2010 MPSE Career Achievement Award Recipient

Larry’s introduction to the film industry started in New York working for an editorial company called MKR Films in 1959.   He then decided he wanted a career in film. Larry and his wife moved to California August 1960. 

His first employment was at Universal Pictures.  He started at the apprentice level in film and then moved on as an assistant film editor working on feature films. He found at that time his interest was in the sound end of the creative process, where he started his career in ADR.

Larry was at Universal Pictures for 12 years; he then went to Columbia TV where he supervised ADR on episodic TV, on such shows as Fantasy Island, Police Story, Police Woman, and Movie of the Week. While at Columbia, Larry received three EMMYs for his work in ADR

Larry left Columbia to start his own company, Sync Works.  His first project was Romancing the Stone for Robert Zemeckis.  It was also the start of his association working with Chuck Campbell.  Some of the films he had the privilege to be a part of were:  Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3, Little Mermaid, When Harry Met Sally, Color Purple, Amistad, Empire of the Sun, Misery, The River Wild, Artificial Intelligence and Hook.  Larry is thankful that he had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg on many of these films… what a privilege to have worked with him!

He has received a number of Golden Reels for his work as supervising ADR editor, for such films as Romancing the Stone, Lady Hawke, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Empire of the Sun, Private Ryan and Schindler’s List.  Larry was also president of the MPSE for three terms, 1980, 1981, and 1982.