Gordon E. Sawyer

Gordon E. Sawyer
Born	August 27, 1905(1905-08-27) Santa Barbara, California, United States
Died	March 15, 1980(1980-03-15) (aged 74) Santa Barbara, California, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1930 – 1968

Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 March 1980) was sound director at Goldwyn Studios.^[1] 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)^[2]
• The Alamo (1960)^[3]
• West Side Story (1961)^[4]

Nominated

• Wonder Man (1944)^[5]
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)^[6]
• Our Very Own (1950)^[7]
• I Want You (1951)^[8]
• Hans Christian Andersen (1952)^[9]
• Friendly Persuasion (1956)^[10]
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)^[11]
• I Want to Live! (1958)^[12]
• Porgy and Bess (1959)^[13]
• The Apartment (1960)^[3]
• The Loudest Whisper (1961)^[4]
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)^[14]
• Hawaii (1966)^[15]

See also

• Gordon E. Sawyer Award

References

1. ^ Sound-On-Film by Vincent LoBrutto (1994)
2. ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/20th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/33rd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-22. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/34th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-22. 
5. ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/18th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
6. ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/19th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
7. ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/23rd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
8. ^ "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/24th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
9. ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/25th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
10. ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/29th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
11. ^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/30th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
12. ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/31st-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
13. ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
14. ^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/36th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-23. 
15. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/39th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 

External links

• Gordon E. Sawyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Gordon E. Sawyer - Sound Director on Yahoo! Movies

Persondata
Name	Sawyer, Gordon E.
Alternative names
Short description	Sound engineer
Date of birth	1905-8-27
Place of birth	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of death	1980-3-15
Place of death	Santa Barbara, California, United States