Gordon E. Sawyer
Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 May 1980) was sound director at Samuel Goldwyn Productions.[1] He won 3 Oscars for Best Sound and was nominated a further 13 times.
Gordon E. Sawyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1905 Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Died | May 15, 1980 (aged 74) Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
| Years active | 1930 – 1968 |
Selected filmography
Sawyer won three Academy Awards and was nominated for 13 more:
- Won
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)[2]
- The Alamo (1960)[3]
- West Side Story (1961)[4]
- Nominated
- Wonder Man (1944)[5]
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)[6]
- Our Very Own (1950)[7]
- I Want You (1951)[8]
- Hans Christian Andersen (1952)[9]
- Friendly Persuasion (1956)[10]
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)[11]
- I Want to Live! (1958)[12]
- Porgy and Bess (1959)[13]
- The Apartment (1960)[3]
- The Loudest Whisper (1961)[4]
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)[14]
- Hawaii (1966)[15]
Legacy
The Gordon E. Sawyer award was instituted at the Academy Awards in 1981 *Gordon E. Sawyer Award
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References
- Sound-On-Film by Vincent LoBrutto (1994)
- "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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