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Gordon E. Sawyer
Born (1905-08-27 ) August 27, 1905Died May 15, 1980(1980-05-15) (aged 74)Santa Barbara, California, United States
Occupation
Sound engineer Years active 1930 – 1968
Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 May 1980) was sound director at
Samuel Goldwyn Productions .
[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
Nominated
Legacy
The Gordon E. Sawyer award was instituted at the
Academy Awards in 1981 *
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
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