Kent Sparling

After early stints in theatrical sound and lighting design, Kent Sparling spent three years at Sound Transform Systems, hand-building Serge Modular analog synthesizers for musicians such as John McEntire and Trent Reznor. He departed STS in 1995 to work in film sound in Vancouver, BC, and since 1997 has been employed as a sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound, with credits on Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette; Mike Mills’ Thumbsucker; Spike Jonze’s Adaptation and her; and We Own the Night and Two Lovers by James Gray. His deep ties to independent film are exemplified by his work on Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Miranda July’s The Future, Braden King’s Here, Bluebird from Lance Edmands, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by David Lowery, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves and Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange.

Crew

Call Her Ganda
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marie Antoinette
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Evening Hour
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
We Own the Night
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Two Lovers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Sound Mix Technician
Arlington Road
Sound Mix Technician
Uncle Frank
Sound Designer
Trudell
Sound Designer
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sorry, We're Dead
Sound Designer
Of Minor Prophets
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sicko
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lost in Translation
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sound Mix Technician
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sound Mix Technician
Approaching the Unknown
Sound Designer
The Princess of Nebraska
Original Music Composer
What Lies Beneath
Mix Technician
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sound Mix Technician
Love Is Strange
Sound Designer
Wag the Dog
Sound Mix Technician
Adaptation.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Epic
Sound Effects Editor
Seventh Moon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Original Music Composer
The Graduates
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
Night Moves
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Skateland
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Testosterone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pete's Dragon
Sound Designer, Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
CQ
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sphere
Mix Technician
Certain Women
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Good Girl Jane
Original Music Composer
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Virgin Suicides
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Yards
Sound Mix Technician, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kajillionaire
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Minari
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music Editor
Center Jenny
Sound Assistant
The Hi-Line
Sound Mixer
Outlook
Camera Operator, Transportation Co-Captain
The Flyboys
Sound Designer
Hillside Cacti
Producer, Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music