{{short description|American sound engineer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Bob Minkler | image = | birth_name = Robert Alan Minkler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|08|31}} | birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|11|1937|08|31}} | death_place = Oregon, U.S. | occupation = Sound engineer | family = Michael Minkler (nephew), Lee Minkler (brother) | years_active = 1957–1992 }}

'''Robert Alan Minkler''' (August 31, 1937 &ndash; October 11, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=2015-10-28 |title=Bob Minkler, 'Star Wars' Sound Mixer, Dead at 78 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bob-minkler-star-wars-sound-mixer-dead-at-78/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref> was an American sound engineer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |date=October 28, 2015 |title=Bob Minkler, Oscar-winning 'Star Wars' sound mixer, dies at 78 |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/28/bob-minkler-dead-star-wars-sound-dies/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=EW.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He won an Oscar for Best Sound and was nominated for another in the same category. He worked on more than 50 films between 1957 and 1992. Minkler died of respiratory failure at his home in Oregon.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 28, 2015 |title=Bob Minkler, Oscar Winner for Sound Mixing on 'Star Wars,' Dies at 78 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-sound-mixer-bob-minkler-dead-dies-1201629290/ |access-date=October 28, 2015 |magazine=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Sound Mixer Bob Minkler Dead at 78 |url=https://www.awn.com/news/oscar-winning-star-wars-sound-mixer-bob-minkler-dead-78 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== ;Won * ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1977)<ref name="Oscars1978">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 5, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated * ''Tron'' (1982)<ref name="Oscars1983">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 9, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0591440|name=Bob Minkler}}

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