# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-dreher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:49:46.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-dreher"
name: "Carl Dreher"
slug: "carl-dreher"
description: "Carl Dreher was an American electrical engineer, two-time Academy Award-nominated sound engineer, and an author who primarily dealt with technical and scientific topics. Directly involved with two technological revolutions—the introduction of radio broadcasting and the development of sound movies—he observed that \"No form of communication was safe from the innovative drive of electronics.\""
tagline: "Sound engineer (1896-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Dreher%2C_radio_engineer%2C_1924.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896-02-16"
deathDate: "1976-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.17
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.135961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0237393/"
    handle:    "nm0237393"
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Dreher"
    title: "Carl Dreher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كارل درير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كارل درير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Dreher"
    title: "Carl Dreher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Dreher"
    title: "Carl Dreher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Dreher"
    title: "Carl Dreher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1586974"
    title: "Carl Dreher"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump