| Kevin O'Connell | |
|---|---|
 O'Connell at the 89th Academy Awards | |
| 22 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Role | Sound Mixer |
| Born | November 27, 1957 |
| Long Island, New York, USA | |
Kevin O'Connell is an Academy Award-winning American sound mixer. He holds the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win at 20, having originally set the record in 2006 with his 18th nomination and loss, making him the "unluckiest nominee in the history of the Academy Awards".
Wins[]
- 89th Academy Awards, 2016
- Best Sound Mixing — Hacksaw Ridge (shared with Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace)
Nominations[]
- 56th Academy Awards, 1983
- Best Sound — Terms of Endearment (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline and Jim Alexander)
- 57th Academy Awards, 1984
- Best Sound — Dune (1984) (shared with Bill Varney, Steve Maslow and Nelson Stoll)
- 58th Academy Awards, 1985
- Best Sound — Silverado (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline and David Ronne)
- 59th Academy Awards, 1986
- Best Sound — Top Gun (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan)
- 62nd Academy Awards, 1989
- Best Sound — Black Rain (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester)
- 63rd Academy Awards, 1990
- Best Sound — Days of Thunder (shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline and Charles Wilborn)
- 65th Academy Awards, 1992
- Best Sound — A Few Good Men (shared with Rick Kline and Bob Eber)
- 68th Academy Awards, 1995
- Best Sound — Crimson Tide (shared with Gregory H. Watkins, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan)
- 69th Academy Awards, 1996
- Best Sound — The Rock (shared with Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester)
- Best Sound — Twister (shared with Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Geoffrey Patterson)
- 70th Academy Awards, 1997
- Best Sound — Con Air (shared with Greg P. Russell and Arthur Rochester)
- 71st Academy Awards, 1998
- Best Sound — Armageddon (shared with Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester)
- Best Sound — The Mask of Zorro (shared with Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack)
- 73rd Academy Awards, 2000
- Best Sound — The Patriot (shared with Greg P. Russell and Lee Orloff)
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Sound — Pearl Harbor (shared with Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin)
- 75th Academy Awards, 2002
- Best Sound — Spider-Man (shared with Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick)
- 77th Academy Awards, 2004
- Best Sound Mixing — Spider-Man 2 (shared with Greg P. Russell Joseph Geisinger and Jeffrey J. Haboush)
- 78th Academy Awards, 2005
- Best Sound Mixing — Memoirs of a Geisha (shared with Greg P. Russell Rick Kline and John Pritchett)
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Sound Mixing — Apocalypto (shared with Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara)
- 80th Academy Awards, 2007
- Best Sound Mixing — Transformers (shared with Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin)
- 89th Academy Awards, 2016
- Best Sound Mixing — Hacksaw Ridge (shared with Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace)
- 96th Academy Awards, 2023
- Best Sound — Oppenheimer (shared with Willie Burton, Richard King, and Gary A. Rizzo)