Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 May 1980) was sound director at
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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.
Sound-On-Film by Vincent LoBrutto (1994)
/ref> 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
''The Bishop's Wife'' (also known as ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'') is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. The plot is about an angel who helps a bishop with his ...
'' (1947)
* '' The Alamo'' (1960)
* ''West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
'' (1961)
;Nominated
* ''Wonder Man
Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #9 (October 1964). The c ...
'' (1945)
* ''The Best Years of Our Lives
''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Rus ...
'' (1946)
* '' Our Very Own'' (1950)
* '' I Want You'' (1951)
* '' Hans Christian Andersen'' (1952)
* '' Friendly Persuasion'' (1956)
* ''Witness for the Prosecution
In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...
'' (1957)
* ''I Want to Live!
''I Want to Live!'' is a 1958 American biographical film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent and Theodore Bikel. It follows the life of Barbara Graham, a prostitute and habitual criminal w ...
'' (1958)
* ''Porgy and Bess
''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', it ...
'' (1959)
* ''The Apartment
''The Apartment'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Dav ...
'' (1960)
* '' The Loudest Whisper'' (1961)
* ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a story and screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast of comedians, is a ...
'' (1963)
* ''Hawaii
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'' (1966)
Legacy
The Gordon E. Sawyer award was instituted at the Academy Awards
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in 1981 * Gordon E. Sawyer Award
References
External links
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Gordon E. Sawyer - Sound Director
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Movies
1905 births
1980 deaths
American audio engineers
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives
Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
People from Santa Barbara, California
Recipients of the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
20th-century American businesspeople
Engineers from California
20th-century American engineers
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