Edward H. Reichard

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Edward H. Reichard (born February 21, 1912 in the US state of New Jersey , † April 28, 1988 in Studio City ) was an American film and sound engineer who was honored seven times with an Oscar for technical merits, an award the recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of improving technical devices and methods in the film industry.

Life

In 1957 Reichard was nominated for an Oscar for the first time in the category of technical merits . He was awarded the award together with Ted Hirsch and Carl W. Hauge for “an automatic scene counter for laboratory projection rooms”.

His next Oscar nomination came in 1961 in the Technical Achievement Award category , where he was again nominated together with Carl W. Hauge, the third in the group was Robert Grubel. The trio received the Oscar "for the development of an automatic developer replenisher system."

In 1965 Reichard received the Technology Oscar together with Carl W. Hauge "for the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers". At the same event, together with Hauge and Leonard L. Sokolow, he received the Scientific and Engineering Award “for the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film”, which was awarded for achievements in the Development, research and manufacture of film optics is awarded.

In 1969 Reichard received another Oscar for technical merits together with Carl W. Hauge "for engineering an automatic exposure control for printing-machine lamps".

In 1971, Reichard and Leonard L. Sokolow, both from Consolidated Film Industries, received an award for the concept and technology of the color correction printer for moving images.

Reichard received his last Oscar award in 1973 together with Howard T. LaZare from Consolidated Film Industries and Edward Efron from IBM for the technology of a computerized light valve monitoring system for film printing.

Reichard was married to Alice and a daughter was born to them in 1939. In 1988 he died at his last residence in Studio City, California in Los Angeles County. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills .

Awards

Explanation: Class III means that the winner does not receive an Oscar statuette as in Class I or an Oscar plaque as in Class II, but a certificate.

  • 1957 : Award Oscar , Class III
  • 1961 : Award Oscar, Class II
  • 1965 : Award Oscar, Class III (two certificates in two different categories)
  • 1969 : Award Oscar, Class III
  • 1971 : Award Oscar, Class II
  • 1973 : Award Oscar, Class II

Web links

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  1. ^ A b Edward H. Reichard 1940 census at ancestry.com (English). Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Edward H. Reichard Memorial at findagrave.com (English). Retrieved February 15, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Reichard, Edward H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1988
Place of death Studio City