Bob Beemer
Sound engineer
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| Intro | Sound engineer | |
| A.K.A. | Robert "Bob" Joseph Beemer | |
| A.K.A. | Robert "Bob" Joseph Beemer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Audio engineer Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering Music | |
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| Birth | 8 February 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. | |
| Age | 69 years |
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Biography
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 Queen of Angels Hospital 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:
- Speed (1994)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Ray (2004)
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Cliffhanger (1993)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Road to Perdition (2002)