Peter Berkos
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| Born | (1922-08-15)August 15, 1922
Cicero, Illinois, U.S.
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| Died | January 2, 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 101)
San Diego, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Sound editor |
| Years active | 1938–1987 |
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Sally Berkos (died 2000) |
Peter Berkos (August 15, 1922 – January 2, 2024) was an American sound editor. He received the Special Achievement Academy Award during the 1975 Academy Awards for the film The Hindenburg. This was for the Sound Editing of the film.[1] In 1996, he received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Motion Picture Sound Editors awards. He also did the sound effects for the original Battlestar Galactica, as well as the TV movies of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Berkos retired from editing in 1987, but reinvented himself as a novelist, with books published in 2007 and 2013.[2] He lived in Rancho Bernardo, California, and turned 100 on August 15, 2022.[3][4][5] Berkos died in Rancho Bernardo on January 2, 2024, at the age of 101.[6]
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