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David Bondelevitch

Associate Professor
  • Music and Entertainment Studies (CAM)

Email Address:david.bondelevitch@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303-315-7456

David Bondelevitch is a Music & Dialogue Editor and Mixer who has won two Emmy Awards and two Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards. He is Past President of the MPSE and a contributor to Wavelength magazine. He has been on the board of the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) since 2006 and has been writing for the CAS Quarterly magazine since 2007.

His most recent work if for two documentaries: "Eco-Quest", a nature series, and "Burning Sky", about the nuclear tests at the Bikini Atoll. Additional projects include "Fresh Tracks", about a man who designed prosthetic skis. He also mixed "Empty Net," about the US Paralympics sled hockey team. He mixed the documentary "El Vacio", about immigrant sanctuaries. The film was on the front page of the digital New York Times. He also mixed "Southwest of Salem", which won a Peabody Award.

David received a Primetime Emmy for Sound Editing on the TNT movie "The Hunley". He has also won Golden Reel Awards for his work on the Showtime musical Ruby’s and the Imax documentary film "Island of the Sharks." He has been nominated for Golden Reel Awards a record twenty-two times. He also received a Heartland Emmy as Associate Producer on "Above the Ashes" and was also nominated for as Sound Designer, as well as for an MPSE Golden Reel Award for the film. David is a member of the Television Academy , the Recording Academy, the American Federation of Musicians (Local 47), Film Independent, the International Documentary Association and BMI.

Areas of Expertise

Post Production audio for Film and Television

Education, Licensure & Certifications

University of Southern California
MFA; Cinema Production 

Berklee College of Music
BM; Jazz Composition

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS; Art & Design, Music



Awards

Two Emmy awards and two MPSE Golden Reel awards, with 22 nominations.

Primetime Emmy for Sound Editing on the TNT movie "The Hunley". He has also won MPSE Golden Reel Awards for his work on the Showtime musical Ruby’s and the Imax documentary film "Island of the Sharks." He has been nominated for Golden Reel Awards a record twenty-two times.

Heartland Emmy as Associate Producer on "Above the Ashes" and was also nominated for as Sound Designer, as well as for an MPSE Golden Reel Award for the film.


Affiliations

David is a member of the Television Academy , the Recording Academy, the American Federation of Musicians (Local 47), Film Independent, the International Documentary Association and BMI.

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