Alan Splet (December 31, 1939 - December 2, 1994) was a sound designer and sound editor. In 1979, he won an Oscar for his work on the film The Black Stallion. He did not attend the Academy Award ceremony, and became the butt of a series of jokes by Johnny Carson. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound for Never Cry Wolf.He had a long-lasting and fruitful working relationship with the director David Lynch, with whom he worked on many films, including Eraserhead, Dune, and Blue Velvet.
In 1979, Splet won a special Academy Award for sound effects on The Black Stallion (1979) but didn't show to pick up the statue. "It always happens," said host Johnny Carson. "First George C. Scott doesn't show, then Marlon Brando, and now Alan Splet."
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rising Sun
1993
sound designer
Wind
1992/I
re-recording mixer / sound designer
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
supervising sound editor
By the Sword
1991
sound designer
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
sound editor
Henry & June
1990
sound designer
Mountains of the Moon
1990
supervising sound editor - as Alan R. Splet
Dead Poets Society
1989
supervising sound editor
Weekend at Bernie's
1989
supervising sound editor
Winter People
1989
supervising sound editor
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
supervising sound editor
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
sound designer
The Mosquito Coast
1986
supervising sound editor
Blue Velvet
1986
sound designer - uncredited
Broken Rainbow
1985
Documentary re-recording mixer / sound editor
Warning Sign
1985
supervising sound effects editor
Dune
1984
sound designer
Never Cry Wolf
1983
sound - as Alan R. Splet
The Elephant Man
1980
sound designer / special sound effects
J-Men Forever
1979
sound effects / sound effects editor
The Black Stallion
1979
supervising sound editor
Days of Heaven
1978
special audio assistant
Eraserhead
1977
location sound - as Alan R. Splet / sound editor - as Alan R. Splet / sound effects - as Alan R. Splet
$18 Million
