Nat Boxer (June 22, 1925 – December 3, 2009) was 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

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for Best Sound for the film ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1979)

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* 1925 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American engineers American audio engineers Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Engineers from New York (state) People from Rosendale, New York People from Wawarsing, New York {{US-audio-engineer-stub