Robert R. Rutledge

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Robert R. Rutledge (born June 3, 1948 in Los Angeles , California - † October 15, 2001 in North Hollywood , California) was an American sound engineer who received both an Oscar for best sound editing and a British Academy Film Award ( BAFTA Film Award) for best sound.

Life

Rutledge began his career as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry in 1975 with the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Miloš Forman and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Sound in 1977 with Mary McGlone, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger. He worked on the production of nearly seventy films and television series until his death .

In 1979 he won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound, along with Sam F. Shaw , Gordon Davidson , Gene Corso , Derek Ball , Don MacDougall , Bob Minkler , Ray West , Michael Minkler , Les Fresholtz , Richard Portman and Ben Burtt for Star Wars (1977) by George Lucas with Mark Hamill , Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher .

For the episode "Smuggler's Blues" (German title: "Adventure in Colombia", 15th episode of the 1st season) from the NBC- produced television series Miami Vice , he was in 1985 together with John A. Larsen, Scott Hecker, Harry B. Miller III, Gary Vaughan, Jay Wilkinson, Norto Sepulveda and Jerry Cohen nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Series.

At the 1986 Academy Awards , he and Charles L. Campbell won the Oscar for best sound editing in Back to the Future (1985) by Robert Zemeckis with Michael J. Fox , Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson .

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personal data
SURNAME Rutledge, Robert R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2001
Place of death North Hollywood , California