Don Sharpless (January 8, 1933 – August 2, 2017) 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, reproductio ...
. He was nominated for 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 ...
in the category
Best Sound for the film ''
The Hindenburg''.
Sharpless was also nominated for an
Primetime Emmy Award in the category
Outstanding Sound Mixing for his work on the television program ''
Fame''.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Hindenburg'' (1975; co-nominated with
Leonard Peterson,
John A. Bolger Jr. and
John L. Mack)
References
External links
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1933 births
2017 deaths
American audio engineers
20th-century American engineers
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