Gordon E. Sawyer

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

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.

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 at the Internet Movie Database
• Gordon E. Sawyer - Sound Director on Yahoo! Movies