IMDb > Douglas Shearer > Awards
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Won Technical Achievement Award Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (M-G-M Studios)
For the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System.
 
1960 Won Scientific and Engineering Award Shared with:
 Gottschalk, Robert E. (Panavision, Inc.)
Richard Moore (Panavision, Inc.)
For the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide film motion pictures known as Camera 65.
 
1952 Won Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: The Great Caruso (1951).

 
1948 Won Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: Green Dolphin Street (1947).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (visual)
Warren Newcombe (visual)
Michael Steinore (audible)

Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Green Dolphin Street (1947).

 
1946 Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: They Were Expendable (1945).

 
1945 Won Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic)
Donald Jahraus (photographic)
Warren Newcombe (photographic)

Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Kismet (1944).

 
1944 Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Madame Curie (1943).

 
1943 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: Mrs. Miniver (1942).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic)
Warren Newcombe (photographic)

Best Sound, Recording
for: Mrs. Miniver (1942).

 
1942 Won Technical Achievement Award Shared with:
 Loren L. Ryder
(M-G-M SSD and Paramount SSD).
For pioneering the development of fine grain emulsions for variable density original sound recording in a studio production.
Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: Flight Command (1940).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic)

Best Sound, Recording
for: The Chocolate Soldier (1941).

 
1941 Won Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Strike Up the Band (1940).

Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: Boom Town (1940).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic)

 
1940 Nominated Oscar Best Effects, Special Effects
for: The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Shared with:
 A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic)

Best Sound, Recording
for: Balalaika (1939).

 
1939 Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Sweethearts (1938).

 
1938 Won Scientific and Engineering Award (M-G-M Studio Sound Dept.).
For a method of varying the scanning width of variable density sound tracks (squeeze tracks) for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount of noise reduction.
Technical Achievement Award (M-G-M SSD).
For the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer.
Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Maytime (1937).

 
1937 Won Academy Award of Merit (M-G-M SSD).
For the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.
Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: San Francisco (1936).

 
1936 Won Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Naughty Marietta (1935).
(M-G-M SSD).

Technical Achievement Award (M-G-M SSD).
For their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment.
 
1935 Nominated Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: Viva Villa! (1934).
(M-G-M Studio Sound Department).

 
1930 Won Oscar Best Sound, Recording
for: The Big House (1930).
(M-G-M Studio Sound Department).

 

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