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Academy Awards
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Bob Beemer

NameBob Beemer
Birth Date1955-2-8
Birth PlaceHollywood, California United States
OccupationSound engineer
Yearsactive1989 – present

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

Biography

Bob Beemer was born on February 8, 1955, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center 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)
Gladiator (2000)
Ray (2004)
Dreamgirls (2006)

Nominated
Cliffhanger (1993)
Independence Day (1996)
Road to Perdition (2002)

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Category:1955 births
Category:Living people
Category:American audio engineers
Category:Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners
Category:Best Sound BAFTA Award winners
Category:People from Los Angeles
Category:Production sound mixers
Category:Loyola Marymount University alumni
Category:Engineers from California
Category:Loyola High School (Los Angeles) alumni