Hollywood Film Industry Figure. He is recognized as an award-winning Hollywood sound engineer, who shared the 1976 Academy Award in Best Sound for the film "Jaws." For the 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter," his team was nominated in the same category for a 1981 Oscar and the 1982 British Academy Film Awards. In television, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1970 in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing for the made-for-TV movie "My Sweet Charlie." He was on the sound team for Alfred Hitchcock's final film "Family Plot" in 1976. He was part of the sound team for other well-recognized films such as "Weird Science" in 1984, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, and "Somewhere in Time" in 1980. He was part of the made-for-TV sound team in the productions "Rage of Angels" and "Florida Straits" both in 1986. Born the son of a long-time Hollywood soundman, Roger Herman, Sr. and his first wife Jesse Davis, he began his on-the-job training with his father at an early age. His father received the 1944 Academy Award for Best Special Effects for "Crash Dive." Although he worked as a part of a sound team of various productions without credits, his first credited production was in 1968 with three episodes of the television series "The Name of the Game." He is credited with 39 films. Often, his and his father's work credits are mixed in sources as they both used simply "Roger Herman," causing much confusion. After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died at age 57. He was cremated and his ashes were given to his wife. According to the "LA Times" obituary, the couple had seven children.
Hollywood Film Industry Figure. He is recognized as an award-winning Hollywood sound engineer, who shared the 1976 Academy Award in Best Sound for the film "Jaws." For the 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter," his team was nominated in the same category for a 1981 Oscar and the 1982 British Academy Film Awards. In television, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1970 in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing for the made-for-TV movie "My Sweet Charlie." He was on the sound team for Alfred Hitchcock's final film "Family Plot" in 1976. He was part of the sound team for other well-recognized films such as "Weird Science" in 1984, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, and "Somewhere in Time" in 1980. He was part of the made-for-TV sound team in the productions "Rage of Angels" and "Florida Straits" both in 1986. Born the son of a long-time Hollywood soundman, Roger Herman, Sr. and his first wife Jesse Davis, he began his on-the-job training with his father at an early age. His father received the 1944 Academy Award for Best Special Effects for "Crash Dive." Although he worked as a part of a sound team of various productions without credits, his first credited production was in 1968 with three episodes of the television series "The Name of the Game." He is credited with 39 films. Often, his and his father's work credits are mixed in sources as they both used simply "Roger Herman," causing much confusion. After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died at age 57. He was cremated and his ashes were given to his wife. According to the "LA Times" obituary, the couple had seven children.
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