Jack Whitney

Jack Whitney (born February 21, 1905 in Iowa , United States , † November 2, 1992 in San Diego , California , United States) was an American film and sound engineer who won both the Oscar for best special effects and the Oscar for best sound won and six times was nominated for the Oscar for best sound.

Life

Whitney began his career as a film and sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry in 1940 with films such as The Thief of Baghdad (1940) by directors Tim Whelan , Ludwig Berger and Michael Powell with Conrad Veidt , Sabu and June Duprez as well as The Howards of Virginia (1940 ) by Frank Lloyd with Cary Grant , Martha Scott and Cedric Hardwicke in the lead roles . With these two films he celebrated his first successes at the Academy Awards in 1941 : For the film The Thief of Baghdad , he and the photographer Lawrence W. Butler received the Oscar for the best special effects, while he won the Oscar for the first time for The Howards of Virginia for was nominated for the best sound.

personal data
SURNAME	Whitney, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH	2nd November 1992
Place of death	San Diego , California , United States