Edmund H. Hansen (November 13, 1894 – October 10, 1962) was an American
sound engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...
. He won two
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...
; one for
Best Sound Recording and the other
Best Visual Effects. He was nominated for another 12 films across the two categories.
Filmography
Best Sound Recording
;Won
* ''
Wilson'' (1944)
;Nominated
* ''
The White Parade'' (1934)
* ''
Thanks a Million'' (1935)
* ''
Banjo on My Knee'' (1936)
* ''
In Old Chicago'' (1937)
* ''
Suez
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'' (1938)
* ''
The Rains Came'' (1940)
* ''
The Grapes of Wrath
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and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize ...
'' (1940)
* ''
How Green Was My Valley'' (1941)
* ''
This Above All'' (1942)
* ''
The Song of Bernadette'' (1943)
Best Visual Effects
;Won
* ''
The Rains Came'' (1940)
;Nominated
* ''
The Blue Bird'' (1940)
* ''
A Yank in the R.A.F.'' (1941)
References
External links
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1894 births
1962 deaths
American audio engineers
American special effects people
People from Springfield, Illinois
Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners
Engineers from Illinois
20th-century American engineers
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