What is Richard Portman?
'''Richard Portman''' (April 2, 1934 &ndash; January 28, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Audio engineer|sound engineer]]. He worked on over 160 [[movie]]s between 1963 and 2004. He won an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]] for ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978). He was nominated ten other times for ''[[Kotch]]'' (1971), ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[The Candidate (1972 movie)|The Candidate]]'' (both 1972), ''[[Paper Moon (movie)|Paper Moon]]'', ''[[The Day of the Dolphin]]'' (both 1973), ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' (1974), ''[[Funny Lady]]'' (1975), ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (movie)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' (1980), ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' (1981) and ''[[The River (1984 movie)|The River]]'' (1984). He was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Portman died of problems from a [[Falling|fall]] on January 28, 2017 in [[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]]. He was 82.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/01/29/oscar-winning-sound-guru-richard-portman-dies-82/97216612/|title=Oscar-winning sound guru Richard Portman dies at 82|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2017|work=Tallahassee Democrat|author=Hinson, Mark}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0692446}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Portman, Richard}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Academy Award winners]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls in the United States]] [[Category:Engineers from California]] [[Category:People from Los Angeles]] {{Us-bio-stub}}