Robert O. Cook

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Robert Oscar Cook (born September 27, 1903 in Manitowoc , Wisconsin , † November 9, 1995 in Pasadena , California ) was an American sound engineer who was nominated three times for the Oscar for best sound and in 1947 with the Oscar for technical Merits ( Technical Achievement Award ) was awarded.

Life

Slyfield began his career as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry in the recording studio division of The Walt Disney Company and first worked in 1946 on the production of the musical animation film Make Mine, directed by Bob Cormack , Clyde Geronimi , Joe Grant , Jack Kinney , Hamilton Luske and Joshua Meador Music with.

At the Oscar ceremony in 1947 Cook was together with Arthur F. Blinn and CO Slyfield , who were also active in the recording studio division of the Walt Disney Company, with the Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award awarded), namely "for the design and development of a Tonfinder and track faces for checking and localization of sounds on soundtracks "(, for the design and development of an audio track finder and viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks').

1962 Cook was the first time for the Oscar for Best Sound nominated, specifically for the film comedy The Parent Trap (The Parent Trap, 1961) by David Swift with Hayley Mills in a dual role, and Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara in another Roll. At the 1963 Academy Awards , he was nominated again for the Oscar for Best Sound for the comedy film Champagne in Paris (Bon Voyage !, 1962), directed by James Neilson with Fred MacMurray , Jane Wyman and Deborah Walley .

His third and final nomination for the Oscar for best sound got Cook in 1965 for the musical - Fantasy film Mary Poppins (1964) by Robert Stevenson with Julie Andrews , Dick Van Dyke and David Tomlinson .

Cook worked on the production of nearly 100 films and television series by 1977 .

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Filmography (selection)

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