Tom Fleischman (born September 15, 1951) is an American

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and re-recording mixer. He is the son of film editor Dede Allen, and documentary producer, director, and writer Stephen Fleischman. He has worked on over 170 films since 1978. He won an

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in 2011 in the category

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for '' Hugo'' and has received four other Oscar nominations for '' Reds'' (1982), '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1992), ''

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'' (2003), and '' The Aviator'' (2004). In addition to his work in feature films, he has also done work in television, winning five

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in 1986 for '' ABC Afterschool Specials: Can A Guy Say No'', in 2006 for

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's '' No Direction Home: Bob Dylan'', in 2013 for '' History of the Eagles'', ''

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: The Milkmaid's Lot'', in 2019 for ''

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'' and also garnered Emmy nominations for Scorsese's '' George Harrison: Living in the Material World'', and the

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television series ''

''. He resigned his membership of the

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(AMPAS) on 5 March 2022, citing changes to the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony where eight categories including Best Sound were not presented live but rather during the commercial breaks.

Selected filmography

* '' Reds'' (1981) * '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) * ''

'' (2002) * '' The Aviator'' (2004) * '' Hugo'' (2011) * '' The Irishman'' (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleischman, Tom 1951 births Living people American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Musicians from New York City Daytime Emmy Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners Engineers from New York City