John O. Aalberg

John O. Aalberg
Born	April 3, 1897 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	August 30, 1984 (aged 87) Los Angeles County, California, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1933 – 1954

John O. Aalberg (3 April 1897 – 30 August 1984) was a Hollywood sound technician who worked on films including Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life. He was a ten-time Oscar nominee, and received three technical awards from the Academy.

Aalberg was also married to Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. They had one child named Fredric W. Aalborg.

Filmography

Aalberg was nominated for ten Academy Awards:

• That Girl from Paris (1936)^[1]
• Hitting a New High (1937)^[2]
• Vivacious Lady (1938)^[3]
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)^[4]
• Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)^[5]
• Swiss Family Robinson (1940)^[5]
• Citizen Kane (1941)^[6]
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)^[7]
• Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)^[8]
• Susan Slept Here (1954)^[9]

References

1. "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
2. "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
3. "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
4. "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
5. "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
6. "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
7. "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
8. "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
9. "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

External links

• John O. Aalberg at the Internet Movie Database