Bob Beemer

Robert Joseph "Bob" Beemer (born February 8, 1955) is an American sound mixer who has won four Oscars.

Bob Beemer
Born	(1955-02-08) February 8, 1955 Hollywood, California United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1989 – present

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:

Won

• Speed (1994)[1]
• Gladiator (2000)[2]
• Ray (2004)[3]
• Dreamgirls (2006)[4]

Nominated

• Cliffhanger (1993)[5]
• Independence Day (1996)[6]
• Road to Perdition (2002)[7]

References

1. "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
2. "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
3. "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
4. "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
5. "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
6. "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
7. "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

External links

• Bob Beemer on IMDb
• Bob Beemer's profile at LMU website