Bob Minkler was a sound re-recording mixer best known for his work on 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, for which he won an Oscar. He shared the win with his brother, Lee Minkler, and his nephew, three-time Oscar winner Michael Minkler.
Bob Minkler also worked on the films Rocky II, the 1979 film version of the stage musical Hair, 1982’s Tron, 10, The Black Stallion, Urban Cowboy, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Under Fire, Caddyshack, Bull Durham and Oliver Stone’s Salvador, among many others.
Additionally, he worked on the television series The Bob Newhart Show from 1977 to ’78, Muppet Babies in ’85, The Young Riders and In the Heat of the Night. He also contributed to the television movies Cindy (a version of the Cinderella tale co-written by James L. Brooks), Spy, Personals, The Kissing Place, Wheels of Terror, Johnny Ryan, Lady Against the Odds, and the miniseries Around the World in 80 Days with Pierce Brosnan.
Minkler was born in 1937 to audio pioneer Lee Darrell Minkler and Lorraine Jones Minkler. He got his start in entertainment as a musician and vocalist and even toured with Nat King Cole before beginning his career in sound mixing.
Bob Minkler died October 11, 2015, in Oregon. He was 78.
