Career
He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993. West also did extensive work in television West died in February 2016 at the age of 91.
He worked on over 60 films between 1977 and 1993. West also did extensive work in television West died in February 2016 at the age of 91.
He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He was nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and, in 1978 won an award for sound mixing for the National Broadcasting Company television movie The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978), starring Michael Moriarty, and in 1986, for Unnatural Causes, starring John Ritter.