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Person Profile File

Douglas Shearer

Lunara Oscar Ledger profile file

Douglas Shearer appears in the Lunara Oscar Ledger with 28 nominations and 14 wins across 17 ceremonies.

Nominations 28
Wins 14
Span 1929/30–1963
Films 19
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Latest Oscar Result

1 win at the 36th ceremony

Most recent appearance: 1963. 1 nomination and 1 win recorded for Douglas Shearer.

Scientific Or Technical Award (class Iii)
28Nominations
14Wins
5Categories
17Ceremonies
19Films
1929/30–1963Span
1963 Most Recent

Ledger Crossroads

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Oscar History

Every ceremony touchpoint for this person, tracked through the Lunara Oscar ledger.

36th Ceremony
1963
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Iii)
Film: —
Detail: Special Photographic
Citation: To DOUGLAS G. SHEARER and A. ARNOLD GILLESPIE of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System.
Winner
32nd Ceremony
1959
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Ii)
Film: —
Detail: Systems
Citation: 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.
Winner
24th Ceremony
1951
20th Ceremony
1947
18th Ceremony
1945
17th Ceremony
1944
16th Ceremony
1943
15th Ceremony
1942
14th Ceremony
1941
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Iii)
Film: —
Detail: Sound
Citation: 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.
Winner
13th Ceremony
1940
12th Ceremony
1939
11th Ceremony
1938
10th Ceremony
1937
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Ii)
Film: —
Detail: Sound
Citation: 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.
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Iii)
Film: —
Detail: Sound
Citation: 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.
Winner
9th Ceremony
1936
Scientific Or Technical Award (class I)
Film: —
Detail: Sound
Citation: 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.
Winner
8th Ceremony
1935
Scientific Or Technical Award (class Iii)
Film: —
Detail: Stage Operations
Citation: 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.
Winner
7th Ceremony
1934
3rd Ceremony
1929/30

Nominated Films

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