Gene Cantamessa (February 17, 1931 – November 8, 2011)
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
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for
Best Sound for his work on the 1982
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...
film, ''
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''.
Cantamessa received six additional Academy Award nominations in the same category during his career.
Selected filmography
Cantamessa won an Academy Award and was nominated for six more:
;Won
* ''
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982)
;Nominated
* ''
The Candidate'' (1972)
* ''
Young Frankenstein
''Young Frankenstein'' is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor F ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It tells the story ...
'' (1977)
* ''
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
'' (1979)
* ''
2010: The Year We Make Contact'' (1984)
* ''
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986)
References
External links
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1931 births
2011 deaths
American audio engineers
Musicians from New York City
Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Engineers from New York City
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