Ivan Sharrock (born 17 July 1941) is an English

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 won an

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for Best Sound and has been nominated for three more in the same category. He has worked on more than 100 films since 1967.

Selected filmography

Sharrock won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for three more: ;Won * ''

The Last Emperor ''The Last Emperor'' ( it, L'ultimo imperatore) is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the final Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted ...

'' (1987) ;Nominated * '' U-571'' (2000) * ''

Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The film stars Le ...

'' (2002) * '' Blood Diamond'' (2006)

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* 1941 births Living people English audio engineers Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners People from St Austell {{UK-film-bio-stub