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Occupation
  
Sound engineer

Years active
  
1933 – 1954


Name
  
John Aalberg

Role
  
Sound Technician

Born
  
April 3, 1897 (
1897-04-03
)
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died
  
August 30, 1984, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement, John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Similar People
  
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John O. Aalberg (3 April 1897 – 30 August 1984) was a Hollywood sound technician who worked on films including Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life. He was a ten-time Oscar nominee, and received three technical awards from the Academy.

Aalberg was also married to Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. They had one child named Fredric W. Aalborg.

Filmography

Aalberg was nominated for ten Academy Awards:

  • That Girl from Paris (1936)
  • Hitting a New High (1937)
  • Vivacious Lady (1938)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  • Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
  • Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
  • Susan Slept Here (1954)
  • References

    John O. Aalberg Wikipedia