Richard Tyler (sound engineer)
Richard " Dick" E. Tyler, Jr. was an American sound engineer and sound engineer, who was nominated four times for an Academy Award for Best Sound.
Life
Tyler began as early as 1932 his work as a sound engineer in the film The Secrets of Wu Sin and worked throughout his nearly sixty year career in the film industry in Hollywood in the production of over 80 films.
After he was employed in the 1950s and 1960s, mainly as a sound engineer in television series such as The Adventures of Kit Carson ( 1951-1955 ), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1956-1957 ) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1965), he was particularly in the 1970 years in the production of several successful movies with.
At the Academy Awards in 1976 he was, together with Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz and Al Overton Jr. first nominated for an Oscar for best sound and that for 700 miles westward (1975). 1977 was followed by another nomination in this category with Donald O. Mitchell, Douglas O. Williams and Harold M. Etherington for Trans America Express ( 1976), as well as in 1978 with Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass and Jean -Louis Ducarme for Breathless with anxiety ( 1977).
Last Tyler was nominated for the Academy Awards 1982 for an Oscar for best sound either together with Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding and Al Overton Jr. for Pennies from Heaven, but did not win the trophy this time.