# Mark Ulano

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{{short description|American sound artist for film}}
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| name         = Mark Ulano
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1954|6|12}}
| birth_place  = [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City%2C_New_York), United States
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| occupation   = [Sound engineer](/source/audio_engineering)
| years_active = 1975–present
| spouse       = Patrushkha Mierzwa (1981-present)
| children     = 2 
}}

'''Mark Ulano''' (June 12, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning American [production sound mixer](/source/production_sound_mixer). He has won an [Academy Award for Best Sound](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound) and has been nominated for three in the same category.

He has been recording sound for film professionally since 1976.  His work on ''[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))'' won him an [Academy Award for Sound Mixing](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound) as well as the [Cinema Audio Society Award](/source/Cinema_Audio_Society_Awards) for Best Sound mixing for a Feature Film. He was also Oscar-nominated for ''[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](/source/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood)'', ''[Inglorious Basterds](/source/Inglourious_Basterds)'', and ''[Ad Astra](/source/Ad_Astra_(film))''. Most recently, he served as production sound mixer for ''[Killers of the Flower Moon](/source/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film))'', directed by [Martin Scorsese](/source/Martin_Scorsese). His other credits include ''[The Hateful Eight](/source/The_Hateful_Eight)'', ''[Django Unchained](/source/Django_Unchained)'', ''[Kill Bill Vols. I](/source/Kill_Bill%3A_Volume_1)'' & [''2''](/source/Kill_Bill%3A_Volume_2), ''[Jackie Brown](/source/Jackie_Brown)'', ''[Iron Man](/source/Iron_Man_(2008_film))'', ''[Iron Man 2](/source/Iron_Man_2)'', ''[Cowboys & Aliens](/source/Cowboys_%26_Aliens)'', ''[The Master](/source/The_Master_(2012_film))'', ''[Wedding Crashers](/source/Wedding_Crashers)'' and over one hundred other films. He has had a 29 year collaboration with [Quentin Tarantino](/source/Quentin_Tarantino).

Ulano has served five terms as president of [IATSE](/source/International_Alliance_of_Theatrical_Stage_Employees) Local 695 (the film sound union) and also served five terms on the executive committee of the [Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Sound Branch](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences). He has sat ten terms as a board member for the [Cinema Audio Society](/source/Cinema_Audio_Society_Awards) and served as president of that organization for two terms. He is also in the final stages of completing a comprehensive text on the work of Production Sound Mixing.

He has authored over 50 articles, interviews and reviews related to Production Sound Mixing. He has frequently been a guest speaker at sound symposiums internationally, including [The Directors Guild of America](/source/Directors_Guild_of_America), the Rycote World Sound Symposium, The Norwegian Bjoksjo Sound Symposium, The Beijing Film Academy, Digital Video Expo, AES and [Cinema Audio Society](/source/Cinema_Audio_Society_Awards). He has also directed documentaries including ''I Love What I Do'' and ''Julianna: A Portrait''.

==Selected filmography==

;Won
* ''[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))'' (1997)<ref name="Oscars1998">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated
* ''[Inglourious Basterds](/source/Inglourious_Basterds)'' (2009)<ref name="Oscars2010">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/82nd-winners.html |title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 22, 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110009/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/82nd-winners.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref>
* ''[Ad Astra](/source/Ad_Astra_(film))'' (2019)
* ''[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood](/source/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood)'' (2019)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0880360|Mark Ulano}}

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* https://www.mainemedia.edu/faculty/list/mark-ulano/

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