Al Overton Jr. is an American
sound engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...
. He has been nominated for four
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
in the category
Best Sound. He has worked on more than 40 films between 1969 and 1991. His father,
Al Overton, was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.
Selected filmography
* ''
Bite the Bullet
To "bite the bullet" is to “accept the inevitable impending hardship and endure the resulting pain with fortitude”. '' (1975)
* ''
The Electric Horseman
''The Electric Horseman'' is a 1979 American western comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson an ...
'' (1979)
* ''
Pennies from Heaven'' (1981)
* ''
Die Hard
''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Al ...
'' (1988)
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American audio engineers
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