Paramount Pictures' (2006, co-written by Star Treks Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci).
In total, Rankin and Stoeckinger have collaborated on seventeen films. In addition to those mentioned above, their other film credits have included (1995, featuring Ashley Judd), (2000) and (2002, with Christian Slater, Holmes R. Osborne and Jason Isaacs), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (featuring Bebe Neuwirth), (2003), (2003, co-written by John Logan), (2004), (2005, featuring The Rock), and (2007).
Rankin has received ten Golden Reel Award nominations from the Motion Picture Sound Editors organization. He and Stoeckinger were both nominated for their work on Mission: Impossible 2, The Last Samurai, The Italian Job, (2004), and Mission: Impossible III. Rankin was also nominated for his work on (1999) and in the video games Conquest: Frontier Wars, Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, Freelance, and Unreal Tournament III. All of these latter nominations were shared with Star Trek sound designer Scott Martin Gershin.
Rankin's many other film credits include (1992), (1993), (1995), (1995), (1995) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996), (1998), (1999, which featured Scott Bakula), Final Destination (2000), Vertical Limit (2000, which featured Alexander Siddig), (2002, featuring Ron Perlman), Unfaithful (2002), (2003), and (2005, starring Jimmy Bennett and Rachel Nichols).
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Category:Sound department
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Category:Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nominees
Category:Golden Reel Award nominees