Robert O. Cook
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 .
Awards
- 1947 : Oscar for technical merit ( Technical Achievement Award )
Filmography (selection)
- 1946: Make Mine Music
- 1948: Music, Dance and Rhythm ( Melody Time )
- 1949: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ( The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad )
- 1950: Cinderella (German alternative title: Cinderella)
- 1951: Alice in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland )
- 1953: Peter Pan
- 1954: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ( 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea )
- 1955: Lady and the Tramp ( Lady and the Tramp )
- 1955: Mickey Mouse Club (TV series)
- 1957: His friend Jello ( Old Yeller )
- 1958: White Wilderness ( White Wilderness )
- 1959: Sleeping Beauty ( Sleeping Beauty )
- 1959: Donald in Mathmagic Land (short documentation)
- 1959: The Secret of the Haunted Cave ( Darby O'Gill and the Little People )
- 1961: 101 Dalmatians ( One Hundred and One Dalmatians )
- 1961: The Flying Timpani ( The Absent-Minded Professor )
- 1961: Announce the marriage of their parents ( The Parent Trap )
- 1962: Champagne in Paris ( Bon Voyage! )
- 1962: Lobo the Wolf ( The Legend of Lobo )
- 1962: The timpanist can't help it ( Son of Flubber )
- 1962: Escape of the White Stallions (Miracle Of The White Stallions)
- 1963: The Witch and the Wizard ( The Sword in the Stone )
- 1964: Mary Poppins
- 1967: The Jungle Book ( The Jungle Book )
- 1967: The Happiest Millionaire ( The Happiest Millionaire )
- 1968: Captain Blackbeard's Spuk-Kaschemme ( Blackbeard's Ghost )
- 1968: How do you steal a painting? ( Never A Dull Moment )
- 1968: The Love Bug ( A Love Bug )
- 1969: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes ( The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes )
- 1970: Aristocats ( The Aristocats )
- 1971: The daring witch in her flying bed ( Bedknobs and Broomsticks )
- 1972: It cracks, it hisses, there is nothing to see ( Now You See Him, Now You Don't )
Web links
- Robert O. Cook in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cook, Robert O. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cook, Robert Oscar (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and film technology pioneer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manitowoc , Wisconsin |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1995 |
Place of death | Pasadena , California |