Thomas Curley (born May 16, 1976) is an American

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. He has won a BAFTA and an

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in the category of Best Sound Mixing for ''

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''. Thomas M. Curley was born in

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, and graduated from

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in 1994. He graduated from the

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with a B.A. in Film Studies in 2001. Curley is a member of

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Local 695 since 2003. In 2008, he was inducted into the Cinema Audio Society, and then the

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in 2015. He is currently a contributor to the entertainment website, Screen Radar, which offers film, television and streaming news and reviews, celebrity interviews and blogs.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (2005-2007) * ''

D-War ''D-War'' (Korean: 디워, released in North America as ''Dragon Wars: D-War''), is a 2007 South Korean action-adventure fantasy film written and directed by Shim Hyung-rae, and starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, and Elizabeth ...

'' (2007) * '' The Spectacular Now'' (2013) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Documentary Now!'' (2015) * '' Once Upon a Time in Venice'' (2017) * '' How to Be a Latin Lover'' (2017) * '' Chappaquiddick'' (2017) * '' A.X.L'' (2018) * ''

Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...

'' (2018-2020) * ''

A Million Little Pieces ''A Million Little Pieces'' is a book by James Frey, originally sold as a memoir and later marketed as a semi-fictional novel following accusations of literary forgery. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and abuser of other drugs and ...

'' (2019) * ''

Queenpins ''Queenpins'' is a 2021 American comedy film written and directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly. It stars Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Paul Walter Hauser, Bebe Rexha, and Vince Vaughn. Ben Stiller serves as an executive producer un ...

'' (2021) * ''

The Gray Man (2022 film) ''The Gray Man'' is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay the latter co-wrote with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney. The film ...

'' (2022)

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* 1976 births Living people American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Engineers from New York (state) People from Troy, New York {{US-audio-engineer-stub