Robert Rutledge
Robert R. Rutledge ( born June 3, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, † 15 October 2001 in North Hollywood, California ) was an American sound engineer who has both an Oscar for best sound editing, as well as a British Academy Film Award ( BAFTA film Award ) for best Sound won.
Life
Rutledge began his career as a sound engineer in the film industry in Hollywood in 1975 at the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Milos Forman with Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Brad Dourif in the lead roles and was awarded in 1977 with Mary McGlone, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best sound. He worked until his death in the production of almost seventy films and television series with.
In 1979 he won with Sam Shaw, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound, and indeed for war the stars ( 1977) by George Lucas with Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
For the episode " Smuggler 's Blues " ( German title: "Adventures in Colombia", episode 15 of season 1 ) from that produced by the NBC television series Miami Vice in 1985 he was, together with John A. Larsen, Scott Hecker, Harry B. Miller III, Gary Vaughan, Jay Wilkinson, Norto Sepulveda and Jerry Cohen for an Emmy for outstanding sound editor nominated in a series.
At the Academy Awards in 1986 he won along with Charles L. Campbell the Oscar for best sound editing in Back to the Future (1985 ) by Robert Zemeckis starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson.