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Occupation
  
Sound engineer

Years active
  
1927-1951


Name
  
Nathan Levinson

Role
  
Sound engineer

Born
  
July 15, 1888 (
1888-07-15
)
New York City, New York, United States

Died
  
October 18, 1952, Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Similar People
  
Byron Haskin, Anton Grot, Michael Curtiz, Hal B Wallis, Mervyn LeRoy

Nathan Levinson (July 15, 1888 – October 18, 1952) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording for the film Yankee Doodle Dandy and was nominated for 16 more in the same category. He was also nominated seven times in the category Best Special Effects.

The Oscar statue that Levinson won for Yankee Doodle Dandy was sold for nearly $90,000 at an auction in Dallas in July 2011.

Selected filmography

Levinson won an Academy Award and was nominated for 16 more in the category Best Sound. He was also nominated seven times for Best Special Effects:

Won
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  • Nominated (Best Sound)
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
  • 42nd Street (1933)
  • Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
  • Flirtation Walk (1934)
  • Captain Blood (1935)
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
  • The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
  • Four Daughters (1938)
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940)
  • Sergeant York (1941)
  • This Is the Army (1943)
  • Hollywood Canteen (1944)
  • Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
  • Johnny Belinda (1948)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  • Nominated (Best Special Effects)
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940)
  • The Sea Wolf (1941)
  • Desperate Journey (1942)
  • Air Force (1943)
  • The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
  • A Stolen Life (1946)
  • References

    Nathan Levinson Wikipedia


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