Oscars Wiki
Michael Hedges
MichaelHedges
Hedges at the 78th Academy Awards
5 Nominations / 2 Wins
Role Sound Mixer
Wellington, New Zealand
 

Michael Hedges is a Academy Award-winning New Zealand sound mixer. He has won Academy Awards for Best Sound and has worked on over 75 films since 1990. Notable film credits include; Heavenly Creatures (1994), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), King Kong (2005), The Lovely Bones (2009), and The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

Wins[]

76th Academy Awards, 2003
Best Sound MixingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)
78th Academy Awards, 2005
Best Sound MixingKing Kong 2005 (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)

Nominations[]

75th Academy Awards, 2002
Best SoundThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)
76th Academy Awards, 2003
Best Sound MixingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)
78th Academy Awards, 2005
Best Sound MixingKing Kong (2005) (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)
86th Academy Awards, 2013
Best Sound MixingThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson)
95th Academy Awards, 2022
Best SoundAvatar: The Way of Water (shared with Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, and Gary Summers)

Videos[]