Bill W. Benton

Bill W. Benton (born before 1989) is an American sound engineer .

Life

Benton began his career at a recording studio in Los Angeles . He later switched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , where he worked in various areas of sound design . In 1991 , he and Russell Williams II , Jeffrey Perkins and Gregory H. Watkins received the Oscar in the Best Sound category for Dances with Wolf , and he was nominated for the 1992 BAFTA Film Award in the Best Sound category. In 1994 (for Geronimo - Eine Legende ) and 1997 (for Independence Day ) he was nominated again for an Oscar, but went empty-handed at both awards. For Independence Day , he also received another nomination for the BAFTA Film Award.

1989: The War of the Roses (The War of the Roses)
1990: The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
1993: Groundhog Day (Groundhog Day)
1993: Geronimo - Eine Legende (An American Legend)
1995: Waterworld
1996: Independence Day
1996: That Thing You Do!
1998: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)
2000: What women want (What Women Want)
2001: Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars)
2001: A Knight's Tale (A Knight's Tale)
2002: Stuart Little 2
2003: The Trial of Anger (Anger Management)
2003: Something's Gotta Give (Something's Gotta Give)
2004: The Bourne Supremacy (The Bourne Supremacy)
2005: Hitch - The Date Doctor (Hitch)
2007: Transformers
2009: Year One - Every beginning is difficult (Year One)
2010: Burlesque
2011: Transformers 3 (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
2013: Texas Chainsaw 3D

1991 : Oscar in the Best Sound category for Who Dances With Wolves
1992: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for He Dances With Wolves
1997 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Geronimo
1997 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Independence Day
1992: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Sound category for Independence Day