| 词条 | Bill Varney |
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| name = Bill Varney | birth_name = Harold William Varney | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|1|22}} | birth_place = Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|4|2|1934|1|22|mf=y}} | death_place = Fairhope, Alabama, U.S. | spouse = Suzanne Varney (1 child) | occupation = Sound mixer | years_active = 1972–2011 }}Harold William "Bill" Varney (January 22, 1934 – April 2, 2011) was an American motion picture sound mixer. A two-time Academy Award winner, Varney shared the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980[1] and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.[2][3] Varney also received Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing nominations his collaborative sound mixing on Dune in 1984[4] and Back to the Future in 1985.[3] Life and careerVarney was born on January 22, 1934, in Beverly, Massachusetts.[3] One of Varney's earliest projects was a film focusing on singer Joan Baez during the 1950s.[3] Baez's father was a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] Varney relocated to southern California in 1961, where he produced educational films for Encyclopædia Britannica.[3] Varney transitioned to film and television sound mixing in 1972.[3] He worked on approximately 85 productions over the next twenty-five years.[3] He worked at The Samuel Goldwyn Company for fourteen years, until he joined Universal Pictures in 1985.[3] Varney won collaborative back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Sound for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.[3] He also received nominations for Dune in 1984 and Back to the Future in 1985.[3][5] Additionally, Varney was nominated an Emmy Award for his sound work on the 1977 television miniseries, Roots.[3] Varney's numerous film credits included The Last Waltz in 1978, Grease in 1978, Ordinary People in 1980, Poltergeist and My Favorite Year, both released in 1982, and Dragonheart in 1996.[3] By 1998, he had risen to become the Vice President of Sound Operations for Universal Pictures.[3] That same year, Varney collaborated on the sound re-editing for the 1958 Orson Welles film, Touch of Evil.[3] Welles had been replaced from the film during its post-production, and was never allowed to cut Touch of Evil the way he had originally intended.[3] Rick Schmidlin produced the re-edit for Universal Pictures based on a 58-page lost memo written by Welles a year before the film was released.[3] Varney spearheaded the sound restoration for the 1998 directors cut re-release of Touch of Evil.[3] Varney used "digital processing to bring the 40-year-old soundtracks to a new level of clarity," according to Walter Murch, who worked as the sound editor and sound mixer for the 1998 re-release.[3] Varney retired from Universal Studios in 2001 and moved to Fairhope, Alabama in 2003.[3] Varney died on April 2, 2011, of congestive heart failure in Fairhope at the age of 77.[6] He was survived by his wife, Suzanne, and daughter, Lisa.[3] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 |title=The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-10-07|work=oscars.org}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-10-08|work=oscars.org}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite news |first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title=Bill Varney dies at 77; Oscar-winning sound mixer|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/07/local/la-me-bill-varney-20110407 |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher= |date=2011-04-07 |accessdate=2011-04-10}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-10-13|work=oscars.org}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986 |title=The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-10-16|work=oscars.org}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary.aspx?n=Harold-Varney&pid=150005285|title=Harold William (Bill) Varney |publisher=Press-Register|accessdate=9 April 2011}} External links
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