John Paul Livadary (born 20 May 1896, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 7 April 1987, Newport Beach, California, USA ) was a sound designer.
John P. Livadary | |
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| Born | May 20, 1896 |
| Died | April 7, 1987 (aged 90) Newport Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Sound engineer |
| Years active | 1929–1960 |
He started work in 1928 at Columbia Pictures and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing three times and was nominated another 14 times, in a career that spanned 30 years. The first Oscar was for One Night of Love (1934),[1] the second for The Jolson Story (1946)[2] and the third for From Here to Eternity (1953).[3][4] He also won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement three times (shared twice) and the Academy Scientific and Technical Award once (shared).
Partial filmography
edit- Broadway Scandals (1929)
- The Song of Love (1929)
- Flight (1929)
- Acquitted (1929)
- The Broadway Hoofer (1929)
- Wall Street (1929)
- Around the Corner (1930)
- Soldiers and Women (1930)
- Hell's Island (1930)
- Ladies Must Play (1930)
- Shadow Ranch (1930)
- Hurricane (1930)
- Men Without Law (1930)
- Dirigible (1931)
- One Night of Love (1934)
- Love Me Forever (1935)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Too Many Husbands (1940)
- The Jolson Story (1946)
- The Brave Bulls (1951)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)
- Pushover (1954)
- Human Desire (1954)
- The Black Dakotas (1954)
- Three Hours to Kill (1954)
- Cannibal Attack (1954)
- Phffft (1954)
- The Violent Men (1955)
- Masterson of Kansas (1955)
- The Bamboo Prison (1955)
- Ten Wanted Men (1955)
- The Long Gray Line (1955)
- Women's Prison (1955)
- Pirates of Tripoli (1955)
- Wyoming Renegades (1955)
- Three for the Show (1955)
- Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
- Seminole Uprising (1955)
- Tight Spot (1955)
- 5 Against the House (1955)
- Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
- The Man from Laramie (1955)
- My Sister Eileen (1955)
- Count Three and Pray (1955)
- Queen Bee (1955)
- A Lawless Street (1955)
- Picnic (1955)
- The Last Frontier (1956)
- Battle Stations (1956)
- Hot Blood (1956)
- The Harder They Fall (1956)
- Jubal (1956)
- The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
- Autumn Leaves (1956)
- He Laughed Last (1956)
- Storm Center (1956)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Reprisal! (1956)
- You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
- Full of Life (1957)
- Nightfall (1957)
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
- The Garment Jungle (1957)
- 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
- Jeanne Eagels (1957)
- The Brothers Rico (1957)
- Decision at Sundown (1957)
- Operation Mad Ball (1957)
- Pal Joey (1957)
- Going Steady (1958)
- Cowboy (1958)
- Screaming Mimi (1958)
- The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
- The Lineup (1958)
- Life Begins at 17 (1958)
- Gunman's Walk (1958)
- Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
- Ghost of the China Sea (1958)
- Apache Territory (1958)
- Me and the Colonel (1958)
- The Last Hurrah (1958)
- Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
- Senior Prom (1959)
- Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
- Ride Lonesome (1959)
- Gunmen from Laredo (1959)
- Forbidden Island (1959)
- Juke Box Rhythm (1959)
- Gidget (1959)
- Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959)
- Face of a Fugitive (1959)
- It Happened to Jane (1959)
- The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
- Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
- The Crimson Kimono (1959)
- The Tingler (1959)
- They Came to Cordura (1959)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
- The Last Angry Man (1959)
- The Flying Fontaines (1959)
- Edge of Eternity (1959)
- 1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
- Comanche Station (1960)
- The Mountain Road (1960)
References
edit- ^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ Selise Eiseman (March–April 2006). "Pushing the Envelope..." Editors Guild Magazine. 27 (2). Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2009-06-13.