George Raymond West (November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016) was an American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

. He won an

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for Best Sound for the film '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''. He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993. West has also done extensive work in

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. He was nominated for 13

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and, in 1978, won an award for sound mixing for the NBC television film '' The Winds of Kitty Hawk'' (1978), starring Michael Moriarty, and, in 1986, for '' Unnatural Causes'', starring

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. West died in February 2016 at the age of 90.

Selected filmography

* '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1977)

References

External links

* 1925 births 2016 deaths American audio engineers Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-audio-engineer-stub