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	(1905-08-27)August 27, 1905 Santa Barbara, California, United States
Died	May 15, 1980(1980-05-15) (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

References

1. Sound-On-Film by Vincent LoBrutto (1994)
2. "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
3. "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
4. "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
5. "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
6. "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
7. "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
8. "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
9. "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
10. "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
11. "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
12. "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
13. "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
14. "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
15. "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-24.

External links

• Gordon E. Sawyer on IMDb
• Gordon E. Sawyer - Sound Director on Yahoo! Movies