Ray West

{{Short description|American sound engineer (1925–2016)}} {{About|the American sound engineer|the father of Kanye West|Kanye West#Early Life}} {{use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Ray West | birth_name = George Raymond West | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|11|29}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|17|1925|11|29}} | death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | occupation = Sound engineer | years_active = 1977–1993 }} '''George Raymond West''' (November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''.<ref name="Oscars1978">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-05|work=oscars.org}}</ref> He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993.

West has also done extensive work in television. He was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and, in 1978, won an award for sound mixing for the NBC television film ''The Winds of Kitty Hawk'' (1978), starring Michael Moriarty, and, in 1986, for ''Unnatural Causes'', starring John Ritter.<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/ray-west-dead-died-won-oscar-for-star-wars-sound-mixing-1201721179/ |title=Ray West, Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Sound Mixer, Dies at 90 |work=Variety |date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

West died in February 2016 at the age of 90.<ref name="variety.com"/>

==Selected filmography== * ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1977)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0922079|name=Ray West}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Ray}} Category:1925 births Category:2016 deaths Category:American audio engineers Category:Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Category:Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners