| Willie Burton | |
|---|---|
 Burton at the 79th Academy Awards | |
| 8 Nominations / 2 Wins | |
| Role | Sound Mixer |
| Born | 1950 |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA | |
Willie Burton is an American sound mixer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound or Best Achievement in Sound Mixing multiple times; he has been nominated for several BAFTA Film Awards for Best Sound; and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing for his work on "Roots".
Wins[]
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Sound — Bird (shared with Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Vern Poore)
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Sound Mixing — Dreamgirls (shared with Michael Minkler and Bob Beemer)
Nominations[]
- 51st Academy Awards, 1978
- Best Sound — The Buddy Holly Story (shared with Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein and Curly Thirlwell)
- 53rd Academy Awards, 1980
- Best Sound — Altered States (shared with Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz and Michael Minkler)
- 56th Academy Awards, 1983
- Best Sound — WarGames (shared with Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios and Aaron Rochin)
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Sound — Bird (shared with Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Vern Poore)
- 67th Academy Awards, 1994
- Best Sound — The Shawshank Redemption (shared with Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Michael Herbick)
- 72nd Academy Awards, 1999
- Best Sound — The Green Mile (shared with Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Michael Herbick)
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Sound Mixing — Dreamgirls (shared with Michael Minkler and Bob Beemer)
- 96th Academy Awards, 2023
- Best Sound — Oppenheimer (shared with Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, and Kevin O'Connell)
Videos[]
Bird Wins Best Sound 1989 Oscars
Best Sound 1988
"Dreamgirls" winning a Sound Mixing Oscar®
Best Sound Mixing 2006