James Lebrecht

Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a wellknown film and theatre sound designer and mixer author producer and disability rights activist He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists BSA an audio postproduction house BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District the 2006 Academy Award recipient for short documentary Other credits include The Force Unrest The Waiting Room The Devil and Daniel Johnston Daughter From Danang We Were Here Bang the Bert Berns Story and Audrie Daisy Jims work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action a pioneering disability rights group He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid1970s Currently LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education legislation and litigation