Haller Belt

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Haller Belt (born November 26, 1885 in Dallas , Texas , † August 31, 1979 ) was an American film technician and specialist in visual effects , who was awarded the Oscar for technical achievement ( Technical Achievement Award ) at the 1940 Academy Awards .

Life

Belt completed an officer training at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis after attending school . As a lieutenant at sea ( Ensign ) he was between 1911 and 1912 Commanding Officer of the destroyer USS Bainbridge (DD-1) . He made during the First World War, his military service with the US Navy and was last to Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant Commander promoted).

Later he worked as film and photo technician for Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Belt, in 1939 as an expert in back-projections in Gone with the Wind ( Gone with the Wind ) had worked, was established in 1940 with FR Abbott and Alan Cook with an Oscar for technical merit ( technical Achievement Award ) award, namely "for important posts in the joint development of new and improved development process material as faster projection lenses" (one for important contributions in cooperative development of new improved process projection equipment: for faster projection lenses').

In 1961 he was among the pallbearers at the funeral of Admiral Richmond K. Turner , who was a classmate at the US Naval Academy.

After his death he was buried himself in Arlington National Cemetery.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USS BAINBRIDGE DD-1 History: Commanding Officers
  2. ^ The 12th Academy Awards (1939): Nominees and Winners
  3. ↑ Adm. Turner Rites Thursday . In: Monterey Peninsula Herald, February 14, 1961
personal data
SURNAME Belt, Haller
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film technician
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1979