Mark Berger
BA, University of California, Berkeley, Adjunct Professor
Address
Film & Media
7408 Dwinelle Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
E-mail: mberger@uclink
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.
Film Credits
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 LeeSpecies, 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 RudolphFolks!, 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