Peter Sutton
- April 23, 1943
- August 24, 2008
- 65 years
- leukemia
About Peter Sutton
Peter Sutton, 65, British sound engineer (The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Crystal, Little Shop of Horrors), Oscar winner (1981), leukemia.
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|Peter Sutton (23 April 1943 – 24 August 2008) was a British sound engineer. He won an Oscar for Best Sound for the film The Empire Strikes Back.
Selected filmography
- Shaft in Africa (1973)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- The Dark Crystal (1982)
- The Beatles: Get Back (2021) (original film sound recordist)
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