Bob Beemer

American sound mixer
Bob Beemer
Born (1955-02-08) February 8, 1955 (age 69)
Hollywood, California United States
OccupationSound engineer
Years active1989 – present

Robert Joseph "Bob" Beemer (born February 8, 1955) is an American sound mixer who has won four Oscars.

Biography

Bob Beemer was born on February 8, 1955, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Hollywood, California. Graduating from Loyola High School, Los Angeles in 1973, he studied Communication Arts and English at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, earning a bachelor's degree in 1977 with a double major in those two fields. Always fascinated by sound, he became an expert in remixing for movies. His first professionally recorded sound was on Roots (1977).

Academy Awards

Beemer has won four Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three:

Won
  • Speed (1994)[1]
  • Gladiator (2000)[2]
  • Ray (2004)[3]
  • Dreamgirls (2006)[4]
Nominated
  • Cliffhanger (1993)[5]
  • Independence Day (1996)[6]
  • Road to Perdition (2002)[7]

References

  1. ^ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  2. ^ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. ^ "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  5. ^ "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  6. ^ "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  7. ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

External links

  • Bob Beemer at IMDb
  • Bob Beemer's profile at LMU website
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