About Ray West
Lived 1925 – 2016 (aged 90). Ray West was an American audio engineer and audio engineering.
George Raymond West (November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993.
West has also done extensive work in television. He was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and, in 1978, won an award for sound mixing for the NBC television film The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978), starring Michael Moriarty, and, in 1986, for Unnatural Causes, starring John Ritter.
West died in February 2016 at the age of 90.
Selected filmography Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
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Who was Ray West?
sound engineer (1925-2016)
When was Ray West born?
Ray West was born on 29 November 1925 in Detroit.
When did Ray West die?
Ray West died on 17 February 2016 in Santa Barbara.
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Ray West was an audio engineer and audio engineering.
What nationality was Ray West?
Ray West was American.
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