Mike Hopkins is an Academy Award-winning New Zealand sound editor. Hopkins won two Academy Awards for best sound editing on the films The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and King Kong. Hopkins died on 30 December 2012 after the raft he was in capsized in a flash flood on the Waiohine River, near his hometown of Greytown.
Wins[]
- 75th Academy Awards, 2002
- Best Sound Editing — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn)
- 78th Academy Awards, 2005
- Best Sound Editing — King Kong (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn)
Nominations[]
- 75th Academy Awards, 2002
- Best Sound Editing — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn)
- 78th Academy Awards, 2005
- Best Sound Editing — King Kong (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn)
- 80th Academy Awards, 2007
- Best Sound Editing — Transformers (shared with Ethan Van der Ryn)
Videos[]
"Lord of the Rings The Two Towers" winning a Sound Editing Oscar®
Best Sound Editing 2002
King Kong Wins Sound Editing 2006 Oscars
Best Sound Editing 2005