Bruce H. Denney

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Bruce H. Denney (born February 19, 1904 in Pennsylvania , † November 24, 1969 in Riverside , California ) was an American film technician who was awarded an Oscar for technical merit at the 1950 Academy Awards .

Life

Bruce H. Denney, one of the film technology pioneers at Paramount Pictures , received a Technical Achievement Award at the 1950 Academy Awards, along with Loren L. Ryder and Robert J. Carr , who also worked at Paramount Studios in the Studio Sound Department (SSD) awarded "For the development and application of the supersonic playback and public address system."

Denney and Carr developed a system that resembled a small radio station. The actors heard instructions on tiny transmitters that they could hide under their clothes. If an actress wore such a short costume that it was difficult to find a hiding place, the transmitter could also be hidden in the hair.

In 1960, Denney supported the video operator at work in the Jerry Lewis - Comedy Hello, Page! (OT: The Bellboy ), which he did again in 1964 in another comedy by and with Jerry Lewis, which bears the German title Die Heulboje (OT: The Patsy ).

Awards

Oscar for Technical Merit Class III

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce H. Denney at familysearch.org (English)
  2. ↑ Technical Achievement Award - winner in the IMDb - Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ^ In: Popular Science , America's Most Widely Read Science Magazine , New York, Founded 1872. Vo. 156: No. 5 / May 1950, p. 170
  4. ↑ Silent playback and loudspeaker system at ieeexplore.ieee.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Denney, Bruce H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film technology pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1969
Place of death Riverside , California , United States