Ray West

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George Raymond "Ray" West (born November 29, 1925 in Detroit , Michigan , † February 17, 2016 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American sound engineer who received the Oscar for best sound in addition to nominations for various awards .

Life

One of the first films in which Ray West was involved as a sound engineer was A Boiled Rascal in 1977. In the same year West worked on the science fiction film Star Wars by George Lucas , for which he and Don MacDougall , Bob Minkler and Derek Ball received an Oscar in the “ Best Sound ” category, as well as the BAFTA Award in this category. In 1979 he received the Emmy for his work as a sound engineer on the television film We Fly on the Wind , a success that he repeated in 1987 with the cause of death - Agent Orange . In total, West received ten other Emmy nominations for his more than 70 participations in cinema and television productions. West worked on Star Wars , among others, two films of the Star Trek series, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , the film drama The Mask , but also on some television series, like the fourth season of the crime series Miami Vice . Most recently, West worked as a mixer on the 1993 action film Sniper .

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

  • 1978: Oscar in the "Best Sound" category for Star Wars
  • 1979: BAFTA Award in the “Best Sound” category for Star Wars
  • 1979: Emmy in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing” for We fly on the wind
  • 1979: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing” for Feuerfalle
  • 1982: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing” for Fire on the Mountain
  • 1983: Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special” for The Executioner's Song
  • 1987: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special” for Out on a Limb
  • 1987: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special” for LBJ: The Early Years
  • 1987: Emmy in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special” for Cause of Death - Agent Orange
  • 1988: Emmy nomination in the category "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Dramatic Miniseries or a Special" for Bluffing It
  • 1988: Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for Miami Vice
  • 1988: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Dramatic Miniseries or a Special” for The Outlaws Galaxy
  • 1988: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Dramatic Miniseries or a Special” for The Right to Die
  • 1989: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special” for Wonderful Years
  • 1990: Emmy nomination in the category “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special” for Wonderful Years

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ray West, Oscar-winning 'Star Wars' Sound Mixer, Dies at 90
  2. ^ The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners
  3. ↑ BAFTA Film Awards: Soundtrack in 1979
  4. ↑ a b 31st Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing General
  5. ↑ 34th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing General
  6. ↑ 35th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Movie / Miniseries
  7. ↑ a b c 39th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Movie / Miniseries
  8. ↑ a b c 40th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Movie / Miniseries
  9. ↑ 40th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Series
  10. ↑ 41st Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Series
  11. ↑ 42nd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners - Sound Mixing Series
personal data
SURNAME West, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES West, George Raymond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 2016
Place of death Santa Barbara , California , United States