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Douglas Shearer
Canadian sound designer and recording director (1899-1971) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 71
Douglas Graham Shearer was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. The elder brother of actress Norma Shearer, he won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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The Great MorganFilm, 1945Douglas Shearer (uncredited)1941Academy Award for Best SoundAward1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm, Director1938Academy Scientific and Technical AwardAward1937Academy Award for Best SoundAwardAcademy Scientific and Technical AwardAward
The Romance of CelluloidFilm, 1937Director1936Academy Award for Best SoundAwardAcademy Scientific and Technical AwardAward1930Academy Award for Best SoundAward1899Born17 November 1899People around Douglas
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