Jim LeBrecht

Biography

James LeBrecht is a filmmaker and sound designer born on May 8, 1956, in New York with spina bifida. As a disability rights activist, he began attending Camp Jened at age 14 and later formed the Disabled Student Union at UC San Diego. He established Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), which earned an Academy Award for its work on The Blood of Yingzhou District, and has worked on over 145 films, including The Waiting Room and Minding the Gap.