Alan Cook
Alan Cook (* 17th August 1896 as Alan Augustus Cook in Rochester , Monroe County , New York ; † 17th April 1973 ) was an American film technicians , who at the Oscar ceremony in 1940 an Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award ) received.
Life
As a film technician, Cook was responsible for rear projections for the filming of Gone With the Wind (1939) . At the Academy Awards in 1940, he and FR Abbott and Haller Belt received an Oscar for Technical Achievement Award from Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. "for many important contributions to the joint development of faster projection lenses for new process projection equipment".
literature
- Dennis Gordon: T he Lafayette Flying Corps: the American volunteers in the French Air Service in World War One, in: Schiffer military history book, Schiffer Pub., Atglen, PA., 2000, p. 111.
Web links
- Alan Cook in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alan Cook in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cook, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cook, Alan Augustus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , Monroe County , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17th 1973 |
| Place of death | Rochester, Monroe County, New York |