Roger Savage is an Australian
sound engineer who was nominated for an
Academy Award in the category
Best Sound
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow List of film awards, film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
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for the film ''
Moulin Rouge!''.
After moving from England to Australia in 1964, he engineered some of the most important Australian popular music recordings of the period, including classic tracks by
The Twilights,
MPD Ltd,
The Masters Apprentices and
Spectrum, as well as innumerable radio and TV commercials.
Savage began to concentrate on film work in the 1970s. One of his earliest film credits was as an audio engineer on ''Getting Back to Nothing'',
Tim Burstall's documentary of the 1970 World Surfing Championships staged at
Bells Beach, Victoria.
He has worked on over 80 films since 1971 and in 2001 he was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his services to Australian society and to Australian film production.
Selected filmography
* ''
Moulin Rouge!'' (2001)
* ''
Shine
Shine may refer to:
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* ''Shine'' (film), a 1996 Australian film based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist
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'' (1996)
* ''
Babe'' (1995)
* ''
Return of the Jedi'' (1983)
* ''
The Pirate Movie
''The Pirate Movie'' is a 1982 Australian musical romantic comedy film directed by Ken Annakin, and starring Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol. Loosely based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera ''The Pirates of Penzance'', the origin ...
'' (1982)
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian audio engineers
Best Sound BAFTA Award winners