Wesley C. Miller

Wesley C. Miller (born December 27, 1894 in Haverhill , Massachusetts , † April 19, 1962 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American sound engineer .

Life

Miller completed several engineering courses. In 1915 he graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science . In 1919 he attended the École supérieure d'électricité in Paris , and in 1922 Miller received a further degree in electrical engineering . With the Dr.-Ing. he completed his courses in 1955.

Before Miller joined the film, he was involved in the invention and further development of technical devices such as an amplifier for radio equipment. He was temporarily in the service of Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1955 Miller was awarded a special Oscar in the field of technical merits for one of his inventions - in recognition of his development of an "electronic sound printing comparison device", as the reason given.

Miller first came to film in 1929, immediately after the start of the sound film era, when he served as a sound assistant. It was not until 1953 that it was regularly demonstrated in the production of feature films; in the service of the MGM, he was mostly responsible for supervising the sound recordings (recording supervisor or sound recording supervisor). Since obtaining his doctorate in 1955, the sound engineer has received his credits consistently under Dr. Wesley C. Miller. During this time, from 1955 to 1958, he received four Oscar nominations. With the MGM television series Northwest Passage , Wesley Miller ended his career in the celluloid industry in 1959. Afterwards he only took on an advisory role.

literature

• International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 199

Web links

• Wesley C. Miller in the Internet Movie Database (English)