Roger Heman Jr

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Occupation Sound engineer Died November 13, 1989 Role Sound engineer		Name Roger Jr Years active 1968-1987
Born March 28, 1932 ( 1932-03-28 ) Parents Jesse Heman, Roger Heman Sr. Awards Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Sound, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing Similar People Verna Fields, Richard Portman, Carl Gottlieb, David Brown, Richard D Zanuck

Roger Heman (March 28, 1932 – November 13, 1989) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for another one in the same category. His father was also a sound engineer and also won an Academy Award, for Best Effects, Special Effects for Crash Dive.

Heman Jr. died of lung cancer at the age of 57. He was survived by his wife and seven children.

Awards and nominations

Won an Academy Award for Jaws (1975), shared with Robert L. Hoyt, Earl Madery and John Carter

Nominated for an Academy Award for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), shared with Richard Portman and Jim Alexander

Nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Sound for Coal Miner's Daughter, shared with Gordon Ecker, Richard Portman and James Alexander

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing for the 1970 TV movie My Sweet Charlie, shared with John Stransky Jr., Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr. and Clarence Self

References

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