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Supporting Actor winner for Ordinary People. The Empire Strikes Back. A Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects to Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson, with Jack Valenti. View More Memorable Moments.
The nominees for the 53rd Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1981, by Academy president Fay Kanin and actor William Devane. The Elephant Man and Raging Bull tied for the most nominations with eight each. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony on March 31.
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton win the Oscar for Sound for The Empire Strikes Back at the 53rd Academy Awards.
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The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing.
Feb 5, 2014 · SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) To HAL LANDAKER for the concept and to ALAN D. LANDAKER for the engineering of the Burbank Studios’ Production Sound Department 24-frame color video system.
Apr 10, 2015 · 248. 17K views 9 years ago. Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson receive a Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) for The Empire Strikes Back at the 53rd...
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Harold William Varney (January 22, 1934 – April 2, 2011) was an American motion picture sound mixer. A two-time Academy Award winner, Varney shared the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.
