James M. Tanenbaum, also credited as Jim Tanenbaum, is an American production sound mixer whose career began in low-budget features around 1970, including Count Yorga, Vampire and Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. He recorded sound on Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, Blow Out, Body Double and The Untouchables, as well as Macon County Line, The Stunt Man, The Doctor, Volcano, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and James Cameron's Avatar.