Peter Berkos

Peter Berkos
Publicity Photo of Peter Berkos
Born	(1922-08-15)August 15, 1922 Cicero, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 2, 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 101) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Sound editor
Years active	1938–1987
Spouse	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] He was remembered as, "the Universal Pictures sound effects maestro and champion of sound editors everywhere who shared a special achievement Oscar for his work on the Robert Wise-directed disaster epic The Hindenburg."[7][8]

Selected filmography

• The Four Seasons (1981)
• Gray Lady Down (1978)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• Car Wash (1976)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• Airport (1970)
• Sweet Charity (1969)
• Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
• The Creature Walks Among Us (1957)
• Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

References

1. "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
2. Peter the Great
3. Himchak, Elizabeth Marie (3 August 2022). "Academy Award winner Peter Berkos of Rancho Bernardo to turn 100". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
4. @ColumbiaChi (August 15, 2022). "Happy 100th birthday to #ColumAlum Peter Berkos '51!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "San Diego County Oscar-winner celebrates his 100th birthday". ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
6. Bartlett, Rhett (3 January 2024). "Peter Berkos, Oscar-Winning Sound Effects Editor on 'The Hindenburg,' Dies at 101". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
7. Bartlett, Rhett (January 3, 2024) [January 3, 2024]. "Peter Berkos, Oscar-Winning Sound Effects Editor on 'The Hindenburg,' Dies at 101". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
8. "Academy Award winner Peter Berkos of Rancho Bernardo to turn 100". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-11-22.

External links

• Peter Berkos at IMDb
• Peter Berkos discography at Discogs