Andy Koyama

{{short description|Canadian re-recording mixer (born 1962)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Andy Koyama | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|4|18}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Re-recording sound mixer | years_active = 1982-present | spouse = | children = }} '''Andy Koyama''' (born April 18, 1962) is a Canadian re-recording mixer.

== Life == Koyama grew up in Toronto and attended the University of Toronto, with a major in Engineering Physics.<ref name="FG">[http://formosagroup.com/talent_individual.php?S_talent_name=Andy%20Koyama&Search=Search Andy Koyama] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222160646/http://formosagroup.com/talent_individual.php?S_talent_name=Andy%20Koyama&Search=Search |date=February 22, 2014 }}, formosagroup.com, retrieved 12 February 2014</ref>

After college he worked as a musician and recording engineer. He then worked for 12 years at the Deluxe sound facility in Toronto, where he was responsible for mixing film and television projects.<ref name="FG" /> He moved to Los Angeles and worked at the Universal Studios sound department, Sony Pictures Entertainment sound department and Todd-AO before joining the Formosa Group.<ref name="FG" />

Koyama and his fellow sound mixers David Brownlow and Beau Borders were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the 2013 film ''Lone Survivor''.<ref>[http://oscar.go.com/nominees/sound-mixing/lone-survivor Lone Survivor], oscar.com, retrieved 12 February 2014</ref>

Koyama was nominated for 2 CAS awards in 2013, Best sound mixing for an animated feature film "Walking With Dinosaurs", and Best sound mixing for live action feature film "Lone Survivor".

Koyama won a MPSE Golden Reel award for best sound editing for a feature film direct to video "LOVE" in 2011.

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0468701}} * {{Discogs artist}}

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