Doug Turner (sound engineer)
Doug Turner | |
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| Born | Douglas E. Turner (1931-07-17)July 17, 1931 |
| Died | May 5, 2025(2025-05-05) (aged 93) Agua Dulce, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
Douglas E. Turner (July 17, 1931[1] – May 5, 2025) was a British-American sound engineer.[2] He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Soundtrack for the film Deliverance.[3]
In addition to his British Academy Film Award nomination, he won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more in the category Outstanding Sound Mixing for his work on the television program The X-Files, and also the television films The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro and Caroline?.[4]
Turner died on May 5, 2025, at his home in Agua Dulce, California, at the age of 93.[5]
Selected filmography
- Deliverance (1972; co-nominated with Jim Atkinson and Walter Goss)[3]
References
- ^"Douglas E. Turner". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^"Emmys". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. September 10, 1996. p. 10. Retrieved August 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ab"Soundtrack in 1973". British Academy Film Awards. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2025 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^"Doug Turner". Television Academy. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ^Barnes, Mike (May 19, 2025). "Douglas E. Turner, 'Deliverance' and 'Elephant Man' Sound Man, Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
External links
- Doug Turner at IMDb
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