David Yewdall

David Lewis Yewdall (October 30, 1950 – July 4, 2017) was an American supervising sound editor. He worked with Roger Corman on Battle Beyond the Stars and as the co-supervising sound editor on Talvisota.^[1] He published a book about the profession in 2007, Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, which was called a "must-read for all students of film."^[2] In 1996, he became a member of the board of NightPro Technologies Inc (NTI), a sound production company from Provo, Utah.^[3] He taught editing and sound at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts^[4] until June 2016.

David Yewdall
Born	David Lewis Yewdall (1950-10-30)October 30, 1950 Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 4, 2017(2017-07-04) (aged 66) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Supervising sound editor
Years active	1978–2016
Notable work	The Thing, The Fifth Element, Escape from New York

Awards and recognition

In 1988, Yewdall was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special" for his work on The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story.^[5]

Death

Yewdall died on July 4, 2017, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from pancreatic cancer, aged 66.^[6]

Publications

• Yewdall, David Lewis (2007). Practical art of motion picture sound. Focal Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0-240-80865-9.