Bio

Mark Berger is a supervising rerecording sound mixer who has won four Academy Awards for some of the most innovative uses of sound in the film business (Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff, Amadeus, The English Patient). Unlike many of today's sound editors, his craft is about subtlety, not the sheer power of loud soundtracks. He brings to our program over 30 years of experience in working with sound, a thoughtful analysis of his art and craft, a passion for teaching, and access to one of the premiere venues of film production in all of Northern California. His many awards and film credits speak for themselves. Berger is part of the generation of Northern California filmmakers that emerged in the early seventies around Francis Ford Coppola and who did not then go to Hollywood but instead, with the help of filmmakers like Coppola, Saul Zaentz and George Lucas helped build a viable filmmaking community here in the Bay Area.

2005
Munich
Capote

2004
Zapata, Alfonso Arau

2003
Wicker Park, Paul McGuigan
The Snow Walker, Charlie Martin
Bad Santa, Terry Zwigoff

2002
Swimfan, John Polson
K-19: The Widowmaker, Kathryn Bigelow
The Singing Detective, Keith Gordon

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson
Amadeus, The Director's Cut, Milos Forman
Ghost World, Terry Zwigoff

2000   
The Deep End, Scott McGehee, David Siegel
The Pledge, Sean Penn
The Rising Place, Tom Rice
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland, Dudi Appleton
Here's To Life! (Old Hats), Arne Olsen
Eu Tu Eles (Me, You, Them), Andrucha Waddington

1999   
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella
In Too Deep, Michael Rymer
Black Eyed Dog, Richard O'Connell
The Homeboy, David Gebroe
The Debtors, Evi Quaid

1998
 Playing By Heart, Willard Carroll
Waking the Dead, Keith Gordon
Rushmore, Wes Anderson
Pecker, John Waters
Dance With Me, Randa Haines
Meet the Deedles, Steve Boyum

1997   
The Acid House, Paul McGuigan
The Rainmaker, Francis Coppola
The Apostle, Robert Duvall
Excess Baggage, Marco Brambilla
The Education of Little Tree, Richard Friedenberg

1996
The English Patient, Anthoony Minghella
Commandments, Daniel Taplitz
Fly Away Home, Carroll Ballard
Ed, Bill Couturie

1995   
I Love You, I Love You Not, Billy Hopkins
The Scarlett Letter, Roland Joffe
Synthetic Pleasures, Iara Lee
Species, Roger Donaldson
Faithful, Paul Mazursky

1994   
Boys On The Side, Herbert Ross
Open Season, Robert Wuhl
S.F.W., Jefery Levy
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, Xavier Koller
Ernest Goes To School, Coke Sams
Mrs. Parker & The Vicious Circle, Alan Rudolph

1993   
Serial Mom, John Waters
Money For Nothing, Ramon Menendez
A Home Of Our Own, Tony Bill
Digger, Rob Turner
Mr. Wonderful, Anthony Minghella

1992
Dragon, Rob Cohen
Gunmen, Deran Sarafian
Earth & The American Dream, Bill Couturie
Red Rock West, John Dahl
Beyond The Law (Fixing The Shadow), Larry Ferguson
Equinox, Alan Rudolph
Folks!, Ted Kotcheff

1991   
At Play In The Fields Of The Lord, Hector Babenco
A Midnight Clear, Keith Gordon
Motorama, Barry Shils
Legacy, Keith Merrill
Crooked Hearts, Michael Bortman

1990  
Closet Land, Radha Bharadwaj
Mortal Thoughts, Alan Rudolph
Mermaids, Richard Benjamin
State of Grace, Phil Joanou
Naked Tango, Leonard Schrader
Ernest Goes To Jail, John Cherry
Cadillac Man, Roger Donaldson

1989   The Guardian, Billy Friedkin
Madhouse, Tom Ropeleski
Mountains Of The Moon, Bob Rafelson
Twin Peaks, David Lynch           
Catch Me If You Can, Steve Sommers
Salute Of The Jugger (Blood of Heroes), David Peoples
Weekend At Bernie's, Ted Kotcheff

1988   
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Frank Oz
Checking Out, David Leland
Ernest Saves Christmas, John Cherry
The Chocolate War, Keith Gordon
Winter People, Ted Kotcheff
Wizard Of Loneliness, Jenny Bowen

1987   
Break Of Dawn, Isaac Artenstein
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, Phil Kaufman
Dear America, Bill Couturie
Gaby, Luis Mandoki           
Patti Rocks, David Burton-Morris
The Method, Joe Destein
Ernest Goes To Camp, John Cherry
I Was A Teenage Vampire, Jimmie Huston
Smooth Talk, Joyce Chopra

1986            
Stacking, Martin Rosen
The Mosquito Coast, Peter Weir
River's Edge, Tim Hunter
The Trouble With Dick, Gary Walkow
Never Too Young To Die, Stephen Paul
Blue Velvet, David Lynch
April Fool's Day, Fred Walton

1985   
Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Hector Babenco           
Pray For Death, Gordon Hessler
The Legend Of Billy Jean, Matthew Robbins
That Was Then / This Is Now, Gary Lindberg

1984   
Amadeus, Milos Forman
On The Edge, Rob Nilson
Heaven Help Us, Michael Dinner

1983   
The Right Stuff, Kaufman, Philip
Signal 7, Rob Nilson

1982   
The Plague Dogs, Martin Rosen
Out, Eli Hollander

1981            
Dragonslayer, Matthew Robbins

1980   
No Nukes, Julian Schlossberg
The Island, Michael Ritchie

1978
Apocalypse Now, Francis Coppola
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Phil Kaufman

1977   
Three Warriors, Keith Merrill

1976   
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Milos Forman

1975
The Godfather Part II, Francis Coppola