Don Sharpe

This article is about the Academy Award-winning sound editor. For the similarly named director, see Don Sharp. For Canadian politician, see Donald Sharpe.

Don Sharpe (4 July 1929 – 13 November 2004) was a sound editor. He won for the film Aliens for Best Sound Editing at the 1986 Academy Awards.^[1] He had over 90 editing credits over his 50-year career. He also won the BAFTA award for sound for the film The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Don Sharpe
Born	Roy Donald Sharpe 4 July 1929
Died	November 13, 2004(2004-11-13) (aged 75) Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Other names	Don Sharp Donald Sharpe
Occupation	Sound editor
Years active	1947–1997

Selected filmography

• Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
• Year of the Comet (1992)
• Batman (1989)
• Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
• Aliens (1986)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Superman III (1983)
• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
• Superman II (1980)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• The Land that Time Forgot (1975)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• Sleuth (1972)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

References

1. "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

External links

• Don Sharpe at IMDb