John_Wilkinson_(sound_engineer)

John Wilkinson (sound engineer)

John Wilkinson (sound engineer)

American sound engineer

John Keen "Doc" Wilkinson (April 13, 1920 – April 28, 2002) was an American sound engineer.[1] He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for another two in the same category. He worked on more than 140 films between 1958 and 1992.

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Selected filmography

Wilkinson won an Academy Award for Best Sound following his work on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in 1945. He was later nominated for another two in the same category, but this time regarding the effort he put into his work in Vietnam.

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References

  1. [1]
    "John 'Doc' Wilkinson: Oscar-winning sound mixer". Variety. June 5, 2002. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
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    "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
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    "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 8, 2011.


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