Peter Berkos (born August 15, 1922) is an American former sound editor. He received the Special Achievement Academy Award during the 1975 Academy Awards for the film '' The Hindenburg''. This was for the Sound Editing of the film. In 1996 he received the Lifetime Achievement award at the

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awards. He also did the sound effects for the original '' Battlestar Galactica'', as well as the TV movies of '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. Berkos retired from editing in 1987, but reinvented himself as a novelist, with books published in 2007 in 2013. He lives in

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, and turned 100 on August 15, 2022.

Selected filmography

*'' The Four Seasons'' (1981) *''

Gray Lady Down ''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 American submarine disaster film directed by David Greene and starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Rosemary Forsyth, and includes the feature film debut of Christophe ...

'' (1978) *'' Slap Shot'' (1977) *''

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'' (1976) *''

The Great Waldo Pepper ''The Great Waldo Pepper'' is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly ...

'' (1975) *'' The Hindenburg'' (1975) *''

Tammy and the Bachelor ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' is a 1957 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, Walter Brennan as Grandpa Dinwitty and Leslie Nielsen as Peter Brent. It is the first of the four Tammy fil ...

'' (1957) *''

The Creature Walks Among Us ''The Creature Walks Among Us'' is a 1956 American monster horror film and the third and final installment of the ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' series from Universal Pictures, following the previous year's ''Revenge of the Creature''. The f ...

'' (1957) *''

Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wri ...

'' (1938)

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* 1922 births Living people Best Sound Editing Academy Award winners People from Illinois American sound editors Special Achievement Academy Award winners Men centenarians American centenarians Columbia College Chicago alumni {{US-film-bio-stub