Mark Berger

Mark Berger (born May 14, 1943) is an American sound engineer. He has won four Academy Awards for Best Sound. He is the first person to hold the Academy Award record for "perfect score" with 4 nominations and 4 wins. He is best known for his work on The Godfather Part II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He has worked on more than 170 films since 1973.

Background Berger studied experimental psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He took part in the recording of some documentaries for radio about the opposition to Vietnam. Through this work, he got a job in the South focused on the civil rights of workers. He spent nine months in New Orleans making the film. When he returned to Berkeley, he started to realize that his filming experience was more interesting than his studies and he found a job recording sound for a documentary on the programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]. He visited 11 countries in the course of 7 days. The Right Stuff (1983) Amadeus (1984) The English Patient (1996)