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Australian sound engineer

Roger Savage
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1971-present
Known for	Moulin Rouge!

Roger Savage is an Australian sound engineer. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Moulin Rouge! in 2002.

Early life and education

Roger Savage moved from England to Australia in 1964.

Career

Savage engineered some of the most important Australian popular music recordings of the 1960s, including classic tracks by The Twilights, MPD Ltd, The Masters Apprentices, and Spectrum, as well as innumerable radio and TV commercials.

Savage began to concentrate on film work in the 1970s. One of his earliest film credits was as an audio engineer on Getting Back to Nothing, Tim Burstall's documentary of the 1970 World Surfing Championships staged at Bells Beach, Victoria. He has worked on over 80 films since 1971 and in 2001 he was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his services to Australian society and to Australian film production.

Awards and nominations

In 1984, Savage was awarded the Byron Kennedy Award (an AACTA) "for his innovative and pioneering work in film and television sound".

Also in 1984, he won the Australian Film Institute Jury Prize.

In 1996 and 2001, Savage won a BAFTA Award for Best Sound.

In 2002, he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Moulin Rouge!.

In 2013, he was awarded the John Howie Award for Outstanding Leadership, Achievement and Service to the Victorian Screen Industry, by Film Victoria.

Selected filmography

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Shine (1996)
Babe (1995)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Pirate Movie (1982)
Mad Max (1979)

References

^ "A Brief History". John Sayers Productions. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ "Roger Savage". Milesago. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
"Getting Back to Nothing (1971)". IMDB. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
"Roger Savage". IMDB. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
"Byron Kennedy Awards (List of winners from 1984 to 2016)" (PDF). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
"The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
"Screen Leader Awards for Jill Bilcock and Roger Savage". IF Magazine. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

Roger Savage at IMDb

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Sound
1968–1980	Winston Ryder (1968) Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969) Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970) Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971) David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972) Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973) Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974) William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975) Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976) Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977) Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978) Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979) Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
1981–2000	Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981) James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982) Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983) Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984) John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985) Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986) Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987) Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988) Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989) J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990) Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991) Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992) John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994) Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995) Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996) Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998) David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999) Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
2001–present	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002) Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003) Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004) Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005) Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007) Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008) Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009) Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010) Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012) Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014) Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015) Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017) John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018) Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021) Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022) Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)

v t e Australian Film Institute Jury Prize
Fred Schepisi (1976) Matt Carroll (1977) John Duigan (1978) George Miller and Byron Kennedy (1979) Don McLennan (1980) Ned Lander and Graeme Isaac (1981) Peter Tammer (1982) Peter Weir and Linda Hunt (1983) Roger Savage (1984)

v t e Byron Kennedy Award
Roger Savage (1984) Andrew Pike (1985) Nadia Tass and David Parker (1986) Martha Ansara (1987) George Ogilvie (1988) Jane Campion (1989) Dennis O'Rourke (1990) John Duigan (1991) Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly (1992) Adrian Martin (1993) Matt Butler (1993) Evonne Chesson (1993) Gary Warner (1993) John Hargreaves (1994) Jill Bilcock (1995) Laura Jones (1996) John Polson (1997) Alison Barrett (1998) Arthur Cambridge (1998) Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin (1999) Popcorn Taxi (2000) Inside Film Magazine (2000) Ian David (2001) Rachel Perkins (2002) Dion Beebe (2003) John Clarke (2004) Chris Kennedy (2005) Rolf de Heer (2006) Curtis Levy (2007) Chris Lilley (2008) Ray Brown (2009) Animal Logic (2010) Ivan Sen (2012) Sarah Watt (2013) Australian Cinematographers Society (2014) Amiel Courtin-Wilson (2015) Adam Arkapaw (2015) Lynette Wallworth (2016) Martin Butler and Bentley Dean (2017) Ian Darling (2018) P. J. Voeten (2019) The Babadook (2020) Bruna Papandrea (2024)

Byron Kennedy Award

Roger Savage (1984)
Andrew Pike (1985)
Nadia Tass and David Parker (1986)
Martha Ansara (1987)
George Ogilvie (1988)
Jane Campion (1989)
Dennis O'Rourke (1990)
John Duigan (1991)
Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly (1992)
Adrian Martin (1993)
Matt Butler (1993)
Evonne Chesson (1993)
Gary Warner (1993)
John Hargreaves (1994)
Jill Bilcock (1995)
Laura Jones (1996)
John Polson (1997)
Alison Barrett (1998)
Arthur Cambridge (1998)
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin (1999)
Popcorn Taxi (2000)
Inside Film Magazine (2000)
Ian David (2001)
Rachel Perkins (2002)
Dion Beebe (2003)
John Clarke (2004)
Chris Kennedy (2005)
Rolf de Heer (2006)
Curtis Levy (2007)
Chris Lilley (2008)
Ray Brown (2009)
Animal Logic (2010)
Ivan Sen (2012)
Sarah Watt (2013)
Australian Cinematographers Society (2014)
Amiel Courtin-Wilson (2015)
Adam Arkapaw (2015)
Lynette Wallworth (2016)
Martin Butler and Bentley Dean (2017)
Ian Darling (2018)
P. J. Voeten (2019)
The Babadook (2020)
Bruna Papandrea (2024)

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