Michael Alexander Hopkins (12 August 1959 – 30 December 2012) was a New Zealand
sound editor. Hopkins and American
Ethan Van der Ryn shared two
Academy Awards for best sound editing on the films ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' and
''King Kong''. The pair were also nominated for their work on the 2007 film
''Transformers''.
Hopkins died on 30 December 2012 after the raft he was in capsized in a
flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice and snow. Flash f ...
on the
Waiohine River
The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Ōtaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes ...
, near his hometown of Greytown.
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1959 births
2012 deaths
Natural disaster deaths in New Zealand
Deaths by drowning in New Zealand
Deaths in floods
Sound editors
Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners
People from Greytown, New Zealand
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