{{Short description|American sound engineer (1903–1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Murray Spivack | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|9|6}} | birth_place = Russian Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|5|8|1903|9|6}} | death_place = Los Angeles, United States | occupation = Sound engineer | years_active = 1930–1978 }}

'''Murray Spivack''' (September 6, 1903 &ndash; May 8, 1994) was an American sound engineer best known as the sound designer for the 1933 film ''King Kong''. He won an Oscar for Sound Recording and was nominated for another in the same category. He was also a drum teacher whose students included Louie Bellson, Remo Belli, David Garibaldi, William Kraft, Alan Maitland, Jim Banks, Chad Wackerman and Joe Morello.<ref name="drum">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pas.org/About/the-society/halloffame/SpivachMurray.aspx |title=PAS Hall of Fame |access-date=November 15, 2015 |work=PAS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110618/http://www.pas.org/About/the-society/halloffame/SpivachMurray.aspx |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==Awards== Spivack won an Academy Award and was nominated for another:

;Won * ''Hello, Dolly!'' (1969)<ref name="Oscars1970">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970 |title=The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 26, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated * ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970)<ref name="Oscars1971">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 27, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0819203|name=Murray Spivack}}

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