Don Sharpless
Don Sharpless (born January 8, 1933 - August 2, 2017 ) was an American sound engineer .
Life
Sharpless began his career in the early 1970s and had his film debut in 1970 with Paul Newman's drama You Want To Be Giants , where he worked as an uncredited sound assistant at the boom . He then worked on two westerns as a sound assistant and began to work on television productions. He was involved in six episodes of the crime series Banacek and 12 episodes of the Baretta series as a sound engineer. 1976 he worked for Robert Wise's disaster movie The Hindenburg together with Leonard Peterson , John A. Bolger Jr. and John L. Mack for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated, but the award went this year to Steven Spielberg's horror film Jaws .
Until the early 1980s, he worked in both film and television productions. Among other things, he worked on the Walter Matthau comedies Hausbesuche and Buddy Buddy . Between 1983 and 1996 he only worked for television, including the series Airwolf and Fame - Der Weg zum Ruhm . In 1987 he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for the sound mixing of an episode of Fame, along with Murray McFadden , Michael Stone and Fred Tator . From 1988 until they were discontinued in 1996, he worked on 172 episodes of the crime series Murder Is Her Hobby with Angela Lansbury .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: They Want To Be Giants (Sometimes a Great Notion)
- 1972: No mercy for Ulzana (Ulzana's Raid)
- 1973: The vultures are already waiting (Showdown)
- 1975: The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
- 1976: Say yes to love (Gable and Lombard)
- 1977: Slap Shot (Slap Shot)
- 1978: home visits (House calls)
- 1980: Tracy meets God (Oh, God! Book II)
- 1980: Divorce once, please! (The Last Married Couple in America)
- 1981: Buddy Buddy
- 1981: SOB - Hollywood's Last Howler (SOB)
- 1982: Forced Vengeance
Awards (selection)
- 1976 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Die Hindenburg
Web links
- Don Sharpless in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Legacy.com obituary, accessed April 23, 2018
- ↑ Oscars 1976 (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sharpless, Don |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1933 |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 2017 |