Meet the Sound Mixer Nominated for an Oscar 21 Times with No Wins — Will This Be His Year?

And the Oscar for most nominations goes to…
Sound mixer Kevin O’Connell, who has worked on films such asTop GunandTransformers, has a rather bittersweet distinction in Hollywood — he holds the record for the most Academy Awardnominations without a single win.
After 21 nominations spanning 33 years — his first coming in 1984 for the classic tearjerkerTerms of Endearment — O’Connell is hoping to hear his name called for Mel Gibson‘s directorial comeback Hacksaw Ridge at this year’s Oscars. However, he knows the competition is tough.
“I think we have a better shot in years past,” he recently told NBC News. “It’s a difficult category because there are so many really good movies. But we’ve also been nominated for best picture, best actor, best director and that means the Academy folks in general like the movie.”
Those mentions in the big categories have the 59-year-old remaining “hopeful this year.”