Derek Ball

{{short description|British sound engineer}}

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| death_date = 26 July 1989

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| occupation = Sound engineer

| yearsactive = 1968–1987

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Derek Ball (d. 26 July 1989) was a British sound engineer.{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=63622|title=Results Page|access-date=19 June 2015}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |access-date=5 October 2011|work=oscars.org}} He worked on 40 films between 1968 and 1987.