Sam Shaw is an American sound editor. He won a

British Academy Film Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

in the category Best Soundtrack for the film ''

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''. He also won a

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

and was nominated for three more in the category Outstanding Sound Editing.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1977; co-won with

Robert Rutledge Robert Rutledge (June 3, 1948 – October 15, 2001) was an American sound editor who won Best Sound Editing at the 1985 Academy Awards. He won for '' Back to the Future'', which was shared with Charles L. Campbell. He also did the sound on the ...

, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball,

Don MacDougall Don MacDougall is an American sound engineer. He won an Oscar for Best Sound and was nominated for four more in the same category. He worked on more than 130 films between 1974 and 1999. Selected filmography MacDougall won an Academy Award for ...

, Bob Minkler,

Ray West George Raymond West (November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016) was an American audio engineering, sound engineer. He won an Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound for the film ''Star Wars (film), Sta ...

Michael Minkler Michael Minkler (born 14 May 1952) is a motion picture sound re-recording mixer. He has received Academy Awards for his work on '' Dreamgirls'', '' Chicago'' and '' Black Hawk Down''. His varied career has also included films like '' Inglourious B ...

Les Fresholtz Lester Henry Fresholtz (December 21, 1931 – March 2021) was an American sound engineer. He won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for ten more in the same category. He worked on more than 110 films between 1968 and 1996. He ...

Richard Portman Richard Portman (April 2, 1934 – January 28, 2017) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for ten more in the same category. He worked on more than 160 films between 1963 and 2004. Portman ...

and

Ben Burtt Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' film series, '' Invasion of the Bod ...

)

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American sound editors Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-sound-editor-stub