Ray West
George "Ray" West (November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.[1] He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993.
West also did extensive work in television. He was nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and, in 1978 won an award for sound mixing for the NBC TV movie The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978), starring Michael Moriarty, and in 1986, for Unnatural Causes, starring John Ritter.[2]
West died in February 2016 at the age of 90.[2]
Selected filmography
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| 1951–1975 |
- Douglas Shearer (1951)
- London Films Sound Department (1952)
- John P. Livadary (1953)
- Leslie I. Carey (1954)
- Fred Hynes (1955)
- Carlton W. Faulkner (1956)
- George Groves (1957)
- Fred Hynes (1958)
- Franklin Milton (1959)
- Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer (1960)
- Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes (1961)
- John Cox (1962)
- Franklin Milton (1963)
- George Groves (1964)
- James Corcoran, Fred Hynes (1965)
- Franklin Milton (1966)
- Samuel Goldwyn Studio (1967)
- Shepperton Studios (1968)
- Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack (1969)
- Douglas Williams, Don Bassman (1970)
- Gordon McCallum, David Hildyard (1971)
- Robert Knudson, David Hildyard (1972)
- Robert Knudson, Chris Newman (1973)
- Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe Sr. (1974)
- Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter (1975)
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| 1976–2000 |
- Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb (1976)
- Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball (1977)
- Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight (1978)
- Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer (1979)
- Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton (1980)
- Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman (1981)
- Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa (1982)
- Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan (1983)
- Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman (1984)
- Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford (1985)
- John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, Simon Kaye (1986)
- Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock (1987)
- Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton (1988)
- Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams, II (1989)
- Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, Russell Williams, II (1990)
- Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff (1991)
- Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye (1992)
- Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins (1993)
- Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David MacMillan (1994)
- Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan (1995)
- Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman (1996)
- Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano (1997)
- Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron Judkins (1998)
- John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, David Lee (1999)
- Bob Beemer, Scott Millan, Ken Weston (2000)
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| 2001–present |
- Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga (2001)
- David Lee, Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella (2002)
- Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick (2003)
- Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa (2004)
- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek (2005)
- Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler (2006)
- Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker (2007)
- Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Ian Tapp (2008)
- Paul N. J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett (2009)
- Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick (2010)
- Tom Fleischman, John Midgley (2011)
- Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes (2012)
- Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (2013)
- Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley (2014)
- Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo (2015)
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