 Michael J. Kohut started his 40+ year career at MGM in 1965 as a production sound cable operator, a boom operator, and worked on location in Hawaii for the original "Hawaii Five-O" series on CBS.After working on several television series, including "Medical Center" and several television movies, including "Roe vs. Wade", Kohut transitioned from mixing for television to sound mixing for motion pictures.In addition to the seven films for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, "Meteor," "Fame", "Pennies from Heaven", "WarGames," "", "RoboCop" and "Total Recall", Kohut was re-recording mixer for award-winning feature films "Rich and Famous" directed by the legendary George Cukor, "Prince of Tides" directed by Barbra Streisand, "Dead Poets Society"directed by Peter Weir, and "Basic Instinct" directed by Paul Verhoeven.