Mac Ruth is an American sound mixer. He has worked on numerous films, including ''

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'' (2003), '' The Cave'' (2005), ''

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'' (2006), '' Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013). ''

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'' (2014), '' The Martian'' (2015), '' Spy'' (2015), among others. He was nominated at the

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in the category of Best Sound Mixing for ''The Martian''. His nomination was shared with Paul Massey and Mark Taylor. He was also nominated at the

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and the

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for his work on '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' and ''

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'', respectively. He won at the

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for his work on ''

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'', sharing his award with Mark Mangini, Theo Green,

Doug Hemphill Doug Hemphill is an American sound engineer. He won three Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for eight more in the same category. He has worked on more than 190 films since 1979. Selected filmography Hemphill has ...

and

Ron Bartlett Ron Bartlett is an American sound engineer. He was nominated at the 85th Academy Awards for the film '' Life of Pi''. He was nominated in the category of Best Sound Mixing, and shared his nomination with Doug Hemphill and Drew Kunin. He was nom ...

. He's been living in

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since 1997, and speaks fluent Hungarian.

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* 1967 births Living people American audio engineers People from Ellensburg, Washington Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners {{US-film-bio-stub