Gene Cantamessa | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 17, 1931 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | November 8, 2011 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
| Years active | 1969–1999 |
Gene Cantamessa (February 17, 1931 – November 8, 2011)[1] was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for his work on the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[2] Cantamessa received six additional Academy Award nominations in the same category during his career.
Selected filmography
Cantamessa won an Academy Award and was nominated for six more:
- Won
- Nominated
- The Candidate (1972)[3]
- Young Frankenstein (1974)[4]
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)[5]
- 1941 (1979)[6]
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)[7]
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)[8]
References
- ↑ "Gene Cantamessa Obituary". legacy.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- 1 2 "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ↑ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ↑ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ↑ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ↑ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
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