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Robert Knudson (1925–2006)

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Knudson spent most of his 50-year career at Todd-AO, an independent post-production sound company, which he joined in 1960 as a recording engineer doing optical transfers. He was president of the company from 1982 to 1990, then served as vice chairman and as a consultant until he retired in 2003. See more trivia »

Born:

Robert Irving Knudson
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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1995 Nonnie & Alex (short) (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1989 Worth Winning (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1989 Sea of Love (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1989 The Karate Kid, Part III (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1989 Renegades (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1989 Major League (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1988 Beaches (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1988 Punchline (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (sound re-recording mixer: USA)
 
1988 She's Having a Baby (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1987 Empire of the Sun (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1987 Nuts (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1987 Happy New Year (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1987 Roxanne (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1987 The Hanoi Hilton (re-recording mixer)
 
1987 Some Kind of Wonderful (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos! (sound re-recordist - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1986 Firewalker (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1986 Manhunter (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1986 Club Paradise (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1986 The Karate Kid, Part II (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1986 Triplecross (TV movie) (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1985 The Color Purple (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1985 Spies Like Us (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1985 White Nights (sound recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1985 Twice in a Lifetime (sound re-recording mixer - as Robert Knudsen)
 
1985 Into the Night (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1985 Witness (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1984 Falling in Love (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1984 American Dreamer (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1984 The Karate Kid (sound re-recording mixer - as Robert Knudsen)
 
1984 Romancing the Stone (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1984 Fatal Games (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1983 Scarface (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1983 Deal of the Century (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1983 Trading Places (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1983 Valley Girl (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1983 Flashdance (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1983 Table for Five (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1983 The Lords of Discipline (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1983 Blue Thunder (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1982 Let's Spend the Night Together (documentary) (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1982 Lookin' to Get Out (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1982 An Officer and a Gentleman (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1982 Young Doctors in Love (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1982 The Escape Artist (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1982 Partners (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1982 Barbarosa (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1981 Tarzan, the Ape Man (sound re-recording mixer - as Robert 'Buzz' Knudson)
 
1981 Victory (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1981 Second-Hand Hearts (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1981 Thief (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1981 All Night Long (sound re-recordist)
 
1980 A Change of Seasons (dialogue mixer)
 
1980 Heaven's Gate (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1980 The Idolmaker (dubbing mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1980 The Blues Brothers (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1980 Die Laughing (dubbing mixer)
 
1980 Take It to the Limit (documentary) (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1980 Tom Horn (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1980 Cruising (sound re-recordist)
 
1979 1941 (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1979 The Silent Scream (dubbing)
 
1979 The Main Event (dubbing mixer)
 
1979 Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (TV movie) (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1979 Portrait of a Hitman (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1979 Winter Kills (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1979 Real Life (sound re-recording mixer - as Robert Knudsen)
 
1978 The Brink's Job (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1978 Eyes of Laura Mars (dubbing mixer)
 
1978 Hooper (re-recording mixer)
 
1978 FM (sound re-recordist - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1978 American Hot Wax (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1978 Coming Home (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1977 Mad Bull (TV movie) (sound recordist)
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1977 Sorcerer (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1977 Airport '77 (sound)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary) (sound mixer)
 
1976 A Star Is Born (dubbing mixer)
 
1976 Bound for Glory (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1976 21 Hours at Munich (TV movie) (sound re-recordist - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1976 High Velocity (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1976 The Return of a Man Called Horse (sound re-recording mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1976 Drive-In (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (sound mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain (sound - as Robert Knudsen)
 
1975 My Father's House (TV movie) (sound re-recordist)
 
1975 Hustling (TV movie) (sound re-recordist)
 
1975 Shampoo (sound rerecording)
 
1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (dubbing mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1974 Bank Shot (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1974 The Take (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (TV movie) (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1974 Rhinoceros (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1973 Electra Glide in Blue (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1973 The Daring Dobermans (supervising sound mixer - uncredited)
 
1973 The Exorcist (dubbing mixer - as Buzz Knudson)
 
1973 Save the Tiger (sound - as Robert I. Knudson)
 
1972 A Separate Peace (sound)
 
1972 Fuzz (sound - as Robert I. Knudson)
 
1972 Cabaret (dubbing)
 
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1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary) (special thanks - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1988 Crusoe (special thanks - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
1983 Testament (special thanks - as Buzz Knudsen)
 
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1998 The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (TV documentary)
Himself - Dubbing Mixer (as Buzz Knudson)
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Sound
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Sound
 
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2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself, in memorial sequence
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Buzz Knudsen | Robert Knudsen | Buzz Knudson | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Robert I. Knudson
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Trivia:

Knudson spent most of his 50-year career at Todd-AO, an independent post-production sound company, which he joined in 1960 as a recording engineer doing optical transfers. He was president of the company from 1982 to 1990, then served as vice chairman and as a consultant until he retired in 2003. See more »

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