Marty Martin

Martin Charles "Marty" Martin (born May 9, 1897 in California , † January 29, 1964 in Los Angeles ) was an American film technology pioneer and engineer who was awarded an Oscar for technical merits at the Academy Awards in 1947 and 1949 .

Life

Marty Martin, who worked for the RKO Pictures Radio Studio Miniature Department for design and construction, was awarded a Technical Achievement Award for the first time in 1947 “for the design and construction of equipment with projectile effects” (“for the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects ”). He shared the award with Hal Adkins of RKO Pictures.

In 1949 there was a further award with the Technical Achievement Award "for the development of a new method for simulating falling snow on motion picture sets" ("for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets"). Together with Martin Jack Lannan and Russell Shearman and the RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department were honored.

Award

Academy Award for Technical Merit Class III

Academy Awards 1947 : Technical Achievement Award
with Hal Adkins and the RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department
Academy Awards 1949 : Technical Achievement Award
with Jack Lannan , Russell Shearman and the RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Marty Martin in the California Death Index

↑ Database ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas (English) @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Martin, Marty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Martin, Martin Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film technology pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	California
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1964
Place of death	los Angeles

[1] Marty Martin in the California Death Index