Andy Koyama

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Andy Koyama
Born (1962-04-18) April 18, 1962 (age 58)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationRe-recording sound mixer
Years active1982-present

Andy Koyama (born April 18, 1962) is a Canadian re-recording mixer.

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Life

Koyama grew up in Toronto and attended the University of Toronto, with a major in Engineering Physics. [1]

After college he worked as a musician and recording engineer. He then worked for 12 years at the Deluxe sound facility in Toronto, where he was responsible for mixing film and television projects. [1] He moved to Los Angeles and worked at the Universal Studios sound department, Sony Pictures Entertainment sound department and Todd-AO before joining the Formosa Group. [1]

Koyama and his fellow sound mixers David Brownlow and Beau Borders were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the 2013 film Lone Survivor . [2]

Koyama was nominated for 2 CAS awards in 2013, Best sound mixing for an animated feature film "Walking With Dinosaurs", and Best sound mixing for live action feature film "Lone Survivor".

Koyama won a MPSE Golden Reel award for best sound editing for a feature film direct to video "LOVE" in 2011.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Andy Koyama Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , formosagroup.com, retrieved 12 February 2014
  2. Lone Survivor, oscar.com, retrieved 12 February 2014