American sound engineer
Arthur Piantadosi holding his 1976 sound Oscar for All the President's Men Arthur Piantadosi (November 4, 1916 – February 23, 1994) was an American sound engineer . He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the Robert Redford film All the President's Men and was nominated for six more in the same category. He won a BAFTA Award in 1973 for Best Sound for the 1972 film Cabaret .[2]
He worked as a music mixer for Warner Brothers , 20th Century-Fox , Columbia Pictures , Republic Pictures , and Universal Studios . During World War II , he worked for the Office of Strategic Services in John Ford's department .[3] He was the nephew of composer Al Piantadosi .
Selected filmography Piantadosi won an Academy Award and was nominated for another six:
Won Nominated
References ^ Gianluca Sergi (2005). The Dolby Era: Film Sound in Contemporary Hollywood . Manchester University Press . p. 71. ISBN 0719070678 . ^ a b Garebian, Keith (2011). The Making of Cabaret . Oxford University Press . p. 205. ISBN 978-0199732500 .^ Vincent LoBrutto (1994). Sound-On-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound . Praeger. pp. 11–20. ISBN 0275944433 . ^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved October 3, 2011 . ^ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved August 26, 2011 . ^ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved August 28, 2011 . ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved October 2, 2011 . ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved October 7, 2011 . ^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved October 7, 2011 . ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org . Retrieved October 9, 2011 .
External links Arthur Piantadosi at IMDb Arthur Piantadosi at AllMovie All the President's Men Wins Sound: 49th Oscars