Elliot Tyson (born November 20, 1952) 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 won an

Academy Award 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 ...

for Best Sound and has been nominated for three more in the same category. He has worked on more than 160 films since 1979.

Selected filmography

Tyson won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three: ;Won * '' Glory'' (1989) ;Nominated * '' Mississippi Burning'' (1988) * ''

The Shawshank Redemption ''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), w ...

'' (1994) * '' The Green Mile'' (1999)

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* 1952 births Living people American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Engineers from California People from Santa Monica, California {{US-audio-engineer-stub