David Joy (film technician)
David Joy (born September 4, 1901 in Marshfield , Massachusetts , † March 6, 1995 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American film technician who was awarded an Oscar for technical merit in 1940 .
Life
Joy worked for the National Carbon Company , the world's largest manufacturer of batteries and flashlights. At the Oscar ceremony in 1940 , he was with Charles Handley an Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award ) "for important posts in the joint development of new improved projection process equipment and for improved and more stable high-intensity carbon" ( one for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons' ).
1939 Joy was one addition to the staff at the filming of the movie Gone with the Wind .
Awards
- 1940 : Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award )
literature
- Eileen S. Quigley: Motion Picture Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1957, p. 139.
Web links
- David Joy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joy, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film technology pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marshfield , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1995 |
| Place of death | Sarasota , Florida |