The Steven Seagal film, that included screen credits for director J. F. Lawton, was Oscar nominated for Best Sound.
 He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film "Under Siege". 
 It stars Steven Seagal as an ex-Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, on the U.S. Navy battleship USS "Missouri". 
 His screen credits include the box office hit "Pretty Woman", "Mistress", "Blankman", "Under Siege", "", "The Hunted", "Chain Reaction", "", "Jackson", and the TV series "V.I.P." Under the assumed name "J.D. Athens", he wrote and directed "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" and "Pizza Man". 
