Awards & Winners

Michael Hopkins

Date of Birth 12-August-1959
Place of Birth Greytown
(New Zealand, Wellington Region, South Wairarapa District)
Nationality New Zealand
Also know as Mike Hopkins, Michael Alexander Hopkins, Hoppy, Michael Alexander "Mike" Hopkins
Profession Sound Editor
Michael Alexander "Mike" Hopkins 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 on the Waiohine River, near his hometown of Greytown.

Awards by Michael Hopkins

Check all the awards nominated and won by Michael Hopkins.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Transformers

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound King Kong

2005


Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Honored for : King Kong

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing King Kong

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Satellite Award for Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002


Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound Superman