Simon Kaye

{{Short description|British sound engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Simon Kaye | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|7|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Sound engineer | years_active = 1959 – present }}

'''Simon Kaye''' (born 22 July 1935) is a British sound engineer. He won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another two in the same category. He has also won three BAFTAs for Best Sound and was nominated for a further six in the same category. He has worked on over 70 films since 1959.

==Selected filmography== Kaye won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for two more:

;Won * ''Platoon'' (1986)<ref name="Oscars1987">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987 |title=The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners |access-date=16 October 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1992)<ref name="Oscars1993">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=22 October 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated * ''Reds'' (1981)<ref name="Oscars1982">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners |access-date=8 October 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''Gandhi'' (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=9 October 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

Simon Kaye won three BAFTAs for Best Sound and was nominated for a further six Awards in the same category.

;Won * ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1970)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993">{{Cite web|title=Soundtrack |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/soundtrack/}}</ref> * ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1978)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''Cry Freedom'' (1988)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/>

;Nominated * ''The Lion in Winter'' (1969)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1969)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1972)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''Gandhi'' (1983)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1985)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/> * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1993)<ref name="BAFTAs 1993"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0443393|name=Simon Kaye}}

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