Bernard B. Brown

Bernard B. Brown ( born July 24, 1898 in Wisconsin, † February 20, 1981 in Glendale, California ) was an American composer of film music, film and sound engineer, who is also a not only an Oscar for the best sound, but Oscar for technical merit ( technical Achievement Award ) received.

Biography

Brown began in the early 1930s as a film and sound engineer in the film industry in Hollywood and worked after his debut with the film Congo Jazz (1930 ) on the production of more than 500 films.

At the Academy Awards in 1939, he was first nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Sound for the film That Certain Age (1938). In the next Oscar ceremony in 1940, he won the Oscar for best sound in When Tomorrow Comes ( 1939).

In 1941 he was nominated three times: versa for the best sound in Spring Parade ( 1940), for the Oscar for best visual effects in the films The Invisible back (1940 ) with John P. Fulton and William Hedgcock and together with JP Fulton and Joe Lapis for The Boys from Syracuse ( 1940). Further nominations for Best Sound followed in 1942 for consultation for Love (1941 ) and in 1943 for Arabian Nights (1942 ). In addition, he was in 1943 with J. P. Fulton once again nominated for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in The Invisible Agent ( 1942).

Afterwards further nominations for the Academy Award for best sound and true 1944 Phantom of the Opera (1943 ), 1945 for The Stubenfee (1944 ) and in 1946 for The Lady in the train (1945 ).

At the Academy Awards in 1945 he won the Academy Award for technical merit, the so-called Technical Achievement Award, "for the development and construction of a separate recording room for soloists and choirs ."

He was also a film and sound engineers at other well-known films such as The Invisible Woman (1940 ), Black Friday ( 1940), Saboteurs (1942 ), Shadow of a Doubt (1943 ), The Woman in Green (1945 ) and Avenger of the Underworld (1946 ) where he worked during his nearly thirty year career with film directors such as Edward Ludwig, John M. Stahl, Henry Koster, Joe May, A. Edward Sutherland, William A. Seiter, John Rawlins, Edwin L. Marin, Arthur Lubin, Frank Borzage, Charles David, Alfred Hitchcock, Roy William Neill, and Robert Siodmak together.

Most recently, he was until 1947 Supervisor for sound reinforcement for the Universal Studios and handed over this office to Leslie I. Carey.

Bernard Brown was also active as a composer, creating the music of almost 30 films.

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