About Doug Turner
Lived 1931 – 2025 (aged 93). Doug Turner was an audio engineer and engineer.
Douglas E. Turner (July 17, 1931 – May 5, 2025) was a British-American sound engineer. He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Soundtrack for the film Deliverance.
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?.
Turner died on May 5, 2025, at his home in Agua Dulce, California, at the age of 93.
Selected filmography Deliverance (1972; co-nominated with Jim Atkinson and Walter Goss)
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Who was Doug Turner?
british-American sound engineer
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Doug Turner was born on 17 July 1931.
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Doug Turner died on 5 May 2025.
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Doug Turner was an audio engineer and engineer.
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