Gordon E. Sawyer

Gordon E. Sawyer (27 August 1905 – 15 May 1980) was sound director at Samuel Goldwyn Productions. He won 3 Oscars for Best Sound and was nominated a further 13 times.

Selected filmography
Sawyer won three Academy Awards and was nominated for 13 more:


 * Won
 * The Bishop's Wife (1947)
 * The Alamo (1960)
 * West Side Story (1961)


 * Nominated
 * Wonder Man (1945)
 * The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
 * Our Very Own (1950)
 * I Want You (1951)
 * Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
 * Friendly Persuasion (1956)
 * Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
 * I Want to Live! (1958)
 * Porgy and Bess (1959)
 * The Apartment (1960)
 * The Loudest Whisper (1961)
 * It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
 * Hawaii (1966)

Legacy
The Gordon E. Sawyer award was instituted at the Academy Awards in 1981 *Gordon E. Sawyer Award