Biography

Todd Boekelheide began his film career in 1974 as the projectionist at American Zoetrope, Francis Ford Coppola's production company in San Francisco. Late in his tenure there, Walter Murch came in to mix "The Godfather: Part II," and Todd was his machine room tech. Two years later he was offered his first freelance job, as apprentice (and soon assistant) editor on "Star Wars." His next film was "The Black Stallion," on which he edited picture and sound. He became fascinated by the idea of scoring films, and decided to further his music education at Mills College in Oakland.

After a few years at Mills, he began to score short films, and produced Mark Isham's first score, for "Never Cry Wolf." As his scoring career began to get off the ground, he had a parallel career as a rerecording mixer, working on a number of high-profile films at the Saul Zaentz film center in Berkeley. He won an Oscar for mixing the music on "Amadeus" in 1984.

In 1999 he won an Emmy for his score for the documentary "Kids of Survival: The Life and Art of Tim Rollins and the KOS." In 2007 he was nominated for an Emmy for his score for "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters," and in 2010 he was nominated for another Emmy, this time for the score for "Blessed is the Match." Recent scoring credits include "3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets" for director Marc Silver and Participant Media, and "Marmato" for director Mark Grieco.
- IMDb mini biography by: Todd Boekelheide