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Douglas Shearer
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Canadian sound designer and recording director (1899-1971)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Amillennialism
- Marriage Restoration
- Amillennialism Criticized
- Book of Romans
- Marriage Restoration Volume II the Problem of Authority
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Film & TV
Westmount, Québec, Canada
Douglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. He won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Douglas began his journey into cinema by studying experimental electricity at Northern…
Known for
- The Great Morgan — Douglas Shearer (uncredited)1945
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound — Self1940
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Graham
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Westmount
- Place of death
- Culver City
- Sibling
- Athole Shearer
- Occupation
- film director
- Employer
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1899-11-17
- date of death
- 1971-01-05
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
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