Gene S. Cantamessa

Gene S. Cantamessa, was a former sound mixer of Hollywood films from New York, New York whose many credits include , , and . His son, Steven G. Cantamessa, was a boom operator on the last two productions.
Cantamessa won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Sound for his work on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He also received nominations from the Academy Award for The Candidate (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), (1979), and (1984). His most recent Academy Award nomination was for Star Trek IV (1986), which he shared with David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, and Terry Porter. Cantamessa and Hudson had previously worked together on Star Trek III and Joseph Sargent's (1980).
In addition to Star Trek IV and Star Trek VI, Gene and Steve Cantamessa worked together on several other films throughout the 1980s and '90s, including (1988), (1989), (1990), (1993), (1987), Regarding Henry (written and co-produced by J.J. Abrams), and Leonard Nimoy's . Gene Cantamessa's other film credits include (1974), The Bad News Bears, (1981), (1982), (1984), (1985), (1988), (1996), Space Jam, and (1998). He retired after production on (1999).
Cantamessa died in Los Angeles on 8 November 2011 following a long hospitalization. He was 80. 
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