
Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a well-known film and theatre sound designer and mixer, author, producer, and disability rights activist. He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), an audio post-production house. BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District, the 2006 Academy Award® recipient for short documentary. Other credits include The Force, Unrest, The Waiting Room, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Daughter From Danang, We Were Here, Bang: the Bert Berns Story, and Audrie & Daisy. Jim's work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action, a pioneering disability rights group. He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid-1970s. Currently, LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education, legislation, and litigation.
Forever, For Now 2026
Executive Producer
The Haunting of Pennhurst 2026
Executive Producer
Kids Like Me 2026
Executive Producer
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act 2025
Director
The Tallest Dwarf 2025
Sound Designer
Deaf President Now! 2025
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Patrice: The Movie 2024
Executive Producer
The Ride Ahead 2024
Executive Producer
Fire Through Dry Grass 2023
Executive Producer
All These Sons 2021
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020
as Self, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Writer, Producer, Director
I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi 2018
Sound Mixer
Minding the Gap 2018
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Exit Music 2018
Sound
Unrest 2017
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Extremis 2016
Sound Designer
My Love Affair with the Brain 2016
Sound Mixer
Finding the Gold Within 2014
Supervising Sound Editor
Kumu Hina 2014
Sound Editor
After My Garden Grows 2014
Audio Post Coordinator
Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor 2011
Additional Production Sound Mixer
We Were Here 2011
Sound
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion 2009
Sound Editor
The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2006
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' 2005
Sound
Bad Santa 2003
Sound Effects Editor
Pitch Black 2000
Sound Effects Editor
Modulations 1998
Sound Effects Editor
Mr. Wonderful 1993
Sound Effects Editor
Equinox 1992
Sound Effects Editor
Credits from TMDB.