article_title name occupation yearsactive
roger savage
 roger savage sound engineer 1971-present
roger savage

roger savage is an australian sound engineer who was nominated for an academy award in the category best sound for the film `` moulin rouge ! '' .
after moving from england to australia in 1964 he engineered some of the most important australian popular music recordings of the period , 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 .
