Crystal Pine Lifetime Achievement Award for Film Sound 2023 is presented to Michael Minkler

Michael Minkler is a three-time Oscar® winning sound designer, alongside his 13 Oscar® nominations, who has mixed over 275 motion pictures over the last five decades. He was awarded the Oscars® for “Black Hawk Down”, “Chicago” and “Dreamgirls” and has received many other awards including the Career Achievement Award from the Cinema Audio Society, three BAFTA Awards for “Star Wars”, “JFK” and “Chicago” and also two Emmys. He is a member of one of the four family generations that set technological standards in film sound. Minkler is well-known for his collaboration with most of Hollywood’s elite producers and directors as Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Tom Hanks, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas etc.

ISFMF Crystal Pine Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to outstanding professionals who during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of sound and music in cinematography.