Michael Hedges is a

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

from Wellington, New Zealand. He attended Naenae College. He has won two

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for

Best Sound Mixing The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded ...

and has been nominated for another two in the same category. He has worked on more than 70 films since 1990.

Selected filmography

Hedges has won two Academy Awards and has been nominated for another: ;Won * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) ;Nominated * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002) * '' The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' (2013) * '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners People from Wellington City Primetime Emmy Award winners {{NewZealand-film-bio-stub