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Robert Hoyt
Robert Hoyt
Born	December 23, 1925; California, U.S.
Died	September 9, 2012 (aged 86); Tarzana, California, U.S.
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1954–1990

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Robert Lee Hoyt (December 23, 1925 – September 9, 2012) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Jaws.^[1] Hoyt was born in California on December 23, 1925. He served in the armed forces during World War II.^[2] Hoyt died in Tarzana, California on September 9, 2012, at the age of 86.^[3]

Selected filmography

Jaws (1975)

References

^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ "Robert Lee Hoyt". U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Robert Lee Hoyt". Forever Missed. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

External links

Robert Hoyt at IMDb

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[Oscars1976-1] "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 2, 2011.

[2] "Robert Lee Hoyt". U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

[3] "Robert Lee Hoyt". Forever Missed. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

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+'''Robert Lee Hoyt''' (December 23, 1925 – September 9, 2012) was an American [[audio engineering|sound engineer]]. He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]] for the film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.<ref name="Oscars1976">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 2, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> Hoyt was born in California on December 23, 1925. He served in the armed forces during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Lee Hoyt |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/17263234:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=7a2e8e42-0b2f-4288-91a3-e7f2286b52b3&_phsrc=Dqh8021&_phstart=successSource |publisher=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> Hoyt died in [[Tarzana, California]] on September 9, 2012, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Lee Hoyt |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/robert-lee-hoyt/about |website=Forever Missed |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
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v t e Academy Award for Best Sound
1929–1950	Douglas Shearer (1929/30) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1930/31) Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (1931/32) Franklin Hansen (1932/33) John P. Livadary (1934) Douglas Shearer (1935) Douglas Shearer (1936) Thomas T. Moulton (1937) Thomas T. Moulton (1938) Bernard B. Brown (1939) Douglas Shearer (1940) Jack Whitney (1941) Nathan Levinson (1942) Stephen Dunn (1943) Edmund H. Hansen (1944) Stephen Dunn (1945) John P. Livadary (1946) Gordon E. Sawyer (1947) Thomas T. Moulton (1948) Thomas T. Moulton (1949) Thomas T. Moulton (1950)
1951–1975	Douglas Shearer (1951) London Films Sound Department (1952) John P. Livadary (1953) Leslie I. Carey (1954) Fred Hynes (1955) Carlton W. Faulkner (1956) George Groves (1957) Fred Hynes (1958) Franklin Milton (1959) Fred Hynes and Gordon E. Sawyer (1960) Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes (1961) John Cox (1962) Franklin Milton (1963) George Groves (1964) James Corcoran and Fred Hynes (1965) Franklin Milton (1966) Samuel Goldwyn Studio (1967) Shepperton Studios (1968) Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack (1969) Douglas Williams and Don Bassman (1970) Gordon McCallum and David Hildyard (1971) Robert Knudson and David Hildyard (1972) Robert Knudson and Chris Newman (1973) Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe Sr. (1974) Robert Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, and John Carter (1975)
1976–2000	Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, and Jim Webb (1976) Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, and Derek Ball (1977) Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, and Darin Knight (1978) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, and Nat Boxer (1979) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Peter Sutton (1980) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, and Roy Charman (1981) Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa (1982) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, and David MacMillan (1983) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, and Chris Newman (1984) Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford (1985) John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye (1986) Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock (1987) Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, and Willie D. Burton (1988) Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, and Russell Williams II (1989) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, and Russell Williams II (1990) Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Lee Orloff (1991) Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, and Simon Kaye (1992) Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, and Ron Judkins (1993) Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, and David MacMillan (1994) Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, and David MacMillan (1995) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, and Chris Newman (1996) Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, and Mark Ulano (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Ron Judkins (1998) John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, and David Lee (1999) Bob Beemer, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston (2000)
2001–present	Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, and Myron Nettinga (2001) David Lee, Michael Minkler, and Dominick Tavella (2002) Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick (2003) Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, and Steve Cantamessa (2004) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek (2005) Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton, and Michael Minkler (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, and David Parker (2007) Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett (2009) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Ed Novick (2010) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes (2012) Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro (2013) Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (2014) Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo (2015) Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace (2016) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, and Gary Rizzo (2017) Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali (2018) Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett (2021) Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor (2022) Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (2023)