
Kent Sparling
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-09-17 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Kent Sparling
Biography
After early stints in theatrical sound and lighting design, Kent Sparling spent three years at Sound Transform Systems, hand-building Serge Modular analog synthesizers for musicians such as John McEntire and Trent Reznor. He departed STS in 1995 to work in film sound in Vancouver, BC, and since 1997 has been employed as a sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound, with credits on Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette; Mike Mills’ Thumbsucker; Spike Jonze’s Adaptation and her; and We Own the Night and Two Lovers by James Gray. His deep ties to independent film are exemplified by his work on Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Miranda July’s The Future, Braden King’s Here, Bluebird from Lance Edmands, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by David Lowery, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves and Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange.
Known For
Crew
(2025)
Hillside Cacti
Producer, Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music
(2024)
Sorry, We're Dead
Sound Designer
(2024)
The Graduates
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
(2024)
Good Girl Jane
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Outlook
Camera Operator, Transportation Co-Captain
(2021)
The Evening Hour
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2021)
Minari
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music Editor
(2020)
Uncle Frank
Sound Designer
(2020)
Kajillionaire
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2018)
Call Her Ganda
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2017)
Of Minor Prophets
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2016)
Approaching the Unknown
Sound Designer
(2016)
Pete's Dragon
Sound Designer, Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2016)
Certain Women
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2014)
Love Is Strange
Sound Designer
(2014)
Night Moves
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2013)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2013)
Epic
Sound Effects Editor
(2013)
Center Jenny
Sound Assistant
(2011)
Skateland
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2008)
Two Lovers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2008)
The Princess of Nebraska
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Seventh Moon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Flyboys
Sound Designer
(2007)
We Own the Night
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2007)
Sicko
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2005)
Trudell
Sound Designer
(2003)
Lost in Translation
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2003)
Testosterone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sound Mix Technician
(2002)
Adaptation.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2001)
CQ
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2000)
What Lies Beneath
Mix Technician
(2000)
The Virgin Suicides
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2000)
The Yards
Sound Mix Technician, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(2000)
The Hi-Line
Sound Mixer
(1999)
Arlington Road
Sound Mix Technician
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sound Mix Technician
(1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Sound Mix Technician
(1998)
Sphere
Mix Technician
(1997)
Wag the Dog
Sound Mix Technician
(1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sound Mix Technician