Andy Koyama (born April 18, 1962) is a Canadian

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Life

Koyama grew up in Toronto and attended the

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, with a major in Engineering Physics.Andy Koyama
, formosagroup.com, retrieved 12 February 2014 After college he worked as a musician and recording engineer. He then worked for 12 years at the Deluxe sound facility in Toronto, where he was responsible for mixing film and television projects. He moved to Los Angeles and worked at the

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sound department,

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sound department and Todd-AO before joining the Formosa Group. Koyama and his fellow sound mixers

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and

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were nominated for an

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for the 2013 film ''

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''.Lone Survivor
oscar.com, retrieved 12 February 2014 Koyama was nominated for 2 CAS awards in 2013, Best sound mixing for an animated feature film "Walking With Dinosaurs", and Best sound mixing for live action feature film "Lone Survivor". Koyama won a MPSE Golden Reel award for best sound editing for a feature film direct to video "LOVE" in 2011.

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