Roger Heman Jr

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.^[1]

Roger Heman
Born	(1932-03-28)March 28, 1932
Died	November 13, 1989(1989-11-13) (aged 57)
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1968–1987

Heman Jr. died of lung cancer at the age of 57.^[1]

Awards and nominations

• Won an Academy Award for Jaws (1975), shared with Robert L. Hoyt, Earl Madery and John Carter^[2]
• Nominated for an Academy Award for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), shared with Richard Portman and Jim Alexander^[3]
• 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,^[1] shared with John Stransky Jr., Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr. and Clarence Self

References

1. "Roger Heman Jr; Sound Technician". Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1989.
2. "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
3. "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 7, 2011.

External links

• Roger Heman at IMDb