Douglas O. Williams (July 29, 1917 – January 31, 1993) was an American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

. He won an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

for Best Sound and was nominated for three more in the same category.

Selected filmography

Williams won an Academy Award and was nominated for three more: ;Won * ''

Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in Franc ...

'' (1970) ;Nominated * '' Silver Streak'' (1976) * '' The Turning Point'' (1977) * '' The Rose'' (1979)

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* American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners 1993 deaths 1917 births 20th-century American engineers {{US-audio-engineer-stub