Greg P. Russell, a veteran sound mixer and 16-time Oscar nominee, lost his 16th Best Sound Mixing award during the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Russell, 0-for-16 at the Oscars in his career, was nominated with Scott Millan and Stuart Wilson for mixing "Skyfall."
"Les Miserables" won Best Sound Mixing at the 2013 Oscars.
The Oscars hand out two separate awards for sound work on feature films: Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. The Best Sound Mixing award "recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film."
Russell had been nominated 15 times before the 2013 Oscars. His first nod came in 1990 for the film "Black Rain." Russell was also singled out for "The Rock," "Con Air," "The Mask of Zorro," "Armageddon," "The Patriot," "Pearl Harbor," "Spider-Man," "Spider-Man 2," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Apocalypto," "Transformers," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," "Salt" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon."
Russell isn't the only sound mixer to experience multiple losses at the Academy Awards: Kevin O'Connell has earned 20 nominations so far without a single win. O'Connell worked with Russell on "Transformers," "Apocalypto," "Spider-Man," "Pearl Harbor" and more.
A live blog of the 2013 Oscars, with a list of complete winners as they are announced, is below.