» Mr. Harry Cheney
Professor, Motion Picture Sound Editor

Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

Education: Loyola Marymount University, Bachelor of Arts
Loyola Marymount University, Master of Arts in Communications

Biography: Harry Cheney is as mild-mannered as they come. Any day of the week you can find him sitting contentedly in his campus editing suite, working on Hollywood's latest project, often with a student by his side. Yet somewhere beneath that placid exterior must rage a creative fire, the kind that could fuel the inspired sound editing that Cheney contributed as part of the team that won an Academy Award for the blood-curdling soundtrack of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
In fact, Cheney's long list of credits, including feature films (Legends of the Fall, Bottle Rocket, Guarding Tess, Poetic Justice, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Atlas Shrugged, CBGB), TV movies (Sworn to Silence, Intruder, I Want to Live, Dead by Sunset), and TV series (from Smallville and Gilmore Girls to Deadwood), have brought him numerous Emmy and Golden Reel nominations. One has to suspect that a hidden dynamo of energy lurks concealed just beneath his professorial-looking surface. Whatever his driving force, students are well aware that editor Cheney is much in demand—in Hollywood, and in the classroom—for his clear, consistent and well-thought out delivery of the goods. A truly sound man, one might say.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Foley Editor-Mixer -- A Lesson of Love - feature film; SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR/MIXER FOR CALIFORNIA LOTTERY COMMERCIAL; DIALOGUE EDITOR FOR "PERSIMMON" A JOINT US/JAPANESE SHORT FILM; 333 (Feature Documentary); Reconciliation (Feature Documentary); Foley Mixer-Editor -- Atlas Shrugged - Feature; Foley Editor - Mixer "Savannah" feature film; SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR/MIXER FOR FEATURE FILM "OUR FAMILY WEDDING; SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR/MIXER FEATURE FILM "ATLAS SHRUGGED."

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