Boekelheide, Todd

Todd Boekelheide

Todd Boekelheide started at American Zoetrope in 1974, marking the beginning of his career in film.  Star Wars and The Black Stallion made up the next  four years.  It was The Black Stallion that pushed his interest in music (for film), this interest prompted him to study music at Mills College in Oakland, CA.  And, in 1981 Boedelheide started scoring films.

Film Actor
Star Wars~1977 - Cantina walla

Film Composer
Surviving Skokie~2015 (doc)
Paper Tigers~2015 (doc)
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets~2015 (doc)
F-R-E-E~2014 (doc)
Marmato~2014 (doc)
After Winter, Spring~2013 (doc)
Rebels with a Cause~2013 (doc)
Alaska's Wild Peninsula~2013 (doc)
Symphony of the Soil~2012 (doc)
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia~2012 (doc)
Tokyo Waka~2012 (V doc)
Bad Muthaz~2011 (short: Fallopia Minx vs. Organic Mom)
Portrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog's Leap ~2011 (doc short)
Portrait of a Winemaker~2011 (doc short)
Transition Town Totnes~2011 (doc short)
Fathers and Sons 10 True Stories~2011 (V doc short)
Sky Island~2010 (doc)
Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives~2010 (doc)
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Fair Play~2010 (doc)
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Bottom Line~2010 (doc)
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee~2010 (doc)
Ella as el matador~2009 (doc)
Mine~2009 (doc)
Soil in Good Heart~2008 (doc short)
Al más allá~2008 (doc short)
Ribbon of Sand~2008 (doc short)
Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math contest~2008 (V doc)
Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh~2008 (doc)
Butte, America: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town~2008 (doc)
Angel of Alhem~2007 (V doc)
Beautiful Son~2007 (doc)
Soldiers of Conscience~2007 (doc)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters~2006 (doc)
Smitten~2005 (doc short)
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action~2005 (doc)
Ballets Russes~2005 (doc)
Precious Cargo~2004 (V)
The Future of Food~2004 (doc)
Spin~2003
Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story~2003 (doc)
A Great Wonder: Lost Children of Sudan~2003 (doc)
Exploring the Reef~2003 (V)
Adrift: Lost on the Road of Expectations~2002 (doc)
Señorita extraviada~2001 (doc)
Meltdown at Three Mile Island~1999
Forgotten Fires~1998 (doc)
The Man Who Counted~1998 (doc short)
One~1998
Regret to Inform~1998 (doc)
The Story of Mothers & Daughters~1997 (doc)
Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom~1996 (doc)
Kids of Survival~1996 (doc)
Fear & Favor in the Newsroom~1996 (doc)
A Midwife's Tale~1996
Broke~1995 (doc short)
Nina Takes a Lover~1994
Shimmer~1993
Digger~1993
Earth and the American Dream~1992 (doc)
A Grande Arte~1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse~1991 (doc)
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers~1991 (doc short)
Maria's Story~1990 (doc)
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey~1990
The Blood of Heroes~1989
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven~1989 (doc)
Deadly Dreams~1988
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart~1985
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe~1985 (doc)
The Right Stuff~1983 (additional music)

Film Editor
Black Stallion~1979 (associate editor)
Lulu~1978 (editor)
Star Wars~1977 (assistant film editor)

Film Sound
Ballets Russes~2005 (doc) (sound re-recording mixer)
Panic Room~2002 (sound re-recording mixer)
Autumn in New York~2000 (sound re-recording mixer)
Fight Club~1999 (sound re-recording mixer)
The Game~1997 (sound re-recording mixer)
Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom~1996 (doc) (sound re-recording mixer)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord~1991 (sound re-recording mixer)
Henry & June~1990 (sound re-recording mixer)
Cadillac Man~1990 (sound re-recording mixer)
The Guardian~1990 (music mixer) (sound re-recording mixer)
Mountains of the Moon~1990 (sound re-recording mixer)
Ernest Saves Christmas~1988 (sound re-recording mixer)
Break of Dawn~1988  (sound re-recording mixer)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being~1988 (sound re-recording mixer)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam~1987  (sound re-recording mixer)
Ernest Goes to Camp~1987 (sound re-recording mixer)
The Mosquito Coast~1986 (sound re-recording mixer)
Blue Velvet~1986 (sound re-recording mixer)
River's Edge~1986 (sound re-recording mixer)
Amadeus~1984 (sound re-recording mixer)
The Right Stuff~1983 (sound re-recording mixer)
Out~1982 (sound re-recording mixer)
The Black Stallion~1979 (sound editor)
Fighting for Our Lives~1975 (doc) (sound re-recording mixer)

Film Music Other
The Guardian~1990 (music mixer)
The Blood of Heroes~1989 (music recorded by/orchestrations)
Eat a Bowl of Tea~1989 (music supervisor)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt~1989 (music supervisor)
Nutcracker~1986 (music coordinator)
Blue Velvet~1986 (music re-recording mixer)
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart~1985 (musician: synthesizers and saxophones)
Mrs. Soffel~1984 (music supervisor)
The Right Stuff~1983 (composer; additional music)
Never Cry Wolf~1983 (music producer)
The Black Stallion~1979 (associate editor)
Star Wars~1977 (assistant film editor)

Film Other
Apocalypse Now~1979 (staff: Omni Zoetrope Studios)

TV
The 57th Annual Academy Awards~1985  -  Himself - Best Sound Winner

TV Composer
The Heiress and Her Chateau: Carolands of California~2014 (TV doc)
Independent Lens~2009-2012 (4 episodes)
Frontline~2011 (TV doc: The Silence)
The Insular Empire: America in the Marianas~2010 (TV doc)
P.O.V.~2003-2010 (TV doc: 5 episodes)
The Alzheimer's Project~2009 (TV doc: Caregivers)
Remaking American Medicine~2006 (TV doc: 4 episodes)
Into the Fire~2006 (TV doc)
About Us~2006 (TV doc: A Great Wonder)
Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert~2005 (TV doc)
Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq~2004 (TV doc)
Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home~2003 (TV doc)
Crown of the Continent~2003 (TV doc)
American Masters~1992-2003 (TV doc: 3 episodes)
Crown of the Continent~2003
The Outsider~2002
Teens Get Real~2000
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians~2000
The Story of Fathers & Sons~1999
American Experience~1990-1999 (TV doc: 5 episodes)
Violence: An American Tradition~1995 (TV doc)
Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob~1994 (TV doc)
Hot Summer Winds (American Playhouse)~1991 (TV doc)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam~1987 (TV doc)

TV Sound
Break of Dawn~1988 (sound re-recording mixer)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam~1987 (TV doc) (sound re-recording mixer)

Awards, Honors and Nominations
Academy Awards:
Rec'd 1985 Best Sound for Amadeus
Nom 1984 Best Sound for Never Cry Wolf (shared)
Cable ACE Awards:
Nom 1994 Best Original Score for Earth and the American Dream
Emmy Awards:
Rec'd 1998 Best Original Music Score - News and Documentary for Kids of Survival
Primetime Emmy Awards:
Nom 2010 Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Independent Lens - Blessed is the Match
Nom 2007 utstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Genie Awards:
Nom 1993 Best Music Score for Digger
News and Documentary Emmy Awards:
Rec'd `999 Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Music for Kids of Survival
Online Film & Television Association:
Nom 2000 Best Sound Mixing for Fight Club (shared)

Miscellany
Has conducted workshops at the School of Journalism at USC.