Daniel J. Bloomberg

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Daniel J. Bloomberg (born July 4, 1905 in Massachusetts , † August 14, 1984 in Ventura , California ) was an American film and sound engineer who was nominated six times for an Oscar and four times the Oscar for technical merit also called Technical Achievement Award and an honorary Oscar .

Life

Bloomberg began his career as a film and sound engineer with Republic Pictures' studio sound department in 1934 for the film Woman in the Dark and worked on the production of forty films by 1952. He became known primarily through numerous developments in the field of film and sound technology.

At the Academy Awards in 1943 he was nominated twice for the film Enterprise Tigersprung (Flying Tigers, 1942) by David Miller with John Wayne , John Carroll and Anna Lee : on the one hand for the Oscar for the best sound , on the other hand with Howard Lydecker for the Oscar for the best special effects . He also won his first Technical Achievement Award “for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for pre-selection purposes”.

In 1944 he was again nominated for an Oscar for best sound, namely for the western Hell of Oklahoma (1943) by Albert S. Rogell with John Wayne, Martha Scott and Albert Dekker . He also won his second Oscar for technical merit "for the design and development of a low-cost method of converting Moviolas in B-class push-pull playback devices" (, for the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction ').

At the Academy Awards in 1945 he was again nominated for the Oscar for best tone in the romantic comedy musical Brazilian Serenade (1944) by Joseph Santley with Tito Guízar , Virginia Bruce and Edward Everett Horton . In addition, he received his third Technical Achievement Award "for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch".

In 1946 Bloomberg was again nominated for an Oscar for best sound, this time for the Western San Francisco Lilly (1945) by Joseph Kane with the leading actors John Wayne, Ann Dvorak and Joseph Schildkraut . At the same time he received an honorary Oscar “for the construction of an outstanding music recording studio that offers optimal recording conditions and combines all elements of an acoustic and structural design” ('For the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design '). At the 1949 Academy Awards , Bloomberg received another nomination for services to the Hangman's Heritage .

In 1953 he was last nominated for the Oscar for best sound in The Winner (1952) by John Ford with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald .

At the Academy Awards in 1957 , Daniel J. Bloomberg received his fourth and final Oscar for technical merits, together with John Pond and William Wade , namely "for the adaptation of the Naturama widescreen technology in a camera from the Mitchell Camera Corporation" (English "for the Naturama adaptation to the Mitchell camera ").

Filmography (selection)

  • 1934: Woman in the Dark
  • 1935: Convention Girl
  • 1938: Dick Tracy Returns
  • 1940: King of the Royal Mounted
  • 1941: King of the Texas Rangers
  • 1941: Jungle Girl
  • 1942: Spy Smasher
  • 1942: Company Tigersprung (Flying Tigers)
  • 1943: Daredevils of the West
  • 1944: Brazilian Serenade (Brazil)
  • 1944: The Avenger with the Mask (Zorro's Black Whip)
  • 1952: The winner (The Quiet Man)

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Bloomberg, Daniel J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1984
Place of death Ventura , California