Franklin Milton

{{short description|American sound engineer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Franklin Milton | birth_name = Franklin Eugene Milton | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|8|19}} | birth_place = Carthage, Missouri, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|10|16|1907|8|19}} | death_place = Agoura Hills, California, United States | occupation = Sound engineer | years_active = 1933 – 1972 }}

'''Franklin Milton''' (August 19, 1907 – October 16, 1985) was an American sound engineer. He won three Academy Awards for Sound Recording and was nominated for three more in the same category.

==Selected filmography== Milton won three Academy Awards and was nominated for three more:

;Won * ''Ben-Hur'' (1959)<ref name="Oscars1960">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 |title=The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 21, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''How the West Was Won'' (1962)<ref name="Oscars1964">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 23, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''Grand Prix'' (1966)<ref name="Oscars1967">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 |title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated * ''Cimarron'' (1960)<ref name="Oscars1961">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 |title=The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 22, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' (1964)<ref name="Oscars1965">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965)<ref name="Oscars1966">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 24, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0590665}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milton, Franklin}} Category:1907 births Category:1985 deaths Category:American audio engineers Category:People from Carthage, Missouri Category:Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Category:20th-century American engineers