Douglas Shearer
| Alt Names: | Douglas G. Shearer |
| Born: | November 17, 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Westmount, Québec, Canada |
| Died: | January 5, 1971 |
| Death Place: | Culver City, California |
| Cause: | undisclosed |
| Age at Death: | 71 years and 49 days |
| More Info: | Internet Movie Database (IMDb) |
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= winner )| 1929-30 | Sound Recording. The Big House, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1934 |  Sound Recording. Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1935 | Sound Recording. Naughty Marietta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1935 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Douglas Shearer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment. |
| 1936 | Sound Recording. San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1936 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class I). To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system. |
| 1937 | Sound Recording. Maytime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1937 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for a method of varying the scanning width of variable density sound tracks (squeeze tracks) for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount of noise reduction. |
| 1937 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer. |
| 1938 | Sound Recording. Sweethearts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1939 | Sound Recording. Balalaika, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
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| 1940 | Sound Recording. Strike Up the Band, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1940 | Special Effects. Boom Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; sound effects by Douglas Shearer. |
| 1941 | Sound Recording. The Chocolate Soldier, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1941 | Special Effects. Flight Command, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; sound effects by Douglas Shearer. |
| 1941 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, and to Loren Ryder and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in studio production. |
| 1942 | Sound Recording. Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1942 | Special Effects. Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe; sound effects by Douglas Shearer. |
| 1943 | Sound Recording. Madame Curie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1944 | Sound Recording. Kismet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1944 | Special Effects. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; sound effects by Douglas Shearer. |
| 1945 | Sound Recording. They Were Expendable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1947 | Sound Recording. Green Dolphin Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1947 | Special Effects. Green Dolphin Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Special visual effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe; special audible effects by Douglas Shearer and Michael Steinore. |
| 1951 | Sound Recording. The Great Caruso, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director. |
| 1959 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Douglas G. Shearer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., and Robert E. Gottschalk and John R. Moore of Panavision, Inc. for the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as Camera 65. |
| 1963 | Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Douglas G. Shearer and A. Arnold Gillespie of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System. |
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