Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 May 1980) was sound director at Samuel Goldwyn Productions.Sound-On-Film by Vincent LoBrutto (1994) 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 (1947) The Alamo (1960) West Side Story (1961)
Nominated Wonder Man (1945) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Our Very Own (1950) I Want You (1951) Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Friendly Persuasion (1956) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) Porgy and Bess (1959) The Apartment (1960) The Loudest Whisper (1961) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Hawaii (1966)
Legacy The Gordon E. Sawyer award was instituted at the Academy Awards in 1981 *Gordon E. Sawyer Award
References
External links
Gordon E. Sawyer - Sound Director on Yahoo! Movies