Nathan Levinson

Nathan Levinson
Born	July 15, 1888 New York City, New York, United States
Died	October 18, 1952 (aged 64) Toluca Lake, California, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1927-1951

Nathan Levinson (July 15, 1888 – October 18, 1952) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording for the film Yankee Doodle Dandy^[1] and was nominated for 16 more in the same category. He was also nominated seven times in the category Best Special Effects.

The Oscar statue that Levinson won for Yankee Doodle Dandy was sold for nearly $90,000 at an auction in Dallas in July 2011.^[2]

Selected filmography

Levinson won an Academy Award and was nominated for 16 more in the category Best Sound. He was also nominated seven times for Best Special Effects:

Won

• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)^[1]

Nominated (Best Sound)

• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)^[3]
• 42nd Street (1933)^[3]
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)^[3]
• Flirtation Walk (1934)^[4]
• Captain Blood (1935)^[5]
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)^[6]
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)^[7]
• Four Daughters (1938)^[8]
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)^[9]
• The Sea Hawk (1940)^[10]
• Sergeant York (1941)^[11]
• This Is the Army (1943)^[12]
• Hollywood Canteen (1944)^[13]
• Rhapsody in Blue (1945)^[14]
• Johnny Belinda (1948)^[15]
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)^[16]

Nominated (Best Special Effects)

• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)^[9]
• The Sea Hawk (1940)^[10]
• The Sea Wolf (1941)^[11]
• Desperate Journey (1942)^[1]
• Air Force (1943)^[12]
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)^[13]
• A Stolen Life (1946)

References

1. "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
2. Richter, Marice. "Oscar statue from 1940s fetches $89,625 in Dallas auction". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
3. "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
4. "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
5. "The 8th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
6. "The 9th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
7. "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
8. "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
9. "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
10. "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
11. "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
12. "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
13. "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
14. "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
15. "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
16. "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

External links

• Nathan Levinson at the Internet Movie Database
• Nathan Levinson at Find a Grave